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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:

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