: Illustrator: How to merge to circles and rectangle in illustrator from this sketch to make a blob? How to merge to circles and rectangle in illustrator from this sketch to make a blob?

@Turnbaugh909

This is actually something which the Shape Builder Tool makes very easy and you can use the circle configuration you already have....



Without the need to draw any more paths.


Simply select the circles and grab the Shape Builder Tool
Click and drag on the areas you wish to combine.
To remove an area hold the Option/Alt key and click-drag.


This makes it a matter of seconds to get from the circle configuration to the desired end shape.



Note: This assumes the original circle configuration has the circles actually touching one another. If there's a slight gap between circles it may result in uneven curves in the final shape.

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@Reiling762

You can do this from within illustrator using the pathfinder tool:

Just draw out your shapes, select them, and unite them.


Another example:

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@Caterina889

Like this?



If so then this should do the trick: shspage.com/aijs/en/#metaball


Note that you might want to play with the metaball parameter and interior circle size to get a smoother curve on the ends.

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