Graphics Programs Reference
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PUTNAM
Combining Paths
Basic Path Construction with Pathfinders
Overview:
Create an illustration by joining and intersecting objects using the
Pathfinder panel's Unite, Minus Front, and Intersect.
To create many eye-catching stock illustrations like the one above, Ryan
Putnam frequently uses the Pathfinder panel. Using the Pathfinder's Unite,
Minus Front, and Intersect, you too can easily create compelling character
illustrations. (If you have Illustrator CC, don't miss the
CC
sections in this
chapter for details on how to construct with Live Rectangles and Live
Corners.)
1 Constructing the body with the Unite Pathfinder command.
Ryan Putnam creat-
ed the body from two rounded rectangles. To create the first object, he
clicked on the Artboard with the Rounded Rectangle tool to open the Round-
ed Rectangle dialog. In the dialog, he set the dimensions of the rectangle to 3
in for Width, 3.5 in for Height, and increased the Corner Radius to 1.25. Put-
nam wanted the bottom corners of the body to be smaller, so he then created
a second rectangle with the same dimensions, entered .5 for the Corner Ra-
dius, and placed the top a third of the way down from the first rectangle.
