INFOGRAPHIC SERIES - Summer Fruit

Summer is here, or very close. Fruity drinks and sweet goodness prevails. Here is a quick way to create different cross-sections of fruit using Illustrator. 

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Start with a circle, ad a darker stroke than the fill color.

Using the Polygon tool, draw a triangle. Draw with the polygon tool and while drawing, use the DOWN ARROW to reduce the number of side. 

Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the top point of the triangle and use the up arrow to move the point up.

Select the triangle with the Direct Selection Tool, and using the corner widgets, pull in the corners a very small amount to round the corners.

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Use the Curvature Tool (looks like the Pen Tool with a tail) and click and pull on the lower edge to curve the lower edge.

Select the shape with the Selection Tool, then choose the Rotate Tool and OPTION + CLICK slightly above the top point of the triangle. This sets the point of rotation and opens the Rotate dialog box.

I set the rotation to 40° to get the shapes to fit together. Then click COPY (not OK) to duplicate it.
Then use COMMAND + D to duplicate the slices around the circle.

Move the shapes into the original circle to create and orange. 

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Remove the border, change the colors to green to create a lime.

Then take the lime and turn it into a lemon.

To create a watermelon, create a circle with a light green center and darker green thin border. 

Inside, draw another circle fill it with a pinky red.

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To create the seeds, draw a circle and fill it with a dark color.

Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the top point then move it up. Then convert the anchor point from a smooth point to a corner point in the control bar. This forms the tear drop shape.

Duplicate the seeds, turning the slightly towards the center points.

Select the group of seeds and use the Rotate tool to OPTION + CLICK above the group. This sets the center point of rotation and opens the Rotate Dialog box.

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Set the rotation to 60° the click COPY.
use COMMAND + D to duplicate the set around the center 5 more times.

Place the seeds on the watermelon center.

Select the center of the water melon and choose Effect>Blur (under Photoshop Effects)>Gaussian Blur.

This is the soft edge effect that creates the inner core of the watermelon.