How to Make a Semicircle in Illustrator

Andrei Marius Last updated Feb 22, 2023

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In the following tutorial, you'll learn how to make a perfect semicircle in Illustrator. First, you'll learn how to create a perfect circle, and then I'll show you how to make a half circle in Illustrator.

What You'll Learn in This Adobe Illustrator Half Circle Tutorial

How to make a circle in Illustrator
How to make a semicircle in Illustrator

How to Make a Circle in Illustrator

In order to create a half circle design in Illustrator, you will first need a circle.

Pick the Ellipse Tool (L) and either click on your artboard to open the Ellipse window and enter the size of your circle, or hold down the Shift key as you click and drag to manually draw the perfect circle.

Now that you've got your perfect circle, let's see how you can use it to create a half circle in Illustrator.

How to Make a Perfect Semicircle in Illustrator

Make sure that your circle is selected and pick the Direct Selection Tool (A). Use it to select one of the anchor points that make up your circle and press the Delete key to easily create a half circle in Illustrator. Now we have a half circle outline.

Now that you've learned how to make a semicircle in Illustrator, you might want to close it. You can do this easily by going to Object > Path > Join or using the Control-J keyboard shortcut.

Congratulations! You Did a Half Circle Design!

Now that you know how to make a semicircle in Illustrator, feel free to use the technique in your future projects.

You can find some great sources of inspiration at Envato Elements, with interesting solutions to improve your design portfolio.

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We have loads of tutorials on Envato Tuts+, from beginner to intermediate level. Take a look!

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Andrei Marius

I'm a self-taught graphic designer and a vector fanatic. I spend most of my time working on all sorts of designs in Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, Figma, or Sketch. Everything from illustrations to UI designs and interfaces, icons, charts, infographics and diagrams, logos and badges, patterns, a few character designs, and a lot of text effects. You can find my entire portfolio at andreimarius.com.

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