940 Blending reptile-like scales in Illustrator

- Hey gang. … This is Dick McLellan. … Welcome to Dick's Techniques. … This week, we're still inside Illustrator … and we're still working … on this cat's eye … but here's the difference. … Halloween is behind us. … In fact, here in the United States, … today, this very day is election day … which is why today … we'll be setting our cat's eye … against some grayish reptile like scales … as if this creature … is no longer a mammalian cat … but some kind of scaly robot cat, … possibly alien in nature, … very likely built … by a race of lizard people. … Here we see what might be an artist … first-hand account, … complete with wings. … I did not see that coming. … Today's scales are nothing … more than three open path outlines … combined into an old school object blend … and then subject … to the random edge bender … that is the Roughen filter. … Again, inside Adobe Illustrator. … Still just for fun, … Imagine that this cat's eye … is just a detail from a much larger … and much more terrifying …