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Not satisfied, yet? Use your TWIRL tool and twirl shapes around. Ooops…no twirl tool on your old Illustrator version? Try using FILTER, then. Twirl shapes around as much to your satisfaction, but make sure it’s still recognizable and readable especially if you’re using text. Want to see shapes without selected paths? Hit CTRL H and be gone with blue select marks, though paths are still selected. To make blue select marks reappear, hit CTRL H again!
Finally, use OBJECT-PATHFINDER-SOFT- with a value of 100%, to blend colors and give you painterly effect. It’s best to select an appropriate color format, aside from default CMYK. You may see a rasterized image by selecting OBJECT-RASTERIZE.
A word of caution, though, go back one step by hitting CTRL Z since once you saved image rasterized and closed, you won’t be able to edit it anymore. You can also copy/paste your creation into a new document inside Photoshop and if you need to print from Illustrator for spot colors, select Split Along Path option in Document Set Up, first. Keep on painting!
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