Silhouette or outline of a group of shapes in Illustrator

Alec Jacobson

January 19, 2014

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1. Select all of the objects
2. Group them
3. Copy and paste them as a new layer
4. Object > Path > Outline Stroke
5. Window > Pathfinder, "Unite"
6. Object > Path > Offset Path

7. Delete result of "Unite"