: How do I create a custom shapes in the shape of a circle in Illustrator I'm designing my own shapes, but I can't get them to align or replicate the way I want them to. I need them to

@Turnbaugh909

Start by creating your ring and a single divider:



Duplicate and rotate your dividing shape as many times as you need around the cirlce. I've used a transform effect because it's easy to enter the correct number of copies and rotation angle but you could just as easily do it manually:



Expand everything and create two compound paths, one for your ring and one from the dividers (just select them and hit cmd+8). Make sure your dividers are on top, select both compound paths and hit the "Minus Front" Pathfinder button:



Your finished shapes:



Color and style as you wish. For the text create a new circle and use the Type on a Path Tool:

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