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Create Complex Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

Lesson 13 from: Adobe Illustrator: From Shapes to Complex & Beautiful Illustrations

Junichi Tsuneoka

Create Complex Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

Lesson 13 from: Adobe Illustrator: From Shapes to Complex & Beautiful Illustrations

Junichi Tsuneoka

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Lesson Info

13. Create Complex 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

Create Complex Shapes with Pathfinder Tool

in this lesson, I will show you how to create complex images from a few simple shapes using different pathfinder tool options. Let's look at this example, I have this circle here and I will create a circle that's a little smaller than the original circle in a place this circle right on here and select both of the circles. I opened the pathfinder panel and this time I use minus front option. Then whatever the shape on top of the other shape will punch out the shape and in this case results to create this kind of moon shape. Now I have a new circle and move the circle this way by holding the option and the shift key. So I end up having two identical circles when I select these two and use pathfinder divide option. And now originally there were two circles but now these are divided into these three shapes and this way I could create this kind of leaf shape in this kind of moon shape. three different shapes out of simple two circles. I can combine this technique with rotate to for example ...

holding down the option key and click on the bottom of the circle. And that will give me this rotate dialog box Well, type, winning 30 degree on an angle and hit copy command or control diffusing windows until you have circles all the way around. Now when you select all the circles that I just created and the overlap of the outline of all the circles will look like this, which is quite complex shape and also combine this with pathfinder divide and they click off from the shape for now. And use pathfinder I mean use the direct selection tool then I can select all these shapes and I can use that as a new design or new pattern, new design elements. And again this was only just one circle and duplicated. And with this simple divide option from pathfinder will give me so many different options to create complex design. So I haven't gone over the other rest of the pathfinder options. But pathfinder unite. Pathfinder minus front. In pathfinder divide will give you such so many options so that you can do all the other function with this. If you just focus on these three functions that way we can keep it simple and focus on fewer tools to use but use them in depth. So I hope you get the idea of how to make complex images from simple shapes, sometimes even from one single shape. But the idea of how to copy how to duplicate how to combine with rotation tool and how to use pathfinder divide will give you so much options. And this is a really great way to utilize simple shapes and create very complex shapes out of it.

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