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How to Create a Classic Table Phone in Illustrator

14
Jun 2010

In today’s Illustrator Class, We are going to draw a classic telephone in Adobe Illustrator CS4. We will start from sketch and then will turn it down to a Digital Graphics. I have tried my best to write each step so even beginners can understand it. But Still, If you are not sure about some step, let us know in comments and we will do our best.You can also download the final source file (*.ai) here.

Step 1

Open your Adobe Illustrator. Create a new document with 450px x 450px size.

Step 2

Open your sketch file in Adobe Illustrator. Create a new layer above the sketch picture layer, and name it as phoneBody.

Step 3

Now We are going to paint each parts, We will try to draw each part of the body and color them with corresponding colors. To paint them we do use solid color plus Gradient colors. Ok, now take pen tool(P) with no fill color. Draw borders of every separate parts. Shall we start from receiver?

Draw borders of top side of receiver and then apply gradient color. I am using #de2126 as my red color. Once you colored this object you delete borders ( Delete means just choose no color for stroke)

Step 4

Next step is draw other parts, Left side of the receiver. Draw this object, color with Gradient tool(G) and then select no color for stroke. I used #880303 for dark red and #bb141a for light red.

Step 5

Next is right side of the receiver. Draw this object and fill with Gradient tool(G). #ce171f for dark red and #d48168 for light red.

Step 6

Next draw this object which is top of the telephone. 1st draw this rectangle, color with gradient tool (T). Colors that i used – #ac0f15 for dark red and #e61f25 for light red.

Step 7

Ok, Lets move to front side of the phone. Draw a rectangle with the help of pen tool and fill with gradient tool. Colors are #ab0f14 dark red & #ed1c24 light red

Step 8

Next is right side of the telephone. We do the same method to draw up. Draw this object and color with gradient tool. Once you colored, select and go for no color to lines. Colors i used are dark red #ce171f & white

Step 9

Now friends, We want to draw speaker which is in a telephone. Draw an object like this and color with gradient tool, type is redial. 3rd picture shows you, how to place this gradient. To color this i have used these colors. #a70e13 for dar red and #ed1c24 & #de2126 for light red. After colorings select this object, choose no color for stroke. Then you send this object back to handle. So you will see just like a picture in 3rd illustration.

Step 10

Now draw mic part as well. Follow those illustrations you will understand. We finished the object in #4, send this object back to all other objects.

Step 11

No We need to draw receiver holders (Sorry, I don’t know the exact name of this)

#1 :- Draw three side parts

#2 :- Color with gradient tool to front side. Colors i used, Dark red #aa1f23, light red #ec2227

#3 :- Color right side of the holder with solid color #ec2027

#4 :- Finally color top side with gradient tool. Dark red #cd2127 & white

Step 12

Have a copy of the object which we created in previous step and paste it as another holder

Step 13

Now we draw an object and put it under the receiver. Just draw a rectangle with pen tool (P) and color with #bf2e27 and then send this object back.

Step 14

Now Draw this objects as well.

Step 15

Now We need to give shining effects. Lets draw a two borders to give a shining effect. You can do this by Pen tool and gradient tool.

Step 16

Ok, lets add some shadow effects to our phone. Draw an object and fill with #b31317 (see #1), apply feather up to 7.06 mm and reduce opacity to 95%. After that send this object back.

Step 17

Ok friends, We will add some more shining to our phone. At 1st make shining to receiver. Please see the illustration below.

Step 18

Now we will give another shining to main body.

Step 19

Next is draw shining to the speaker. You draw an object just like in #1, color with white gradient colors. Then send this object to back.

Step 20

Ok friends, now We came to number roll. Create an oval shape and fill with white color, & reduce its opacity to 70%. Then make a copy of that, move a bit to downside and change the color to #5d140b. So you will end up with a picture like in #3

Step 21

Draw another oval and apply gradient colors with different tones of ash color. See #2. Then apply inner glow. Inner glow option can be seen in Effects > Stylize > Inner Glow… Select #e8e7e7 and set blur to 2.8mm. See #3

Step 22

Then Draw a small oval, color by using Gradient tool (G). Colors i used, #201d63 for dark blue & #11baee for light blue

Step 23

Apply a shining effect with Gradient tool. Draw a oval and then you can color this by using Gradient tool.

step 24

Now Create a white color oval and go to Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel… Make adjustments as i shown in #2. Then Copy this and paste it 11 times. So you will see a picture like #3.

Step 26

Now we want to draw wire which is connected phone and the receiver. This is quite simple. Take Pen tool (P) and draw these shapes as given in #1. Then Copy, paste for many times. So it should be like a rolled wire.

Step 27

Now select all the shapes which we created previous step and create a New Art Brush. (This option is found in brush window)

Step 28

Take Pen tool and draw a line like this with no fill color and black line color. Then select that line and choose new brush that we created.

Step 29

Now select this wire and Choose Expand Appearance. (Object > Expand Appearance) Erase unnecessary parts by using Eraser (Shift+E) and draw some shapes to show that wire is connected.

Step 30

Almost We done. Now We need to place numbers and some outlines to make this phone beautiful.

That’s all!

