Comments on: Design Something Every Day – Day 13

By: John Robinson

John Robinson — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:05:45 +0000

Thanks for the tip! That’s a lot easier and more precise than alt+dragging to the position you want.

By: sigurdur Armannsson

sigurdur Armannsson — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:07:24 +0000

If you want to be sure it adds up, that is, the last copy ends at the first one, you can put the degrees into the input fields like: 360/31. Hit the tab to see what it calculated and then hit the Copy button. Then just hold down Cmd+D while it duplicates. .-= sigurdur Armannsson´s most recent blog ..How to make a circle color spectrum in Illustrator =-.

By: Alma

Alma — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:40:01 +0000

Thanks for posting that link! I think I will give it a try! :-)

By: John Robinson

John Robinson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:19:29 +0000

Thanks Alma! They’re quite easy to make actually. You draw 1 starter shape and use Illustrator’s Rotate tool to make a slightly rotated copy. Then repeat! I forgot to mention the tutorial I got this technique from – I’ve added that into the post now.

By: Alma

Alma — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:07:06 +0000

Wao! Really like this! How did you do them? They remind me of Spirographs!