CreativePro Video: Create a Pinwheel Shape in Illustrator

Learn how to create a repeating pinwheel shape in Illustrator by duplicating and merging shapes with the Shape Builder tool and the Pathfinder.

Erica Gamet Erica Gamet

In this video, Laurie Ruhlin shows how to create a repeating pinwheel shape in Illustrator. Taken from her session at CreativePro Week 2018, she demos duplicating and merging shapes with the Shape Builder tool then uses the Pathfinder to delete unwanted portions.

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