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Optical Art Illusions

10/20/2019

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These illusions are all effects. Easy to create, fun to edit and there is no limit to the cool optical illusions that can be created. 
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Create a shape. Solid fill, no stroke
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Add an effect. Effect > Distort & Transform > ZigZag. Also try other Effects, roughen, pucker, bloat. 
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With the Effect applied, choose Object > Expand Appearance. 

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This is the shape after the Expand Appearance. 
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Copy and Paste the shape in place. Scale the pasted shape much larger. and center both shapes on each other. 
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Select both shapes. Choose Object > Blend > Blend Options. Set the Spacing to Specified Steps. Set the number of steps to 20. Click OK.
​There will be no visible result from this step until the next step. 

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Select the blended shape and choose Effect > Pathfinder > Exclude.
Do not use the Exclude from the Pathfinder panel, it will look the same but the results will not work. 
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Select the shape, then double click on the outside shape to enter into Isolation Mode. (You should see a gray bar across the top of the document to indicate Isolation Mode. ) 
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Choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform. Click the Preview button. Set the angle to rotate the outer shape. The more you rotate, the more twist will appear. 

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You can try these effects with any shapes. 
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The star can create a dimensional look to the shapes. 
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With a square, apply a Pucker effect. Then follow the steps to create the Exclude effect. 

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This shows when you rotate the isolated outer shape
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You can also isolate the outer shape and move the shape to create a tube effect. 
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With the outer shape isolated and selected, you can adjust the Corner Widgets and create a cool effect. Try it with any shape you can imagine. 
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Tara Gill link
10/22/2019 03:53:37 pm

That's a cool way to make a spider web!

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