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Speedometer recreation of the dashed lines

Apr 21, 2012 9:02 PM

Tags: #dash #lines #tutorial #hash #speedometer
  Latest reply: Jber505, Apr 24, 2012 7:30 PM
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  • Jacob Bugge
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    30. Jacob Bugge,
    Apr 23, 2012 1:48 AM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    Wade,

     

    i was going buggy for a while

     

    Then imagine being it all the time.

     
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  • Jacob Bugge
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    31. Jacob Bugge,
    Apr 23, 2012 1:50 AM   in reply to Jber505
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    You are welcome, Jber, and thank you.

     
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  • tromboniator
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    32. tromboniator,
    Apr 23, 2012 2:08 AM   in reply to Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob Bugge wrote:

     

    Wade,

     

    i was going buggy for a while

     

    Then imagine being it all the time.

     

    Defies my imagination, Jacob.

     
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  • Jber505
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    33. Jber505,
    Apr 23, 2012 8:53 AM   in reply to Jber505
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    I thought I would show a finished product since you guys helped me so much with this. 

    1932 Harley with numbers.png

     

    Thanks again all.  I'm on to the next project.

    by the way, I'm thinking of buying a graphics tablet to use with Illustrator, any suggestions that won't cost an arm, leg and first born child?

     
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  • [scott w]
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    34. [scott w],
    Apr 23, 2012 12:21 PM   in reply to Jber505
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    If your'e getting a tablet... there's only one answer.. Wacom. Get the best Wacom your budget allows. Don't even bother with other brands.

     
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    Apr 23, 2012 12:55 PM   in reply to [scott w]
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    ok thank you!!!  Also Scott, at the risk of sounding like a complete moron, can you explain how you made those brushes, they would be so helpful to me but I'm having trouble figuring all this out with CS5 (the last time I did anything with Illustrator was when I had Windows 97 ), if you have the time - I would completely appreciate it.

     
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  • [scott w]
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    Apr 23, 2012 1:51 PM   in reply to Jber505
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    Sure... essentially I created the art you see in the center. Just a series of straight paths. Then dragged the art to the Brush Panel and selected "Pattern Brush" when asked.

     

    I then dragged just the end stroke (the thick one) to the brush in the Brush panel, held down the Option/Alt key, and dropped it on the right-most section for the brush. This puts the thick stroke at the end of the brush.

     

    Then it's just a matter of clicking a path, and clicking a brush. BAM!

     

    You can download the file here if you'd like to look further.

     
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  • Jber505
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    Apr 23, 2012 2:00 PM   in reply to [scott w]
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    Thank you!!!! got the brushes and yes, that's exactly what I need.  SWEET!

     
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    Apr 23, 2012 3:33 PM   in reply to Jber505
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    ok, I'm stumped.  I made the brush, made the circle, rotated and deleted unneeded segments.  I apply the brush and this is what happens.  I've check settings and tried several things, but I can't seem to figure out why I have this....

    Untitled-4.png

    I get those filled in half circles, one on top the other.  I'm sure that I'm doing something stupidly simple but I sure can't figure out what.

     
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  • [scott w]
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    39. [scott w],
    Apr 23, 2012 3:56 PM   in reply to Jber505
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    Looks like you may have some unwanted fills on the path before applyign the brush. Just try removing any fill color.

     
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    Apr 23, 2012 7:16 PM   in reply to [scott w]
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    ok.  I think I tried that and didn't get anywhere.  I'm done for the night, my eyes are blurry lol.  Thanks for the help!

     
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  • Wade_Zimmerman
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    Apr 23, 2012 8:24 PM   in reply to Jber505
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    Expand layerr two in the Layers Panel and also bring the Appearance panel into view.

     
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    42. Jber505,
    Apr 24, 2012 7:30 PM   in reply to Wade_Zimmerman
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    ok Wade, thank you very much I'll give this a try tomorrow - it's been a loooong day lol

     
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