Mandala

ekla · September 2, 2019, 2:57pm

Not to take away from someone’s plug-in income at all, but there’s a lot of ways to make mandalas in native Illustrator ranging from pretty easy to ridiculously over engineered. This is one of my favorite methods as it’s not too complex and shows how the whole mandala looks as you’re drawing

Jodie_Reeves · September 2, 2019, 7:09pm

Thanks!! I really appreciate it!! I remember looking at Astute Graphic several years ago, but at the time it wasn’t the best fit for me. I had actually forgot about them until I saw your post.
Now that I want to design my own stuff for GF, I have been struggling to learn more about designing in Illustrator. (I can see in my head what I want to create, but I swear Ai hates me! ) So I hope Astute Graphics is a big part of my answer. The other half is watching hours of YouTube Ai tutorials. Years ago, that’s how I learned Photoshop and I love Ps.

zmissfaye · October 16, 2019, 4:16am

Love Mandalas, thank you for the share.

primal_healer · November 1, 2019, 8:22am

I know i’m late to the party but thx for this free design :). I cut it into a piece of leather i had laying around 0.052" thick. made it 4" tried to do a 3" one but it didn’t work out so well with the leather.

lightner · November 1, 2019, 3:04pm

Wow! That may be the cleanest cutting material that I’ve ever seen for this!

eflyguy · November 1, 2019, 4:56pm

If not PG, was it masked on both sides?

primal_healer · November 1, 2019, 6:28pm

yup i masked it on both sides with some green painters tape.

primal_healer · November 1, 2019, 6:29pm

for me i think the trick was i cut it finished side down to give it the best chance to survive and used masking on both sides.

Livein3D · January 13, 2020, 12:01am

I really liked the engraved! Here is a Mandala commercial use $1 (for a few days I think)(https://www.creativefabrica.com/discount-deals/?utm_source=Creative+Fabrica+Freebies&utm_campaign=12dc1190ba-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_04_12_21_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_81a49e3dfe-12dc1190ba-107713509&mc_cid=12dc1190ba&mc_eid=1e28a5a76e)

G-BOB · January 26, 2020, 1:47am

I know I am doing something incorrect!! When I right click I choose save as, and sgv is not an option. only bitmap and something else.

eflyguy · January 26, 2020, 1:54am

It’s likely your browser. Edge?

G-BOB · January 26, 2020, 2:00am

yup! just downloaded chrome

mackenziehoskinsfx · February 5, 2020, 11:35pm

hey there thanks, how do i download the svg file???

eflyguy · February 5, 2020, 11:43pm

Click on the file, Save As.

If your browser doesn’t allow it, use a different one.

fleckrj · February 4, 2021, 10:09pm

I like the engraved version. It has inspired me to make a 10" mandala with the interior engraved rather than cut, and gluing it to 1/8" cork cut on the outside lines at 9 7/8" to use as a trivet.

To cut a 10" version is 29 minutes. To score the interior is 12 minutes. To engrave the interior is 2 hours 15 minutes.

fleckrj · February 5, 2021, 1:31am

So, 2 hours 15 minutes later, I have this. Tomorrow I will cut the cork and glue to the back.

dklgood · February 5, 2021, 1:39am

That turned out really nice!

toni.k.hendricks · March 3, 2021, 7:19pm

Thank you

sassypackrat · March 6, 2021, 7:18pm

Wow, that’s beautiful!