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Blend tutorials

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Gradual circle blend Rolling hills blend Custom Pac-Man blend A series of custom blends created with the blend tool. The top blend was made from only four circles.

Gradient tutorials

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 Custom emojis filled and colored with the use of the gradient tool, including the freeform gradient.

Align tutorials

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 Blocks and text with shadows edited with the use of the align tools.

Scale and Transformation tutorials

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Star-like logo created with the Scale and Rotate and Shear tools Invitation created with the Rotate and Reflect tools  

Appearance tutorials

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Honeycomb from single hexagon (This was VERY tedious) Advanced work done with the appearance panel on single shapes. Everything you see here was created from a SINGLE SHAPE by using the appearance panel to create multiple fills and strokes, apply transformations and dynamic effects. Appearance testing done from single ellipse and rectangle. Atom created from single ellipse.

Pathfinder tutorials

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 Practice with the Pathfinder tools on shapes in Adobe Illustrator. Custome Name created with rectangles and ellipses, combined with the Pathfinder tools.

Personal Logo Project

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  Logo representing me, symbolic of my need to escape from habit and get out of my comfort zone. Just get out there and fly.