Creating a Heart Shape in Adobe Illustrator

• Select the circle tool
• Left click on the art board and add 100 and 100 as the dimensions
• Edit > Copy > Paste in place
• Hold shift and drag second circle to the right
• Rectangle Tool – create any sized rectangle
• Make sure SmartGuides are on
• Drag rectangle so that the rectangle’s left side, lines up with the middle of the left circle:

• Now line up the other side with the middle of the right circle:

• Go to the pathfinder menu and click the “Unite/Add” option:

• Now click the Rotate tool in the left-hand-menu
• Hold shift and rotate the shape 45 degrees
• Copy – paste in place
• Object>Transform>reflect (make sure it is vertical setting)

It should now look like this:

• Select all of the shape
• Hold alt & shift
• drag a copy
• On the copy, move one of the rounded rectangle shapes closer:

• Choose the shape that you want (probably the one on the right)
• Select the shape
• Go to pathfinder and select “Divide” (normally on the bottom left)
• Use the direct select tool, to remove the bottom left and right bits

taken from this free udemy course:

https://www.udemy.com/course/useful-tricks-and-tips-in-adobe-illustrator/