Circle guide technique ? — Typophile archive

Schroderen20 January 2015 · 03:51

Hello.

I'm fairly experienced in Illustrator, but there's a technique that I can't seam to figure out.

Here the designers used some circles as guides. Very sharp and snapping the guide.

https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/368240/screenshots/1784157/bravura-bratus_1x.jpg

My Problem:
I know how to make an object into a guide, but how do I get my objects curves to be as clean as the guides. I can do it by eye, but it's never exactly on point.

Does this technique have a name I can google or can somebody send me some tutorials.

Thank you.
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Nick Curtis20 January 2015 · 07:25

For what it's worth, I use ellipse segments themselves, rather than guides, to make smooth curves.

Frode Bo Helland20 January 2015 · 11:28

The technique is called “post-rationalization”.

EMPG23 January 2015 · 08:01

I don't know if there is a "better" way to do this, but I would just make circles and use the pathfinder tools to subtract the intersects, etc.