Comments on: Circle of Stars in Adobe Illustrator

By: rajesh

rajesh — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:49:33 +0000

Thanks ! This kinds of tutorial, I increase my knowledge.

By: Spiffy Mom

Spiffy Mom — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:25:33 +0000

That was an awesome tutorial!! Thank you tons! It’s EXACTLY what I needed.

By: Jeff (AdobeAce)

Jeff (AdobeAce) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:38:30 +0000

Hi ohbrutha,

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Jeff

By: ohbrutha

ohbrutha — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:41:04 +0000

I was looking everywhere to find an easy way to make a circular array of any object in Illustrator. Half of the people said to try a different program, the other half had extremely difficult and involved tutorials. THIS IS GREAT and super simple!! Not only can I use this to make an array of the same sized/colored objects, but if I just adjust the size or color of either object at the end of the blend it opens up all sorts of options. Arrays of objects of diminishing sizes. Arrays that blend from one color to the next, etc., etc. Can’t thank you enough! Fantastic tutorial!

By: Tanker

Tanker — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:35:53 +0000

Hi Jeff,
Thanks a lot for your post. I have tried it again and it worked. I have been wanting to do this since I have noticed the Euro flag. The CNN Situation Room has a similar arrangement but some of their stars at the bottom of the ring are not straight. The Oval Office carpeting is supposed to be the same way if I am not mistaken…

By: Jeff (AdobeAce)

Jeff (AdobeAce) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:15:30 +0000

Hi Tanker,

In your Blend Options (Object>Blend>Blend Options), make sure your Blend Orientation is to the PAGE, not the PATH.

Jeff

By: Tanker

Tanker — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:04:13 +0000

I have tried this 3 to 4 times with no result. My stars are not staying pointed up. they are rotating with the circle. I have followed every step…

By: Jeff (AdobeAce)

Jeff (AdobeAce) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:27:27 +0000

Hi Connie,

If you try it with the Rotate tool, you’ll see why it doesn’t work. Normally I would do the same thing, but with a star…the top point of the star will no longer be pointing straight up as it’s rotated.

Jeff

By: Conny

Conny — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:11:30 +0000

When I do these kind of stuff I always use the rotate tool.

Make the star and keep it selected ->
Choose the rotate-tool in the menu ->
Alt-click in what will become the center of the ring of stars ->
Type in 360/12 for 12 stars (thats 360 degrees divided in 12->
Just copy until you have 12 stars in a perfect circle with stars rotating with the circle.

Thats just my way of doing it

By: mz

mz — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:06:56 +0000

in my fume, i forgot to add, well done for figuring this out and thank you…i owe you a coke!

By: mz

mz — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:56:19 +0000

wow, there seems to be an answer to every question i have on the internets. this one was bugging me. it was so simple to do in freehand, a couple of simple steps. i was cursing adobe as i was reading my tutorial book as i couldnt find the solution and here it..all be it a tad more complicated than it should be…hope adobe incorporate the best of freehand into their illustrator soon.

By: jaime

jaime — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:09:36 +0000

wow, what a nice tut!