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To create the red plumbing in the foreground, he also used many duplicated parts,
such as the nuts and bolts holding the assembly together, that he had saved as
symbols (
Plumbing Detail
). McGarry took full advantage of Illustrator's Symbol
libraries to create the greenery and curb area around the pipes. He used grass,
leaves, and rocks found in the libraries accessed from the Symbol Libraries icon in
the Symbols panel. To create a perspective point of view he modified some of the
symbols; for instance, he used Effect> Distort & Transform to turn Rock symbols into
paved concrete. He also created the oil stains on the road by modifying a Dot
Pattern symbol from Illustrator's library. For the dirt on the vehicle, he drew a path
around its lower side, then enabled the Draw Inside drawing mode. Using the
Symbol Sprayer tool he sprayed the sand symbol within the path along the vehicle's
side. Lastly, he selected the path and reduced the opacity.
