post Category: Tutorial, Illustrator post postJanuary 9, 2008

The easiest way to create a RSS button. Let’s do it now.

1. Choose Ellipse Tool on Tools Bar (Shortcut L). Make 2 circles of different sizes. Set the stroke line to 13 point. Use the Align function to centralized the circles.

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2. Then, select the circles and on Illustrator Menu Bar, select Object>Expand.

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A pop up menu will appear and follow the instructions as shown. Click OK.

here’s the result

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3. Make a square and place one corner of the square right in the middle point of the circles.

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On Pathfinder menu select ‘divide’. It will divide the square and circles into smaller sections.

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here’s the result
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4. Leave only 2 lines and delete the unwanted sections. Make another small circle as shown.

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5. Select Rounded Rectangle Tool pics12And make an orange square behind these shape and colour the line with white.

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There you have it, your own RSS Button.

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