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Tip idea and artwork provided by:
Judy Arndt
Content written by Ian Kelleigh
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1)
In a new document, create some guides similar to the above
example. Here I created two horizontal guides, the lower one 1.5"
from the top one. The vertical guide can be anywhere.
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2)
Now draw a line from the bottom intersecting guides to
slightly above the top intersecting guides like above at left.
Now with the Rotate tool, Option (Alt) + Click on the bottom point of the line. In the Transform palette enter 20°. It should look like the example above at right. |
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3)
While the line is still selected, click on the Guides layer
in the Layer palette. This will turn the line into a guide.
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4)
Now using the new guides, draw a triangle shape like shown
above. Make the upper left point a curve point and extrude
the handles a little. The left slope of the triangle shape should
extend beyond the guide so it will overlap correctly later.
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5)
Next Clone the shape.
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Special
Note
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It is extremely important
that you leave the clone selected for the next
series of transformations. This makes FreeHand
remember them for the power duplicate step coming
up.
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Now with the Rotate tool, Option (Alt) + Click on the bottom point of the triangle shape. In the Transform palette enter -20°. This is the opposite angle amount that we used earlier. |
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6)
While the shape is still selected, choose the Scale tool
and scale the object from the bottom point. Make sure that
the top of the clone is still slightly overlapping the
top of the original like shown in the zoomed example above at
right.
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7)
Now start duplicating the shape with the Duplicate command
(Use the keyboard command to do this very quickly). This will
Power Duplicate the Rotate and Scale transformations
you applied to the Clone.
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8)
Continue to Duplicate until you get your desired amount
of shapes. In this example, continue to finish off the spiral.
Almost looks like a shell eh?
Select all the shapes and Group them together. It's now safe to hide the Guides layer. |
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9)
While the group is still selected, remove the line. Then
give the group a Radial fill with colors of your choice.
By giving the whole group the Radial fill, this ensures that the
"light source" is consistent for all the shapes.
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Made
in FreeHand by Judy Arndt
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As you can see in this very nice
illustration provided by Judy Arndt, you can use the Power
Duplicate operation to create all kinds of great and interesting
shapes. As an exercise, see if you can recreate some of the objects
above using this powerful technique. 
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