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Design Points n PixelS


infographic series - Making Snowflakes

12/23/2015

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Lets make a Snowflake.
​Start with a line. Add a color from the Swatches panel and beef up the stroke weight to 7 pt.
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Add more elements to the shapes.
​I added a half circle, then a Y shape, making sure everything is centered on the main center of the line.
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Select all the items you have created and click on the Rotate Tool in the Tool Bar (R is the shortcut)
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​Hold OPTION and click on the base point of the art work. It will open the rotate dialog box.
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Choose an angle of rotation that is even divisible into 360°. In this case I chose 45° and then click COPY. Don’t click OK or it will not copy the selected items.

​Click COMMAND + D to repeat the rotate command several more times as the artwork repeats around the center point.
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By changing the initial set of items, you can change the look of a snowflake quickly. 
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​I have several snow flakes shown with just some subtle changes to the initial artwork, then rotate and copy it.
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1 Comment
George
5/26/2016 08:13:53 pm

Great site. Your last creative live was really good. A very small suggestion though. When making snowflakes, they always have six-fold symmetry.

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