Activity › Forums › Adobe Illustrator › How to Fill an Object with Shapes Adobe Illustrator How to Fill an Object with Shapes Posted by Bob Layne on November 12, 2013 at 12:26 am Hello, I’m still new to illustrator and I was wondering how to go about making something like the below image. Essentially, I’m trying to take a shape similar to the number 1 above and fill it with shapes. David Grush replied 12 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply David Grush January 5, 2014 at 12:22 pm I believe it just has to do with moving the shapes around. what I would do is outline the big shape, lower the opacity, then in a new layer just place the smaller shapes in the appropriate areas Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up