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ternsonlyandnott hewholetex
t ur
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encemy sel
f.
I tookavis
ittothelocalmuse
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tedi
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eca
ll
ed
TheMc Ma nus.Igr
abbe dmyc amer
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phs.
Imades urethatIt
ooks omephot ostoshowhowt hema ter
ialr
e act
stothelightsi
nthemuse um.
Oneoft hethingsIdidn’
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imei sgets
omema cr
oclos
eups hootsas
t
heone sI t
ookwe rea l
lst
a ndinga
ndlookingdown.

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Atthes tar
tbe foreIma detheshapesI examinedthepatt
e r
nst hemsel
ves.
Seei
nghowI wantedtocr
eatethi
sall
e nt
ir
elyi
nsi
deof
Subst
a nceDe si
gnerIkne wIwouldbeus ingtheshapenode .
Whilstlookinga tthe
s epatte
rnsI c
ouldse ealotofcir
cul
ars hapes.
Thesha pesIe xtr
acte
df romthet opa r
ejusttheba s
ics
hape swithoutt
hesubt
ract
ions
.Asyoucouldse
ewhe nitcomesto
subt
rac t
ings omes hapesitwouldeitherbeac i
rcl
et ak
ena wa yorthesha
pema desmal
lerandsubt
rac
ting.
Ne x
tle t
’shav ealookonhowI didthesha pe
sinS ubst
anceDe s
igner
.

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Fi
rs
tlyletuslookatthemor ec omple xs
hapeandhowI we ntaboutonc r
eatingit.
Fi
rs
tc re
a t
eaWa veform1,youc ancopythesames e
tti
ngst hatIhaveonthea boveimage.
Nextyoua regoingtowa nttogr abaT r
ansf
ormat
ion2Dnode , wi
ththi
srot
a tetheWav e
form190de gr
eesa
ndsc
alei
tdownsli
ghtl
y.
NextbringintheS hapenodea ndanotherT
rans
formation2Dnode .
TheS hapenodes houldbes ettoas quar
e,makesureyous etthescal
eto0.5.Wi t
htheTransf
orma
tion2DnodeOff
sett
hesquar
einthe
YAxisby0.3840. L
a s
tl
yma keaBl endnodea ndseti
ttoS ubtract.

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kingt
heS
hape
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Herey
ouaregoingtowanta ndbr
inginanot
herS hapenode,t
histi
mebe i
ngaDis
cs ha
pea ndbr
ingt
hes
izedownt
o0.
2.
NextI
usedthe
Transf
ormation2Dnodetos c
aletheDiscupintheYAx i
stomakei
tlonger.
Bri
ngi
naBlendnodeandc hangethatt
oAdd( Li
ne a
rDodge )a
ndputthatint
oaTransf
ormati
on2Dnode
,
andbr
ingi
tupintheYAxis.Youwill
seewhywedot hi
sinthenexts
ideorso.

