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INFOGRAPHIC SERIES - BUILD A BIRD - THANKSGIVING SPECIAL

11/25/2015

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Start this off by drawing a square - hold SHIFT down while drawing to constrain the square.
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Using the DIRECT SELECTION tool, select the shape, HOLD SHIFT and click on one corner to deselect the corner. Drag the remaining 3 corner widgets toward the center of the shape until you see the RED limit show up. This will give you 3 rounded corners and one square corner.
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Hover your cursor over the "square" and find the center and hold OPTION + SHIFT to draw a circle from the center inside the shape.
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Select both shapes and hold SHIFT and rotate the "head" to the position shown.
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Make the body by drawing a circle placed to the lower right of the head.
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Draw the "Feet" by starting with a circle, centered under the body using your Smart Guides to line up the circle of the feet with the circle of the body.
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Use the Direct Selection tool to select jus the lower point on the circle and delete. Then use COMMAND + J to join the open paths together, leaving the half circle as the feet.
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Draw a smaller circle. Use OPTION + CLICK an DRAG while holding SHIFT to duplicate the circle down and to the left at a 45° angle, making sure the center of the circle touches the edge of the first circle. Then use COMMAND + D to duplicate that circle once again. 
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Draw a square from the left edge of the left circle and the top edge of the top circle.
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Select the 3 circles and the square with the Selection Tool, then use the Unite command in the Pathfinder panel to combine them all into one shape.
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Hold down the shift key and rotate the tail into position. You have yourself a finished bird.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
This is coming to you from Montreal Canada instead of the usual Seattle WA.
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