Here’s how to draw using Illustrator a shape with lines joined from the inside, known as a pentagram or five-side star, as shown below. Basically, there are different techniques for drawing this shape. Here, we show only one method. To see other methods, please visit here .

Step 1. Create a Line

• Get the line segment tool (L) from the tool menu

• Open a dialog with one click anywhere on the artboard, then,
• Enter the angle value as 360/5. And close the dialog box by confirming

Step 2. Create five copies of the line

• Make sure the line you created in the previous step is selected and then
• Get the rotate tool ( 1 ) from the tool menu afterward
• Keeping the ATL/OPT key pressed on the inner middle right part of the line, left-click the mouse ( 2 )

• Create 1 copy by entering the angle value 360/5 in the dialog window that opens.
• Make 3 more copies with CTRL/CMD + D. You should have a shape with an intersection at the ends like the one below.

Step 3. Connect the star ends

• Pick up the join tool from the tool menu

• Connect the star ends by holding down the left mouse click as shown below

Your Pentagram star is completed. Have fun

Akif Kutlu 

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The main objectives are:

• Drawing star and crescent shapes
• Creating wavy background
• Copying star and crescent to background
• Making some improvements. And conclusion

How to make a wavy flag in illustrator

Drawing star and Crescent

• Draw two circles and a star. Make sure the small circle (2) should be in front of other circle (circle 1).  If you draw circles using the ellipse tool use ALT/OPT  + Shift key to make a perfect circle. You can also give dimensions by clicking on the artboard using the ellipse tool (L).
• Use the  Star tool to draw a star and make a perfect star with ALT/OPT key on the keyboard.
• Select both circles (1 and 2) open Pathfinder panel ( CTRL + SHIFT + F9) and apply minus front command. This will create a crescent shape.
• Select all objects on the artboard using CTRL/CMD + A make fill color white with no stroke. Crescent and star shapes are ready.
• While the shapes are selected, drag them using left mouse click and drop them in the symbol palette. You don’t need to make any changes in the Symbol Options dialog window.
• Hit Ok.
• If you see your shape in the symbol palette you can delete the objects in the artboard.

Creating a wavy background

• Create a vertical line in the artboard. Make stroke length 1 pt. stroke color Red and remove fill color if any. The length of the line I draw is 200 px.
• select the line and apply  Effect > Distort & Transform > Roughen
• When the dialog box opens select %5 size, 4 for Detail, and thick smooth. The wavy shape is created randomly. Therefore you may have a different shape than you see here.

• To make a 3d effect select the line and go to the Effect > 3d > Extrude & Bevel.  
• Give the below values below to make the 3d effect. You can also make your own settings.
• If you want the flag to appear matte, please change the surface option to “diffuse shading“. Before you hit ok make following steps to place your crescent and star shapes on the waved surface.

• Click the Map Art button in the dialog box. As you see a new dialog box will be open.
• Choose the surface to be placed shapes from the top right section. You may have 4 or 5 sections here depends on your line shape.
• select your symbol from the Symbols drop-down menu. Make appropriate modifications of the shape you place at the corners. You can rotate and resize the shape.
• check thick box of the  Shade artwork to apply tints and shades of the surface to the symbol you placed.

If you applied the steps above you should have a similar image of the below vector.

Applying perspective to flag

• create a rectangle to cover Crescent and star shapes. Select them all and go to the Object > Clipping Mask > Make. This will produce a rectangular flag.
• Let’s give a wave effect to the sides of the object to make a more natural look. goto Warp Tool in the tools panel.
• If you double-click the icon Options dialog box opens. You may play with these numbers. I suggest you not to change now.
• You can decrease and increase the size of the tool by holding down the Right mouse button and moving the mouse forward and backward.
• Hold down ALT and Shift keys to make perfect resize. Use this tool to deform the side of the rectangle. I suggest you lock 3d effect applied red line not to accidentally modify with the warp tool.

you should now have a similar shape to this:

Some improvement

• The final step is to use object >Envelop Distort > Make with warp Command. This will make your flag even more natural-looking.
• Select the flag shape from the Style menu in the Warp options panel. You may change the values according to your preview.
• If your crescent and star shapes are not good looking you can change their placement by selecting your red line from the layers panel. Use the appearance panel to modify 3d effect and make changes as we did earlier

This is the final flag vector created:

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Step 1: Create a brand new 1000 X 1000 px artboard.

Step 2: Select the Line Segment tool and click anywhere on the artboard. When the dialog box opens, give 800 px length and 0 (zero) degree angle to create a line.

Step 3: Align this line with the artboard. Align horizontally and vertically centered.

Step 4: While the line is selected, go to the menu bar and choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Twist.

Step 5: In the Twist dialog box, set the angle value to 360 if you want a single turn. if you want 3 turns, set angle value to 360 * 3. And so on.. Here, let’s make 3 turns. And hit ok. Your shape should be like this:

Note that the straight lines of the outer section of the spiral can be smoothed using the Path simplify command. Another way to make smooth lines to give the same effect twice. i.e., instead of making 360 * 4 degrees, apply the twist effect 360 * 2  two times. Anyways, to apply the path simplify command, please follow the instructions below.

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That is it. You can play around it and have different looking shapes the ones like below.

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNY9kgpm5eg

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As for the instructions shown here, the final product is Shutterstock friendly. Shutterstock does not accept raster images in EPS file formats.

Enjoy the video

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1s_qVG5zE

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To make the rope shape along the path, the first basic shape of rope is created and made a pattern brush from this shape. When you apply the created brush shape to any path of an object, the rope will be placed along the path.

List of tools:

Line segment tool: create a straight line

Zigzag: create sine wave effect

Shape builder tool: create twisted rope shape

Brush panel: create pattern brush

Enjoy the video

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7tdD1TbKQw

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