Help, trying to turn any object into a shape so I can weld multiples together

[lascivious1]

So I know how to take basic shapes "circle,square, etc" and weld them together in order to make one shape and fill in with color. using the "geometry tool and ADD.

Now I'm stuck trying to take the shape of a football helmet. by using the "selection tool" and creating that as a shape and duplicating it and putting a bunch of them together in order to weld them together and make one shape. The Geometry/add wont let me do it.

Anyone know to take a football helmet or any object and turn it into a shape so you can duplicate multiples to weld together and create one large shape and fill itin with any color?

 

Thanks!

[walt.farrell]

10 minutes ago, lascivious1 said:

by using the "selection tool"

If you mean the Selection Brush Tool, that creates a pixel selection. What you're talking about needs a vector path (or curve). I think you'll need to use the Pen Tool, or use an app that can do vector tracing of a pixel image.

(If that's not what you mean, please provide a screenshot of your application window so we can see your image and what tool you're using.)

[Xzenor]

Like @walt.farrell said, selections aren't shapes. You'll have to trace it with the pen tool to create a curve from it.. a curve acts like a shape and you can add and subtract from it.