How to Make Hearts in Illustrator CS5
The heart shape has been used as a symbol of love and affection since ancient times. If you want to create a logo or design including a heart using Adobe Illustrator CS5, however, you face a challenge, because Illustrator doesn't include a heart in its shapes tool. To create a heart, you need to draw it manually, using the reflect tool to make sure it's symmetrical.
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Instructions
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Launch Illustrator and create a new document.
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Click the "View" menu and select "Show Grid." This displays a grid in the background of your document.
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Press "P" to activate the pen tool.
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Draw the left half of a heart using the pen tool, using the grid as a guideline to align the bottom anchor point of the half heart exactly underneath the top anchor point.
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Press "O" to activate the reflect tool.
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Hold down the "Alt" key and click on the bottom anchor point of the half heart to bring up the reflect tool options.
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Select the "Vertical" option under the "Axis" grouping and click "Copy." This creates a second half-heart shape, a mirror image of the half heart you've drawn.
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Press "V" to activate the selection tool.
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Select both halves of the heart using the selection tool.
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Press "Shift" and "M" to activate the shape builder tool.
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Click the left half of the heart and drag to the right half to join them.
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