Now, using the Direct Selection Tool again, select the outer points. This time you will need to hold down Shift to get everything (since you can’t just drag a huge square - otherwise you’d select the points in the middle as well!).

All selected!

Once again, hold down Ctrl-T to Transform. Hold Shift and Alt while scaling, and bring ‘er down. Remember to Commit with the checkmark.

We’re almost done! Now it’s a little too small. Grab the Move Tool and make sure Show Bounding Box is checked.

Scale up your shape, while holding Shift.

And there it is! Pretty neat, eh? I’ve added a subtle radial gradient (in Blending Options) but you can do whatever you like:

Here are some more examples using the same method. It’d be neat to see some of yours!

If you’ve made an image with this tutorial and would like to display it here for the world to see, either contact me or leave a comment and I will gladly showcase your creation!

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