How to draw a cocoon (stretched sphere)?

[gwpriester]

Or...

Create a capsule shape.

Duplicate and apply an Inner Contour with the Contour Tool.

Press the Inset Path icon - This makes a single new object

Apply Linear transparency to the white shape.

Gary

[The Alien]

I just use a blend between 2 lines.
I try as much as possible not to blend between (complex) shapes, because the blend often doesn't turn out right

[Egg Bramhill]

Or is this the kind of cocoon you're after?

[haakoo]

Hi Egg,

Nice one
Since your the flash man;Can you make it pop and fly away like a butterfly

Hans

[StephanP]

Well gentlemen,

I must say that have been very quick with your assistance.
I had found a Xara Xone workbook exercise about Gel buttons, which is pretty much the same method as Gary's 2nd posting in red. But I wasn't too pleased with the end result. Particularly as the cocoon has to co-exist with the purplish spheres I had already created.
I think I'll play around a bit with Gary's green and the Alien's blue methods.

Thanks very much folks,

Stephan

[gwpriester]

Alien

That's a brilliant solution! Why didn't I think of that?

Gary

[The Alien]

Hehe, I've learned this technique a long time ago from the Shading a bent tube thread at the tips & tricks board