The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Artwork => Topic started by: hevnsnt on April 09, 2003, 05:06:14 pm
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I am learning illustrator, and I have a buddy that can help me with it in a few days, but I was wondering if someone could make this in Illustrator for me real quick (it shouldnt take that long) so that I can poke around and play?
(http://www.i-hacked.com/images/mame/cp.jpg)
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I'm assuming the problem is creating lines the correct length? Because that design is just a simple polygon.
Here's an easy solution (and will help you learn illustrator quicker):
Open up a new document that is roughly the same size as the finished piece - and then go to VIEW...Show Grid. You can mess with the grid spacing/segmenting under EDIT...Preferences....Guides and Grids. It's pretty self explanatory.
Then click on the line tool and just click once on the artboard - you can then type in the direct measurement and even angle. I'd suggest making all the horizontal and vertical lines first - place them exactly where they should go - and then make the angled lines. When in doubt - use guides by dragging the mouse from the ruler to the artboard.
Hope this helps - and heres a ShamelessPlug for an illustrator tutorial (http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Miscellaneous/VectorTutorial_v1_1.zip)I made :)
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actually I just found your tutorial, and I am drawing my smooth curvy shape right now.. Excellent work thanks!
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heheh man I am rockin now.. thanks for the doc again
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Ok here is what I did.. I took this graphic, and then using the pen tool I held down shift and clicked on each corner. I then copied that and pasted it into a new file, Now how do I re-size each segment? (because the above pic is just a rough MS-Paint image, not to scale or anything)
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It sounds as though you've created a polygon with a continuous path. You should be able to select a control point (at a joint on the path) with the hollow (white) select tool (an arrow-top right of your tool palette). You should then be able to pull the point around. The lines attached to it will move/scale. Selected points are solid. Non selected points are hollow. If the whole shape moves when you grab it, it's because all control points are selected.
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Yes, if I use the white pointer, the whole thing moves..
I also updated measurements, each side should mirror the other
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I hope things are going well - the white pointer is the direct selection tool - you should be able to select just pieces of your polygon with that and manipulate each one - like pixelhugger said. let's see a finished pic when you get it :) and i'm glad the doc helped you out.
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Ok, I understand what you all are telling me, but for some reason when I use the white mouse, it always selects the entire polygon >:( >:(
I can't figure this out, can anyone assist me? What am I doing wrong?
here is how the document was created (Illustrator 10)
1) I drew a rough drawing in ms paint (posted above)
2) I opened it in Illustrator, and held down shift and had the pen tool selected and then clicked on each of the joints until it was entirely highlighted.
3. I copied what I had done, and pasted it into a new document (now I have just a polygon)
4. Now if I try to do anything, it selects the entire thing.
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nevermind, I just redid it with the line tool and it works perfect thanks