Cannot create geometric stripe line art!

Question

Hi,I've been trying to create geometric stripe art following this tutorial: How To Create Geometric Stripy Line Art in Illustrator - When I reach the step to create semi-circles, quarter circles etc my shape appears to stack the circles on top of each other, creating a cone shape, rather than creating a flat shape as per the tutorial. I've tried turning off the 'anti-aliasing' feature as suggested in a different blog, and double checked the brush settings but nothing works! When I create the circle it has no fill and the stroke is black. Here is a screen shot which may help...I am very new to illustrator so any help would be much appreciated!Many Thanks

Monika Gause · Accepted Answer

Dropbox - Geometric stripe.ai

Apologies!

2 issues with your file:

the path is closed and it needs to be open. Just a half circle.

The brush is tool large compared to the circle. You need to make either the circle bigger or the stroke width smaller or the brush smaller.

Ray Yorkshire · Answer

In addition,The initial rectangle seems to have NO stroke, just a fillZoom inUse the selection Tool, select the rectangle andholding the mouse down, both the shift key (to constrain the movement to level)and Alt key to make a copyDrag right until the smart guides show intersectrelease, you have 2 side by sideThen to easily repeatuse the command Object > Transform > Transform Again or keyboard shortcut Crtl +DKeep it simple at first, eg make 3 and give the middle one say a white fill and no strokeDrag into the brush panelMake an Art BrushClick OkDraw a circleGive it just a Stroke ie the new brushThe circle only has 4 anchor points, to get 8, to easily make a quarter circle-select the circle and Object > Path > Add Anchor pointsmaybe copy the circleUse the direct selection tool (white arrow) to select and next delete anchor points to make the 3/4 circle etc

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