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8.16 Design Contest Tutorials
In October 2011, a contest was sponsored by KNK USA. The challenge was to take existing designs or
shapes and transform them into new shapes using various functions in MTC. The following tutorials are
from the two winning entries and are excellent examples of how the tools available in MTC can be used in
creative ways.
Designing a Whale by Brigit Mann
Begin with the following
Basic Shapes
:
Select the Yin Yang, resize to about 3” in height. Apply the
Break
function. Delete the lower circle and set
the right side of the Yin Yang off to the side. Make the circle slightly smaller (this will be the whale’s eye).
Apply a
Join
to the left side to recombine the circle to the Yin Yang:
Resize the crescent and rotate and put it partially on the whale body where the mouth would be. Select
both pieces and apply
Boolean Join
, selecting
B-A Difference
:
Unlock the
Aspect Ratio
and resize the tear to 2.5”
W
x 0.8”
H.
Select and click on the
Bézier
Warp
tool.
Under
Size
and
Position,
slide the left and right to about 37:
Then click on
Save File
to
save the highlighted file to
a location of your choice on
your computer.
To save a file, first
highlight the name by
clicking once.
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