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I am wondering how to achieve this effect:

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Basically what I'm trying to do is create rounded rectangles and wrap them around a center point.

I have tried to create rounded rectangles and apply a warp effect, but I had no success.

Is there a corresponding distort effect?

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  • Yes but it may be easier to use a brush instead.
    – joojaa
    Mar 14, 2016 at 11:48
  • @Vincent I have tried to create rounded rectangles and apply a warp effect, but I had no success. joojaa How is this effects possible with brushes?
    – lmaooooo
    Mar 14, 2016 at 13:15

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I would utilize Strokes for this. Set a dashed Stroke on a circle with Round Caps then tweak it to the appearance you'd like. Modify the dash/gaps for sizing and layer a bunch of circles if needed.

dashed Stroke with Round Caps

The illustration in your example doesn't have a straight-on perspective, so for that you'd need to tweak the circles first. Illustrator has lots of tools to help you achieve the perspective, but ultimately you can still use a dashed stroke for the effect. I distorted three circles in this example (two larger ones with different Dash settings):

Windmill example

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