From the course: Motion Graphic Design: Composition

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Proportional grids in Illustrator

Proportional grids in Illustrator

- [Instructor] K, so I've got open 04_06_Grids.ai you can open that and follow along if you have access to the exercise files. What we're going to do here is we're going to have a look at the composition of the elements. You'll see that I've worked on them a little bit more here. I've used the Transform effect to create this keyboard using rounded rectangles and repeating them using the Transform effect. I've also added some detail to the arms using just simple strokes with rounded ends added to paths to create these little bracelets. I've also added a body using an ellipse. Again I'm sticking to primitive shapes to create most of the elements for this design. And then I've used a star to create the legs of the chair. Star is great for anything where you want multiple items emanating from a central point so I've used that to create the wheel base. Now I want to use a rule of thirds grid. Now you'll see the default Illustrator grid on top of my image. This grid is fine if you want to…

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