In only a few short steps, you could easily create a fun spider web illustration in Illustrator.
To find the Star tool, select and hold theRectangletool on the toolbar then select theStartool.
Click and drag a star on your canvas.
pick the shape and set theFillswatch toNonein the toolbar, leaving just the outline.
Typically, this will be black in theStrokeswatch, but you could choose another color if you wish.
You canturn your Illustrator illustrations into animations using After Effects.
Include other simple shapes for some extra movement.
Youll know which corners are selected as their anchor points will be solid blue squares.
The unselected anchor points will be blue square outlines.
Click and drag the circle outward to round the corners.
This gives you a traditional web outline.
grab the duplicated outline.
Hold downShiftwhile clicking and dragging one of the corner anchor points inwards.
Now you have a large outline and a smaller outline of the same shape.
Go toWindow>Alignto bring up the alignment features.
Select both outlines then selectHorizontal Align CenterandVertical Align Center.
This will center them on one another.
Then toObject>Blend>Blend Options.
Set theSpacingtoSpecified Stepsand choose somewhere between6 - 10.
This creates the layers in the spider web.
ClickPreviewto see how it looks and when youre happy, selectOK.
To find this tool, select theEllipseat the bottom of the toolbar to reveal a larger toolbar.
The icon is a circle with lines from the center to the edge.
Select it then exit out of the extra toolbar to use it.
HoldShiftfor an equal circle, press theDownarrow to remove internal circles, and press theLeftorRightarrows to add spines.
If you made a seven-point star, you should have seven spines in the circle.
To remove the outer circle, use theDirect Selectiontool (A) and choose the large circle.
PressDeleteon your keyboard until the circle has disappeared.
With theSelectiontool (V), drag over both shapes to select them.
OpenWindow>Pathfinderand selectUnite.
Then go toObject>Expand>OK.
Once you’ve finished the spider web, complete your artwork with it andsave your Adobe Illustrator project.
you’re free to evensell your illustration or design work online.
you might create spooky scenes or pictures of spiders.
This spider web technique saves time and ensures an balanced-looking web that can be edited for any use.
Using Illustrators shape tools and blend function saves a lot of time for you to illustrate other elements.
