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Combine Multiple Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

Lesson 12 from: Adobe Illustrator: From Shapes to Complex & Beautiful Illustrations

Junichi Tsuneoka

Combine Multiple Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

Lesson 12 from: Adobe Illustrator: From Shapes to Complex & Beautiful Illustrations

Junichi Tsuneoka

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Lesson Info

12. Combine Multiple Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

Lessons

Class Trailer

Course Introduction

1

Introduction

01:44
2

Basic Concept of the Course

00:58
3

Examples and Applications

00:39
4

Process Overview

01:44
5

Quiz - Introduction

Getting Started

6

Concept Development

09:12
7

Tips for Pencil Sketch

18:12
8

Shape Tool Basics

06:58
9

Shape Tool Advance

08:36
10

How to Control Shapes by Different Movements

04:49
11

How to Control Shapes By Reflect Skew and Rotate Tools to Create Complex Shapes

05:45
12

Combine Multiple Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

04:19
13

Create Complex Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

06:51
14

Quiz - Getting Started

Case Study 1: Stand Alone Graphic

15

Case Study 1 Overview (Stand Alone Design)

02:04
16

Creating an Environment for Converting the Pencil Sketch into Editable Vector Graphic

03:29
17

Create a Group of Shapes to be Used as a Base of the Illustration

13:03
18

How to Introduce Large Medium and Small Design Elements to the Overall Design to Achieve Depth and More Detailed Result

05:43
19

Adding Colors

11:12
20

How to Fine Tune the Design and Finalize It

03:27
21

Exercise

00:51
22

Quiz - Case Study 1: Stand Alone Graphic

Case Study 2: Illustrative Pattern

23

Case Study 2 Overview (Illustrative Pattern)

01:41
24

Creating an Environment for Converting the Pencil Sketch into Editable Vector Graphic

01:37
25

Create a Small Unit of Complex Shapes to Use as a Base of the Whole Illustration

14:01
26

How to Introduce Large Medium and Small Design Elements to the Overall Design to Achieve Depth and More Detailed Result

01:48
27

How to Introduce Foreground Middle and Background Elements to the Overall Design to Achieve More Depth

09:56
28

Adding Colors

07:27
29

How to Fine Tune the Design and Finalize It

06:38
30

Quiz - Case Study 2: Illustrative Pattern

Conclusion

31

Conclusion

00:59

Final Quiz

32

Final Quiz

Lesson Info

Combine Multiple Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

in this lesson I will show you how to combine multiple shapes into one shape. Using pathfinder tool. This way it is easy to create rather complex shape. Using some simple shapes for example I will start with a rectangle tool to create this rectangle here and I add circle on each side of the corner and on this side Using the selection tool I will move this circle onto the other side and here I am holding down shift key so that the movement is aligned with the original shape and also holding down the option key will create the duplicate of the original circle. Right now I have two circles in one rectangle shape and these are separate shapes but using the selection tool to select all the shapes and open the pathfinder panel and use unite option will create these three shapes into one single sheet. You can also combine this idea with the rotation tool using rotate tool, I will move and duplicate this oval shape by holding the option key to click the bottom of the oval and for example I typ...

e in 60 as rotate angle and hit copy community or control D. If you're using windows until the oval goes around. So I started from one oval shape but select all these and again using pathfinder unite then I can make this kind of flower type of design Out of just one simple oval shape. There are a few other ways to combine different shapes into one shape but I find this pathfinder united function. It's easy to understand and if you have so many shapes to combine into one, this is very efficient tool. If you have lots of small shapes overlapped each other, all you have to do is select everything and use Pathfinder unite option to make multiple shapes into one sheet. This is very useful function to create very complex shapes out of very simple shapes.

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