how to make a starburst with illustrator

1) Make cross-hairs using guides. Create an elongated triangle.
Set the tip directly on the point where the axises meet.


2) Get the rotate tool.
Click on the point and hold down the option key.
Type in 20 in the angle field, then click copy.



3) Click "apple" and D and continue tapping until the last rectangle meets the first.






4) Now, I put a field of color behind the burst and made a mask out of two boxes and the pathfinder (exclude).



5) I'm done and now I can go watch Cheaters!

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Tutorials, freebies, cool stuff. Now go vector!

one of my favorite design groups

tundragroup.com

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I'm thinking about having an Illustrator workshop on Friday Nov. 2nd. A few hours of going over basic tools and then a question and answer period. What do you think? Let me know. reyman@aii.edu

2 websites that promote very talented designers, Type AS Image, Hydro74

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hydro74



letterasimage

Identifont. Speaking of Symmetry, Take a Look at Face Reasearch

Identifont - The largest independent directory of typefaces on the Internet, with information about fonts from 475 publishers and 133 vendors.

Face Research - Online psychology experiments looking at the traits people find attractive in faces and voices.

I posted the assignment due Wenesday...

Link to assignment info.

checkout these -

Paula Scher

For over three decades Paula Scher has been at the forefront of graphic design. Iconic, smart and unabashedly populist, her images have entered into the American vernacular.

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Rock poster designers...Feed the Creature

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http://www.checklandkindleysides.com/

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Designer AND Intro. to Type Assignment for Monday 6

http://www.danfunderburgh.com

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4 separate pages, 8 1/2" x 11"
work area 5" x 5"
crop marks, due after break on Monday

example:

A Resource for Designing with Grids, QUIZ this Wednesday

http://www.designbygrid.com/

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For intro to type...
I will be giving a quiz this Wednesday. Read over Chapter 3 and go over your notes from the past three classes. It's only 5 questions. T/F and fill in the blank.

100th Post!! woo! *need critique*

Hey everyone, I'm looking to get some input on this logo that I've made for a client. Any and all critiques will be very helpfull! Thanks!



Sean Vosler
www.ironicart.com

Inspiration

S'okay. I don't often go on-line to find design inspiration. I prefer paper. I'll read CA or Juxtapoz. But if I DO go on-line, here's where I go:

http://urabob.com
It's the "portfolio" site of a friend. He attended AI-Dallas. I'll go here to see what's new that he's put-up and we'll often talk back and forth about this, that and the other.

http://laga.com
The website for a design firm in Cinci. I have three family members that work there and, hopefully, one-day, I'll join them. At any rate, it's not updated often. Just a basic business site. But I like to go there to remind myself of me goals.

I find anything else interesting, I'll edit.

Planet Propaganda "conspiring against the bland and dumb"

Planet Propaganda
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Websites no designer should go without—or at least that may be of moderate interest.

courtesy of Margaret W.

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Powerhouse Industries

Covington, KY Print/Design house