Comments on: Stump Rays

By: Angelo

Angelo — Tue, 02 May 2006 03:04:03 +0000

U R A LIFE SAVER!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:47:52 +0000

I *think* these steps don’t work correctly on CS2. Has anyone gotten it to?

By: Kenneth Runge

Kenneth Runge — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:11:50 +0000

I’m really confused about step 4 and even the “simplified” version from Kris doesn’t make sense to me?!?!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:56:32 +0000

Thank you so much for this tutorial!! For a while I thought it was gone because you switched to Textpattern, but now that you’re back to WordPress… phew. I’ve printed it out in case there are problems so that I’ll still have the tutorial.

By: Slightly Remarkable » Blog Archive » Spanned Stripes

Slightly Remarkable » Blog Archive » Spanned Stripes — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:41:13 +0000

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By: mewebdev » Starburst in Illustrator

mewebdev » Starburst in Illustrator — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:17:56 +0000

[...] to Hugh Roper for these great tutorial on how to create starburst effects in Illustrator.
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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 15 Oct 2004 02:30:22 +0000

It would be nice to have this in a printable format PDF. I’ll print it out, punch holes, and pop it in to my homemade reference binder.

By: Kris Khaira

Kris Khaira — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 01:51:00 +0000

Hugh.. thanks for this great tutorial.

Those confused might understand it simplified this way:

1. Draw a star – 15-20 points.

2. Draw a circle in the center of the star – about 2/3 of the total width of the star.

3. Put the circle in on top of the star. Open the Pathfinder pallete. Use Minus Back.

4. Use the Direct Selection Tool to select all inner points of the remaining shape. Use the scale tool to “pull” the points closer to the center.

5. Tweak the colours to your liking , add a background with a reversed gradient behind, etc.

Also.. thanks to Cameron Moll for starting the topic.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 03:07:54 +0000

I LOVE this tutorial, but am VERY new to Illustrator. I am REALLY confused on step #3. Any chance that you can write a little more about this process?

Thanks.

By: Lasse Fernov

Lasse Fernov — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 20:09:08 +0000

Step 4 can be done easily from the beginning.
When making the starburst first make it small,
then hold down Ctrl (cmd) when making it larger and the center points will stay put (testet only in CS).