Fancy Star - Illustrator Tutorial

Learn how to make a fancy star in this Illustrator tutorial. Use blending to create an interesting graphic.

Create a new document, at least 500x500px
Select the star tool in the tool palette, and create the following star. Use any shade of red for the color.
Select the star shape, press ctrl+c to make a copy of the star, then press ctrl+f to paste the copy on top of the original star. Give the new star a yellow color. Press ctrl+t to 'free transform' the new star. Hold shift+alt while dragging one of the corner handles in to make a star about 10% the size of your original star.
Select both stars, and choose 'object-blend-blend options' from the top menu. Use the following settings:
Enjoy your fancy star. Try this technique with different shapes to get some interesting variations.

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Comments

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 03:02 — tasyu (not verified)

sic

ty for the tips....

Thu, 04/03/2008 - 08:14 — Akhilesh Ojha (not verified)

thanks for the tutorial

thanks for the tutorial, nice effort.......

Sun, 02/10/2008 - 08:21 — Christina (not verified)

I can't make it work either..

When I press "OK" nothing happens. As simple as that. I've tried having both shapes on the same layer and on two different layers, and still nothing happens.

Now i've just tried Objet -> Blend -> Make as a guest suggested on Mon, 08/20/2007 and this make it work.

Maybe this should be added to the original tutorial??

Sat, 12/15/2007 - 12:54 — Brainz88 (not verified)