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MCGARRY
Aaron McGarry
For this urban portrait Aaron McGarry relied heavily upon Illustrator's Symbol
Libraries and Symbols panel. He made his own panel containing only the symbols
he needed using Window> Symbol Libraries> User Defined. He saved as a symbol
any detail that he would need to repeat so he could easily access and apply that
element. To build the roof tiles in the background building, McGarry made one tile
and filled it with a solid color. He then made two duplicates and filled each with a
different color. He separately dragged and dropped each into the Symbols panel,
named it, and clicked OK. He was then able to quickly drag alternating tiles from
the panel to lay the roof, giving it a natural look.
