How to Blend a Shape Into Another Shape in Illustrator

Illustrator’s Blend tool allows you to blend one shape into another shape. These instructions apply to Adobe Illustrator 8. Procedures for other versions may vary.

1. Open or create a new document from the File menu.
2. Step 2

   Choose Show Tools from the Window menu.

3. Step 3

   Create an object using any of the drawing tools. Add color as desired.

4. Step 4

   Draw a second object and add color as desired.

5. Step 5

   Activate the Blend tool – the icon of a square turning into a circle.

6. Step 6

   Click on an anchor point in the first object.

7. Step 7

   Drag the cursor and click on an anchor point in the second object. A blend of objects appears based on the colors and steps that you stipulated.