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- [Voiceover] In this

movie, we're going to unite



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our various primitive

shapes in order to create



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these two custom J-shaped

paths right here.



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And then we'll do a

little bit of rotating,



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in order to begin the process

of creating this star logo.



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And so the first thing we

want to do is switch to the



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white arrow tool, by pressing the A key,



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and then I'll go ahead

and marquee between these



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two rectangles like so, all the way



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to the top of the smallest circle.



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And so you should end

up selecting these four



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anchor points right here, which represent



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the top points in each one of the circles.



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Then press the backspace

key, or the delete



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key on a Mac, to get rid of them.



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Alright, now, in order to

better see what's going on here,



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I'm going to press the V key to



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switch to my black arrow tool.



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I'll go ahead and marquee

the rectangles right there,



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and I'm going to hide them by

going up to the object menu,



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choosing hide, and then choose selection,



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or you have that keyboard

shortcut of control three,



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or command three on a Mac.



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Then, go ahead and marquee

these two innermost half circles



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right there, just those two,

and then you want to join them



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by either going up to the

Object menu, choosing Path,



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and choosing Join, or much more easily,



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you have that keyboard shortcut of



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control J on the PC, or

command J on the Mac.



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And notice that goes ahead

and draws one segment



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between the two paths,

so we've now joined two



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open paths into a single open path.



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To join the open path into a closed one,



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just go ahead and press control J,



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or command J on a Mac again.



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Now we need to do the

same thing with these



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outermost half circles,

so go ahead and partially



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marquee them and press control J



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or command J on a Mac two times in a row.



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Alright, now we need to

bring back the rectangles,



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so go up to the Object

menu, and choose Show All.



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And then what we need to do

is marquee these two paths



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right there, the rectangle

and the half circle



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and then go ahead and shift click on



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this guy, so that everything associated



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with the outermost J is selected.



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Then go up to the Window

menu, and choose Pathfinder,



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to bring up the Pathfinder

panel, and click on this



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very first icon, which represents Unite,



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and that's going to fuse those three



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closed paths into one big one.



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Now, you can either marquee

the three innermost paths



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or you can go up to the Select menu and



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choose the Inverse command, in order to



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reverse this selection like so.



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And then, go ahead and

once again click on Unite,



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or you can take advantage

of that keyboard shortcut



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that we discussed back

in chapter 17, which is



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control 4, or command 4 on a Mac.



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Alright, I'm going to go ahead

and hide the Pathfinder panel



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because now we need to color

these shapes, by going up here



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to the first swatch in the control panel.



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And then I went with this

shade of purple right here,



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the one that begins

with R147, but of course



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you can select any color scheme you like.



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And next I'll go ahead and click

on the outermost shape here



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and change its fill to this bright shade



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of green, which begins with R=140.



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Alright, at this point, we

no longer need the strokes,



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so I'll just marquee both

the shapes, and click on



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the stroke swatch right

here, and change it to none.



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Alright, now I want to begin

the creation of the star logo.



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So I'll go ahead and drag

by this top anchor point



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right up here, all the way down

while pressing the shift key



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so then constraining the

angle of my drag to exactly



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vertical, until I snap into alignment



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with the horiztonal guideline.



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And if you're working along

with me, you should see



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a DY value of 225 points there

in that head's up display.



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Alright, now this guy's obviously



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a little to big to fit on the artboard.



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So I'll go ahead and

switch to the scale tool.



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Once again, you can get

it by pressing the S key.



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And you want the transformation

origin to be right here,



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at the intersection of

these two guidelines,



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so go ahead and alt, or option click,



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to bring up the scale dialogue box.



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And you can see I've already

done this in advance.



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I've set the uniform

value to 80%, that's it,



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at which point just go

ahead and click copy,



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in order to accept that change.



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Alright, now we need to

rotate a copy of these shapes,



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by switching to the rotate tool.



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Again, you can get it

by pressing the R key.



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And then go ahead and alt

or option click at that



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same transformation origin,

even though, by the way,



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each one of the transform

tools will go ahead and share



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the origin point from the last used tool.



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Problem is, if I were to

just press the enter key,



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or the return key on the

Mac, notice that shifts



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that transformation origin to a new



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position, which is not what we want.



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So, I'll go ahead and cancel out.



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And then I'll alt or option

click right there at the



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intersection of those two

guidelines, to bring up



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the rotate dialogue box but place



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the transformation origin right there.



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And now I need to figure out the angle.



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Well I know that a full

circle is 360 degrees,



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and I'm looking for

five points on my star.



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So I'll just go ahead

and enter slash five,



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and press the tab key to

have Illustrator do the math



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for me, which ends up being 72 degrees.



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At which point, I'll

click copy, in order to



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create a copy of those shapes.



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Alright, now these things aren't going



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to look right together,

because they need to be angled.



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Basically, we need to hack off the



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edges of these shapes right here.



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So, what I'm going to do,

just to make things as obvious



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as possible, is I'm

going to press the V key,



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in order to switch to the black

arrow tool, and I'll click



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on this rearmost green shape,

and I'll just change its



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color to make it stand

out, to let's say, orange.



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It really doesn't matter.



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And then what you want to

do is shift click on the



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green shape to select it as well,



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and now return to the

Pathfinder panel, and this time,



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you wanna click on this

final icon, minus back,



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to subtract the orange

shape from the green one.



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And we end up with this effect right here.



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Because we slice through the

path, we end up with a group.



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And so, to get rid of that,

go up to the Object menu,



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and choose the Ungroup

command, or of course you can



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press control shift G, or

command shift G on a Mac.



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And then shift click on

this guy to deselect him.



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That will leave this one

selected so that you can



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press the backspace key, or the



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delete key on the Mac, to get rid of it.



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Now, I believe I've made a tragic mistake,



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because I meant to copy that

shape, before I lopped it off.



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So, what I'm going to

have to do to bring this



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guy back is rotate him back into place.



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But that's no problem, so I'll just select



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the big green path,

and then, I will select



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the rotate tool, and

I'll alt or option click



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at the intersection of

those two guidelines



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and I will just change

the 72 to a negative 72.



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And I'll click on the copy button,



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better do it right this time,



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in order to create a copy of that shape.



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Alright, notice it goes up too high.



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So what I'm going to need

to do is press the A key



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to switch to the white arrow

tool, click off the path



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outline to deselect it,

then just click on its top,



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right there, to select that

top segment, independently



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of the rest of the path, and

drag it down while pressing



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the shift key to constrain the



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angle of the drag to exactly vertical.



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Now, press the V key to switch

back to the black arrow tool,



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marquee these two shapes, and

this time, we want this icon



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minus front, in order

to cut the front shape



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out of the rear one, and we

end up with this effect here.



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Alright, now I'll just zoom out here.



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I'll click on this

purple shape right there,



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we no longer need it anymore



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because it's not shaped correctly.



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And I'll press the

backspace key, or delete key



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to get rid of it, and then I'll

marquee both of these guys,



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press the R key to switch

to the rotate tool,



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alt or option click at the intersection



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of those two guidelines,

make sure the angle



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still reads negative 72

degrees, and click copy.



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And we now have shapes that fit together.



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Or, at least, they mostly fit together.



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So these edges over here are fitting.



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However, the top edges aren't.



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So what I need to do is

modify those top edges.



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And I'm gonna do that

using the shear tool,



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which I will introduce

you to in the next movie.