Layering Objects

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June 4, 2023
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I used the Pathfinder Minus Front to create the image on the left where the bottom of the wolf cuts out the bottom part of the circle. However, I truly want the wolf to stay black and create two different layers (wolf and moon) so that I can add mountains in between the two. I am an Illustrator novice, so any help would be extremely appreciated. Thank you in advance.

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Thank you Ton, not sure how to do that. Here is my layers panel:

Delete or erase a copy of the wolf part until you are left with the rock only (close any open paths to make it a single shape). Use that to subtract it from your circle with minus front.

Use the result instead of your circle to create a clipping mask.

Ton Frederiks

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If you still have the objects as they were before you used the Pathfinder it is a matter of putting them on separate layers and create a mountain layer between them.

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Barry26250983leo5Author

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Thank you, but how do I make the bottom of the wolf image cut out the bottom of the circle while keeping it a separate layer? And how do I conform the mountains to the edges of the circle? Make sense?

Ton Frederiks

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Yea, I get that, but trying to make the bottom of the circle the shape of the ground the wolf is standing (see below) and then have mountains constrained by the borders of the circle, not outside the circle.

That can be solve by making a copy of the circle, put it in front of the mountains, select both the mountains and the circle and choose Object > Clipping mask > Make

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