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kingt
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Nowbr i
ngina nothe rDiscS hapenode,scal
ethisonet o0.2aswel
l.Youaregoingtowa nttonextbringi
n2T rans
for
mation2Dnodes.
Offs
etoneoft henode sintheXAx i
sby0.2andtheot heroneint
he- 0.
2XAx i
s.
UsetheBlendnodet oc ombi nethemusingtheblendingmodeofAdd( L
ine a
rDodge).
Bri
nginanot herS ha penodea ndkeepitasasquare,setthesi
zeto0.2toma tchupwiththeDischeight.
UseaT r
ansforma t
ion2Dnodes owec anscal
ethes quareint
oarectangle,usi
ngaBlendnodewi thAdd(L i
nearDodge)
youc anmake
theShapema t
c hupt oma kear oundedgedr e
ctangle.
Wi t
hthela
s tTr ansforma ti
on2Dnode ,j
ustbri
ngitdowni nscal
esli
ghtl
ya ndma kei
tjustunderhalf
wa ysolat
eroneweca nf
itthe
res
tofthesha pei n.
Ma
kingt
heS
hape
sinS
ubs
tanc
eDe
signe
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Thisbi
tisali
ttl
eme ssy,t
heremightbeabe tterwa ytodot hi
sbutthi
sishowI achi
evedit.
Fi
rstle
tusbringinaS quareShapenodewi ththesizeof0.27,youcanthenduplica
tethisandma kethesec ondoneas i
z eof0.31.
Putthe0.27SquareintoaT ra
nsformation2Dnodea ndr otat
eitby45de gre
e s
.Ma keaBlendnodea ndc ha ngetheBlendingModeto
Add( L
inearDodge).Nowl et’
sge tcut
ting!Ma keaT rans
forma t
ion2Dnodet oscal
edownt heshapeandt he nbri
ngouta nother
Shapenodea ndcha ngeittoaDis cwit
ht hescal
eof0. 25.
Forthefi
rstt
woT ransfor
ma ti
on2Dnode swewa nttouseBl e
ndnode swithSubt
racttotakea wayfr
omt hebot t
ompa r
ttoc reat
e
acurveintheshape.
Thelastt
woBl endnode s(s
til
lus
ingS ubtract)
wewa nttotakea wayt
hesidesoftheshape.Nowweha vethi sshape.
Ma
kingt
heS
hape
sinS
ubs
tanc
eDe
signe
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Nowf ortheleafs
idelook i
ngsha pewea regoi ngtostar
toffwithaS hapenodeus i
ngaDi s
cwiththesizeof.
Ne xtwea r
egoingtoma keaPlikes hapewi th2T ransf
orma t
ion2Dnode sandBl endthemtogetherusi
ngabl e
ndingmodeof
Add( Li
nearDodge )
.
Bri
ngi nanothe
rSha penodele avingita sasqua r
ea ndsetthesizeto0.23.UseaT ransfor
mati
on2Dnodet obringitdownonthe
canvasandthenBlendt hatus
ingabl endingmodeofAdd( Li
nearDodge ) a
lso.
PutthePS hapenodei ntoaTransforma t
ion2Dnodea nds cal
eitintheYAx istoma keitl
ongerandbringitdownt hecanv
as.
Bri
ngi nanothe
rBlendnodea ndnowS ubtr
ac tboththes
es hapestoc r
eatethec urvedlea
feff
ect.
UsingsomeT rans
forma ti
on2Dnode s,rotatet hemsli
ghtlyandthenmov eitt otheedgeoftheca nva
sa ndmirr
oritontheothersi
de
(t
heT rans
formati
on2Dnodeha saHor iMirrortoma keitsymme tr
ical
).Lastl
yBl e
ndt hemtogetherwit
ha nAdd( L
inearDodge).
Ma
kingt
heS
hape
sinS
ubs
tanc
eDe
signe
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Nowi t’stimet oblendtheseshapestoge t

he rtocre
a tet hefi
nallooki
ngs hape .
Fi
rstlet’sBlendtoge t
herwhatwedi donpa ge5&6us ingtheBle ndi
ngModeofAdd( Li
nearDodge )
.
Thendupl i
ca t
etheBlendnodes owege tthes amebl endmodea nda ddthet oppa r
twedidonpa ge3&4.
UsingaT ransfor
ma ti
on2Dnodewea regoingt owa nttos cal
eitdown. Ma kes ureyoucheckthescalebybri
ngi
ngi nanot
her
Ble
ndwi tht hesameblendingmodea stheot her2toma k
esurethesha pefullyfits
.
Nex tusea notherTransf
ormation2Dnodet os cal
ethes hapeintheYAx i
stos tre
t c
hitout,
thereasonbeingi
stofitmoretowhatwe
haveint her efer
ence.
Nowbr inginas pla
tterci
rcul
a rnode,thisisgreattoc reatethe4ne xttoeachot herwi
throta
tion.Youcancopythesamesett
ings
fr
omt hea boveima ge.La
stl
yus i
ngtheT ransformati
on2Dnodewec a nscal
ei tdowns olat
erwec anfitt
heotherpartoft
heshapesi
n.

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kingt
heS
hape
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ubs
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eDe
signe
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Forthiss
ha peletusstartof
fwithashapenodewitht
hes i
zeof0.
18settothepat
ter
nofDisc.
Thenbr i
ngi n5Transformati
on2Dnode sand6Blendnodes.E
achble
ndnodewi l
luseabl
endingmodeofAdd(Li
nea
rDodge
).
UsingtheT rans
forma t
ion2Dnode swea r
egoingtopl
a c
etheShapenodestoget
hertomakethe6ci
rcl
eshape
.
I
nor derthisist
heof fs
etsett
ingsf
oreachTransf
ormat
ion2Dnodewhichyouc a
nusetogetthesa
meshape.
1–X=- 0.08+Y=0. 1108.
2–X=0. 08+Y=0. 1103.
3–X=0. 0029+Y=- 0.1953.
4–X=0. 1590+Y=0. 0135.
5–X=- 0.1645+Y=0. 0135.
Asy oucant el
lbythenumbe rsthe
ya r
enotve r
ysymmetri
cal
asIdidt
hisbyeye.

