LikenToLichen
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Hello everyone this is my first post --Any help much appreciated!
Ok so I am making some icons for my site and portfolio (I am using Illustrator).
only want the design to be positive and negative space (black and white for now). I would love to export as svg in the end so it can be resized and colored as desired and exported to other programs (like sketch or XD)
My shapes are a combination of lines (with two different stroke thickness), and a few solid shapes (no stroke).
My lines and shapes have caps and corners rounded)
i am assuming most use strokes and caps for lines when others design theirs. To have a sharp edge, come with another shape to "trick" the program so if you trim it doesnt make the edge have the cap or rounded corners (reference image blue)
I am not sure how to make this exist in my design (reference image red). i have a white circle behind the "star" to cut off the other book-page shape, again, rather than have the break point between the two to follow a rounded edge.
if I do any type of "unite, minus, intersection" (pathfider action) it seems to not work how I want it to)
IF id do "Expand" it keeps everything separate and you can see i cant change color of everything at once (or touching shapes at least) (reference pic green)
If i then unite the expanded shapes, it still messes up (reference image green #2)
How do I do what Im attempting?
Thanks so much in advance and apologize for the newb question.
(the source file i'm mimicking the style of can be found here, for reference)
thenounproject.com
Ok so I am making some icons for my site and portfolio (I am using Illustrator).
only want the design to be positive and negative space (black and white for now). I would love to export as svg in the end so it can be resized and colored as desired and exported to other programs (like sketch or XD)
My shapes are a combination of lines (with two different stroke thickness), and a few solid shapes (no stroke).
My lines and shapes have caps and corners rounded)
i am assuming most use strokes and caps for lines when others design theirs. To have a sharp edge, come with another shape to "trick" the program so if you trim it doesnt make the edge have the cap or rounded corners (reference image blue)
I am not sure how to make this exist in my design (reference image red). i have a white circle behind the "star" to cut off the other book-page shape, again, rather than have the break point between the two to follow a rounded edge.
if I do any type of "unite, minus, intersection" (pathfider action) it seems to not work how I want it to)
IF id do "Expand" it keeps everything separate and you can see i cant change color of everything at once (or touching shapes at least) (reference pic green)
If i then unite the expanded shapes, it still messes up (reference image green #2)
How do I do what Im attempting?
Thanks so much in advance and apologize for the newb question.
(the source file i'm mimicking the style of can be found here, for reference)
writer Icon - Free PNG & SVG 2161837 - Noun Project
Free vector & PNG writer image 2161837 by Adrien Coquet. Get this royalty free image & millions more free icons from the world's most diverse collection.
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