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Illustrator Class #19: Precise Transformations: Rotate, Reflect, Scale, and Transform Again

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Illustrator Tutorial: Rotate Tool, anchor point, Transform Again Ctrl+D, Scale, Reflect, creating a mandala from one petal. Episode 19 of the Complete Adobe Illustrator Series.

Software: Adobe Illustrator
Level: Beginner
Duration: ± 4 min
Series total: 6 h 32 min · 106 videos
Published: October 27, 2026

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Introduction

This is what we'll create in this episode, a 12-petal mandala with perfect symmetry, made from just one petal, using rotate with a reference point and transform again. Let's get started. Welcome back to the complete Adobe Illustrator series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Illustrator can rotate, reflect, and scale objects with precise numbers. Plus transform again, we can create repeating patterns in seconds. Draw an orange ellipse centered on the hardboard.

Step 1: Create one petal

This ellipse becomes one petal. Round off the ends slightly by dragging the top anchor point upward.

Step 2: Rotate Tool and reference point

Select the rotate tool with the R key. By default, objects rotate around their own center. We want the petal to rotate around the center of the hardboard, so hold Alt and click at the center of the hardboard.

Step 3: Rotate Dialog and Copy

After Alt-clicking, a rotate dialog appears. Enter 30 degrees, since 360 divided by 12 petals equals 30. Click the copy button, not OK, so the original petal remains.

Step 4: Transform Again

Now press Control repeatedly. Each press repeats the last transformation, which is rotating the copy by 30 degrees.

omah & Transform Again

Press 10 times, and the 12-petal mandala is complete. Select all petals and duplicate them in front with Control C and Control F.

andai Layer kedua with Scale

Open object, transform, scale, fill 60%. Give the inner layer a yellow color, then rotate 15 degrees to alternate.

' sn 6: Reflect and center hunga ai Tn

Add a red circle in the center. To try reflect, select the inner layer and object, transform, reflect with the vertical axis, mirroring it symmetrically. Group everything, save, and export.

' " Finished! —. Ng

Done. We've used the rotate tool with a reference point, the rotate dialog with copy, transform again with Control D, scale percentage, and reflect. In the next episode, we'll tidy up objects using other panels. Need a logo design, brand identity, illustration factors, infographics, or print and social media materials? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides graphic design services and offers illustrator courses from beginner to advanced levels. Want to master the entire series, 106 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with step-by-step PDF guides, practice files, and Factor project files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy a single class with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode. Thank you for watching!

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0:03Introduction

0:39Step 1: Create one petal

0:49Step 2: Rotate Tool and reference point

1:04Step 3: Rotate Dialog and Copy

1:21Step 4: Transform Again

1:29omah & Transform Again

1:40andai Layer kedua with Scale

1:53' sn 6: Reflect and center hunga ai Tn

2:24' " Finished! —. Ng

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0:03Introduction

0:39Step 1: Create one petal

0:49Step 2: Rotate Tool and reference point

1:04Step 3: Rotate Dialog and Copy

1:21Step 4: Transform Again

1:29omah & Transform Again

1:40andai Layer kedua with Scale

1:53' sn 6: Reflect and center hunga ai Tn

2:24' " Finished! —. Ng

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Introduction

Step 1: Create one petal

Step 2: Rotate Tool and reference point

Step 3: Rotate Dialog and Copy

Step 4: Transform Again

omah & Transform Again

andai Layer kedua with Scale

' sn 6: Reflect and center hunga ai Tn

' " Finished! —. Ng

Introduction

Step 1: Create one petal

Step 2: Rotate Tool and reference point

Step 3: Rotate Dialog and Copy

Step 4: Transform Again

omah & Transform Again

andai Layer kedua with Scale

' sn 6: Reflect and center hunga ai Tn

' " Finished! —. Ng