2014
Lynda
Deke McClelland
1:26
English

Learn what it takes to design your own mind-bending illusion, in this installment of Designs dekeConstructed—the series that breaks down popular graphic designs and show you how to re-create them on your own. Deke starts out by drawing an "impossible" Penrose triangle and a golden ball in Adobe Illustrator. Next, he plots a path for the ball to follow around the triangle. Last, he moves to Photoshop, where he shows you how to animate the ball with a combination of layer masks and the timeline.

Introduction
1m 1s
Welcome
1m 1s
1. Drawing an Impossible Triangle
17m 59s
Drawing nine base hexagons
5m 18s
Converting shapes into custom guides
2m 47s
Drawing the first edge of the triangle
3m 30s
Filling the edge with a custom gradient
3m 37s
Rotating and duplicating the edges
2m 47s
2. Adding the Golden Ball
8m 2s
Identifying the center of your artwork
4m 38s
Drawing and filling the golden ball
3m 24s
3. Plotting the Motion of the Ball
24m 38s
Understanding how the ball moves
3m 12s
The angles of an equilateral triangle
3m 50s
Drawing the path of the ball
6m 13s
Expressing motion as a custom guide
3m 19s
Duplicating shapes along an angled line
4m 35s
Arranging shapes in a perfect triangle
3m 29s
4. Creating the Frames as Layers
17m 38s
Blending the first series of frames
3m 11s
Making quick work of the remaining blends
4m 13s
Expanding blends into our first continuous trail
3m 53s
Releasing the shapes to sublayers
3m 58s
Exporting your frames as Photoshop layers
2m 23s
5. Animating Your Artwork in Photoshop
16m 3s
Turning the layers into Timeline frames
3m 6s
Adding hidden layers to your animation
2m 39s
Masking the frames to complete the illusion
5m 55s
Exporting the final animated GIF file
4m 23s
Conclusion
1m 12s
Until next time
1m 12s

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