: How can I emulate these paths? How could I emulate the paths between/around the planets in this illustration? Inkscape or PS. Thanks! Edit: I tried using strokes of a circle and unionizing it

@Nimeshi706

This visual effect is not as complex as it can be looking at the first glance :)

As @confused suggested you have to use some kind of Blend tool, for example, in Adobe Illustrator:


Create 2 circles.
Split them with Scissors tool and remove the bottom parts.
Draw 2 curved lines underneath to simulate that curvy tail effect from your reference.
Apply the Blend tool to both pairs of lines - circles and curved lines.
Adjust or crop lines if needed to prevent overlapping lines.
Change colors of lines as you want.


I've created a short screencast to demonstrate the process in action. You can watch it here:
quick.as/9z1qfo1dn
Hope this help you :)

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