Hi everyone! I’ve recently become interested in using geometry and simple shapes to build logos and marks. I’ve stumbled across some geometric star designs and am having a tough time emulating them. I’ve been able to build the basic shapes with the pathfinder and shape tools. Where I’m having is…

I recently posted on something “similar” here on GDF Once again, the under-appreciated appearance palette is your friend. [shape] [outlines] On the left is my reproduction of the star shape, on the right is the outline view. Thats right, its only actually “one piece” of the design. I did a quick…

Excellent explanation! I knew it had to be something simple. So, essentially, you are creating the initial shape and using the transform control in the appearance panel to rotate the shape?

Yes. In the appearance panel you can have multiple fills and strokes and “affects” as well. Like anything, you don’t want to go to crazy with it usually, but the beauty is that its “non-destructive” and non-permanent. You can tweak the original shape which would of course update the copied shapes …

I can’t thank you enough for helping me figure this out. I was about to go nuts. Here’s what I made. Now I’m going to ask for your help again. So all of the designs in the original image I shared are just a repetition of similar shapes. How is this designer creating an initial shape that fits t…

I did something similar recently and I struggled with the precise positioning around the centre, because the single element is offset from the centre. I got around this by drawing a circle around the centre and then rotating (in this case 72º) the single element with the circle together. The circl…

Hmmm. I’d call it a “perfect star”, but that might be too vague. There may be a better name for it or a “scientific” name. Either way, to draw one, hold down option (or alt) and shift while using the star tool in Illustrator.

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Decker April 18, 2018, 1:36pm 7

I’ll have to try that as well. Do you have any idea what stars like this are called?

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