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La Puerta Logo step-by-step tutorial

Resize the ristra to the size shown above and place to the right of the gateway. Select the ristra group with the Shadow Tool and apply a Wall Shadow.

 

La Puerta Logo step-by-step tutorial

The last thing we need to create is the Chamisa bush. Using the Shape Editor Tool, create a diagonal line. Drag the line with the Shape Editor Tool to make a kind of S-shaped curve. Drag the left center bounding box handle (the black boxes that surround a selected object) to the right and past the center of the line and then before you release the left mouse button, right click to drop a duplicate line. Drag the top center bounding box handle down to the size shown in the top center illustration. Now drag and right click to drop in -between lines and adjust the height of each to create a series of branches like those shown on the bottom of the above illustration.

 

La Puerta Logo step-by-step tutorial

Create a W-shape using 3 short 2 pt lines. Group the 3 lines. Make a duplicate of the group and change the line width to 1 pt. Select the first 3 lines and Arrange > Convert Line to Shape then Arrange > Combine Shapes... Add Shapes. Repeat this step for the second group of 3 lines.

Select 2 pt shape with the Freehand and Brush Tool and press Create Brush. Call the new brush, Chamisa Back. Create a new brush from the 1 pt line shape and call this brush Chamisa Front. Using the Shape Editor Tool, draw two vertical lines from the bottom to the top. Remember, hold down the Ctrl key and drag to make the line vertical. Open the Line Gallery (F12) and apply the first brush to the first line and the second brush to the second line. From the Select an Existing Shape drop down list on the Infobar (shown above), select the 3rd stroke shape (Iron).

Select the first stroked line with the Freehand and Brush Tool and then press Edit Brush. In the Edit Brush dialog select Rotation. Move the Rotation slider until the V-shapes are all pointing downward. Adjust the Spacing slider so that the shapes are closer together. Change the line width from the Width drop down list on the Infobar to 12 pt . Edit the second line in the same manner and change the line Width to 8 pt.

 

La Puerta Logo step-by-step tutorial

Select the group of wavy lines and create a duplicate (Ctrl d). On the duplicate set of lines delete every other line.

Select the first brush stroked line (Chamisa Back) and copy it to the clipboard (Ctrl c). Drag a selection rectangle about the first group of curved line shapes and paste attributes (Edit > Paste Attributes ). If all the V-shapes are pointing upwards instead of downwards, switch to the Shape Editor Tool and click on the Reverse Paths icon (shown above, top right). Select the second brush stroked line (Chamisa Front) and copy it to the clipboard. Select the second group of lines (the group from which you deleted every other line) and paste attributes. Select all the stroked lines and Arrange > Convert Line to Shape. Select all the first group of stroked lines and Arrange > Combine Shapes... Add Shapes. (This may take some time depending upon the speed and amount of memory of your computer, so be patient). Repeat for the second group of stroked shapes. This should go faster as there are only half the number of lines.

 

 

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