Comments on: Deke’s Techniques: Drawing trendy swirls in Illustrator http://blog.lynda.com/2011/08/30/dekes-techniques-drawing-trendy-swirls-in-illustrator/ the blog of lynda.com Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Colleen Wheeler, content manager | design http://blog.lynda.com/2011/08/30/dekes-techniques-drawing-trendy-swirls-in-illustrator/comment-page-1/#comment-228253 Colleen Wheeler, content manager | design Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:18:28 +0000 http://blog.lynda.com/?p=8133#comment-228253 Hey, Joel. In the new member-exclusive movie this week, Deke demonstrates how to use the Variable Width tool exactly as you describe.

]]> By: Joel http://blog.lynda.com/2011/08/30/dekes-techniques-drawing-trendy-swirls-in-illustrator/comment-page-1/#comment-228242 Joel Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:48:41 +0000 http://blog.lynda.com/?p=8133#comment-228242 Hey Deke-
Why wouldn’t you draw just one spiral, and use the (Shift+W) stroke width tool to get the variant thickness? It seems that would be the fastest/most efficient way to get the look you were going for?

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