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kingt
heS
hape
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ubs
tanc
eDe
signe
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Conti
nui
ngf romt hepreviouspa gewearegoingtoputthenodei
ntoaT r
a nsformat
ion2Dnode,s
c al
eitdownintheXAxi
s
tomakeitlit
tlemores quashe d.
NextputthatintoaS plat
te rCir
cula
rnodeandy ouca
nc opythes
amesettingsfromtheabovei
ma geforthi
snode.
Wea ret
he ngoingt oputt hatintoaSaf
eTransf
ormGr a
y s
cal
enoderota
tingi t45degree
sandswi
t c
hingT i
l
eSafeRot
ati
ontoF
als
e.
Las
tl
yputt heS a
feT r
ansformnodei ntoaTra
ns f
ormat
ion2Dnodet osc
alei tups oi
tfi
tsi
nthec
orners.

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kingt
heS
hape
sinS
ubs
tanc
eDe
signe
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Nowlet
’sf
inis
hupbyma kingtheroundpa r
tofthepa t
ter
na ndthenblendthema l
ltoget
he r.
Fi
rs
tbr
ingout2S hapenodes,
ma kesuretheyaresettoDis
ca ndma keonesize0.
72a ndtheother0.
8,us
ingaBle
ndnodewi
tha
bl
endi
ngmodeofS ubtra
ctyouwi l
lgetyourroundtubeshape.
Nowwith2BlendnodeswithAdd( L
inearDodge )
set,bl
enda l
ltheshapeswes of
ardonet ogethe
r.
Nowweha veourfi
nis
hedups hapeforthefl
oor.Onthenextc oupl
eofpa geswewil
l gooverthemoresi
mpleshape
.

Ma
kingt
heS
hape
sinS
ubs
tanc
eDe
signe
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Nowwor ki
ngont hene xtpatt
ernwearegoi ngt ostar
tof fwi
thaShapenodewhichwil
lbese
ttoaDi scpat
ter
nwi t
hasiz
eof0. 3.
Fi
rs
tletuspl ac
et hisi
ntoaS pla
tte
rCir
clernodea ndc opythere
dsetti
ngs.
Oncey oudonet hatyouwi l
lwanttopl
acet hati nt
oaS af
eT r
ans
for
mGr ays
cal
enodewitharotat
ionof45degreesandset
tingT i
l
eS af
e
Rot
ationto.
MakingaT r
ansf
or mati
on2Dnodewea regoi ngt oscaledowntheshapenode,us
ingaBle
ndnodewi thabl
endingmodeofS ubtrac
t
wearegoi ngtota keawaythisci
rcl
efr
omt hes hape.
Nowbr ingoutanot herSpla
tterCi
rcl
ernodea ndc opytheblueset
ti
ngsone.L
astl
yputthemtogethe
rwithaBlendnodesetto
Add(LinearDodge ).

Ma
kingt
heS
hape
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ubs
tanc
eDe
signe
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Nowt of i
nishupc r
eatea notherShapenodewi t
haDi scpat
ternwi
ththesizeof0.41.Connec tt
hisintoaSplat
terCi
rcularnodewith
theset
tingsa bove.
Creat
e( orduplicat
et hee xi
sti
ng)Shapenodea ndsetthesca
leto0.
5.Putthisi
ntoaS pla
tterCircularnode,c
opythesa mesetti
ngsf
rom
abovebutt histi
mese tthePa t
ter
nS iz
einXa ndYt o1.0.
Connectt hesebothtoaBl e
ndnodewi thablendingmodeofS ubt
rac
ta ndthenconne c
tthisonei ntoanothe
rBlendnodewi thSubt
rac
t
aswellbutus ethe0.41s hapetotakeawaythee xces
sinthemiddl
e.UsingaT r
ansfor
ma ti
on2Dnodene xtwecanscaletheshapedown
sli
ght
lya ndthenlast
lyus ingaBle
ndmodewi thaAdd( Li
nearDodge)youcanc ombinethes hapes.

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kingt
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signe
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