<-- I started off with a shape like this. With fill and no outline. I realised later that if there is an visible outline, when the duplicated shape arrives back at the origin (almost) the layering is completely visible, making the last shape placed behind two on either side - a little messy. Therefore, I went for fill (colour red-brown) and no outline.
<-- To do this, select hexagon, then select rotation tool. Hold down ALT and click somewhere off the hexagon to make a new centre. Rotate window will pop up, select rotation angle, and click copy. Press Command + D to duplicate action. Keep going, until the circle has done a full rotation. You are done!
I then selected all hexagons and grouped them. Then I went to the Reduce(!!!!!!CHECK THIS) function and reduced and copied, the now, whole shape, by 80%. I duplicated this actin by pressing Command + D. This then created the image shown below.
Each circular shape is individually grouped. Originally each circular shape was the same colour. Consequently, I changed each inner circular shape's colour by going to the Fill Colour function. I think this colour scheme is OK - I would prefer some more earthy tones. More complexity to this image would be good too. Perhaps choosing a more irregular shape to begin with would create a more complex structure. By adding an even distance between each circular shape would add technical complexity as well.
Still finding Illustrator completely foreign, and am a little apprehensive about the Mandala. I don't think I have the skills down pat to even start. I am still yet to purchase Illustrator. Will do so in the next couple of days. I need loads of practise.
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