Preserved Topic: Yin Yang

It's been a while since I've visted the Asylum, just been really busy. Anyway, I would like to make a Yin Yang symbol and was wondering what tips anyone could give me on getting the perfect curve for it in Photoshop 6.0. I'm going to assume you use the pen tool, and I really don't know how to use it and should probably figure it out. So if anyone can give me links to some tutorials on that or even on specifically on the yin yang thing that would be great. Thanks.




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As you (hopefully) can see, the YinYang symbol is made of circles, nothing more.



Edit: I know there's a teeny weeny piece of gray in the symbol. Little error.

[This message has been edited by mahjqa (edited 05-10-2001).]

Yep, use the pen tool.

I would make a great big circle first. Then set some guides through it so you can make your curves even.

I'm not sitting in front of PS right now or I would try it out but I would definitely go with a combo of the pen tool and guides.

Possibly put a full circle on one layer, then your other color on a new layer so you can change the colors of them freely.

I am sure someone else will post more complete ideas, but thats just off the top of my head how I would start it.

I just built one real quick using 3 Layers. Bottom is big circle with 1/2 black and 1/2 white. Then a another layer with smaller circle per Mahjq that's black. Another Layer with other smaller circle but white.

Rest should be cake.

Or you could use the Pen tool.

edit: My FTP was down a few minutes ago. Back up again. Here's the PSD all zipped up showing how I did it -- yinyang.zip. Set grid to 25, maybe even check the guides if you're in the mood.


[This message has been edited by warjournal (edited 05-10-2001).]

when using the pen remeber the one third rule, the lenght of the control handle should be one third of the distance of the curve...using this helps with not having to make so many adjustments at the end of the project.

Thanks everyone. WarJournal, your method looks pretty solid, thanks for the zip.


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