Escher Infinity Shape in Adobe Illustrator

Escher Infinity Shape in Adobe Illustrator

In today’s tutorial, you will learn to create an impossible shape which is an Escher Infinity Shape in Adobe Illustrator. To create this shape, we will use Polygon Tool and Shape Builder Tool.

Launch Adobe Illustrator and create a new document. Now follow the below steps-

Step 1

Select the Polygon Tool from the Tool Panel and draw a triangle.

With the help of Selection Tool, select the triangle and click on Object in the Menu Bar. Place the cursor on Transform and select Reflect.

Object > Transform > Reflect

A dialogue box will appear when you will click on Reflect. In that dialogue box, select Horizontal Axis click on Copy.

Select the new triangle created and drags it above to place it in such a manner that the tips of both the triangles join.

You can either group both the triangles or go to the Pathfinder Panel to Unite them.

Step 2

Select the shape created and disable the fill. Now press and hold Alt Key to create a duplicate copy of the shape.

Create one more duplicate copy and place it as shown in the below image.

Create 4 more duplicate copies and place them as shown in the below image.

Step 3

Press Ctrl + A to select all the shapes and then select the Shape Builder Tool from the Tool Panel. Now we will merge the shapes to create an Escher Infinity Shape.

In the below images the red highlighted area shows the shape which will be formed after merging them.

Step 4

After merging the shapes, with the help of Shape builder Tool, we will shape the corners of our Escher Infinity Shape. With the help of Direct Selection Tool, select the anchor point marked in the below image.