Draw a shadow to your phone and background color as well. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Thank you for reading.

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How to Create a Beach Boy in Illustrator (Very Detailed)

02
Jun 2010

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Today we are going to discuss how to draw a simple cartoon character from a sketch in Adobe Illustrator CS4. We are going to learn simple techniques and how to use them to produce a good effect. If you are familiar with Illustrator you will catch-up quickly. This is a very detailed tutorial so no worry for beginners, you can understand easily. So what are we waiting for? Lets get Started

You can also download the source file here.

Step 1

Open your Adobe Illustrator. Create a new document with height 600 px and width 700 px.

Step 2

Open your sketch file in Adobe Illustrator.

Hint: Open… > select your file and click Open. Create a new layer above the sketch picture layer, name it as hair.

Step 3

Now We are going to paint the solid colors for each parts, We will try to draw each part of the body and color them with corresponding colors. Ok, now start from hair. Take pen tool(P) with no fill color. Draw borders of the hair.

Step 4

Once you drawn borders fill this objective with color #F7941E, after that you delete borders.

Hint: just select none for stroke color.

Step 5

Now we will move to face. Create new layer call face which should be under of the hair layer. (No need to create new layer for every objects, this is just for our convenience) Then draw the borders of the face and fill with color #FECD8A. Once you filled you may delete border color. That is better.

Step 6

Next draw ear and color with same color #FECD8A. Delete border. (In here delete means select none for stroke color). You may follow the same technique which we used pervious steps.

Step 7

Now before moving to body shall we add some details to hair and face? Ok go to hair layer and start paint as i illustrated below. Draw some shapes and color with dark and light colors. For light color i used #FFD25F

Step 8

For rest of object we will use Gradient Tool (G). Select those options as below. After that color rest objects.

Step 9

Go to face layer and draw an object as below and fill with #E0AA69. this would be kind of shadow.

Step 10

Ok now Hide face object in the face layer for a moment. We will draw nose and mouth.

Step 11

Create a new layer, rename it as sunglass. Ok start drawing sunglass and fill it with black color

Step 12

Ok now We want to give a shining effect to sunglass, to do that we use Gradient mesh tool (). First draw a rectangle on the sunglass and choose Gradient Mesh Tool from tool window and click center of the rectangle. After this select downside of 3 points and color with white color. See the illustration below.

Step 13

Go to face layer and draw beard. We use the same color which is used to color hair.

Step 14

Now we are going to color his body. Create new layer, rename it as body and place it under the face layer. Ok draw border of his body including hands and all. We can draw hands later. Color that body with #F8BE77

Step 15

Now we need to draw other parts of the body such as chest and hands. Therefore hide body object in the body layer for a while and start drawing those parts. First we start from dark color, and then go to light color to show the 3D effect. This is the way that i follow. But you can choose light to dark. Ok lets draw. For dark brown color is used #DE9F58

Step 16

Ok now lets start to make shining in body. That is very much simple friends. We follow the same technique which we used previous steps. Just draw objects and color them with #F9CEA0

Once you finished the above step you can disable hide option to show background body color. So your picture might be like this.

Step 17

Our next step is draw and paint shorts. Create new layer and name it as short. After that draw borders of the short, and fill with black color.

Step 18

Ok friends, Now we need to give tattoo and chain. That is simple. Create new layer which must be top of all other layers, name it as gallery. Create a random shape and select Twirl tool from Tool window, this tool is hidden under the Wrap Tool (Shift+R). Now press and hold on the random shape that you have just created. You will end up with different shapes.

Choose a shape as tattoo and place this on his shoulder. Of course you can draw some more shapes to add beauty.

Step 19

Ok lets draw chain.

1. First you need to draw an oval shape and color with Gradient tool.

2. Copy the oval, paste over there and reduce the size of oval. Select both ovals and click on Trim which is found in Pathfinder window.

3. Then select Direct Selection Tool(A) and delete the small oval.

4. Again copy the oval and paste over there, move just a bit as i illustrated above

5. Select both objects and click on Trim again.

6. Select upper side of the object with Direct Selection Tool and color with a light ash color

7. Select down side of the object with Direct Selection Tool and color with a dark ash color

Step 20

Copy 3times that object we have just created previous step, arrange them as a chain and delete some parts to make it real.

Step 21

Select those three ovals, copy, paste and then change their side

Step 22

Draw a lock like this.

Step 22

Color this lock and then place this lock to chain and erase unnecessary parts to make it really connected.

step 23

Select the chain as a whole and group them, have a copy of that. Now place that in his neck. Go to Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow…

Step 24

Place the chain on his neck.

Step 25

Ok, now We need to draw background. Create a new layer above the sketch layer. called background. First we draw sky. That is simple. Draw rectangle and color with Gradient Tool.

Step 26

Then draw sea and sand. When you draw sea consider the following options in Gradient window. Then draw sand as well.

Step 27

Draw some objects to show border of the sea.

Step 28

Draw Clouds. You can draw many circles, unit them into one and color with Gradient Tool.

Step 30

Ok, Now draw some ships in sea. Ok draw a picture like a boat and color with Gradient Tool

1. Draw a chip just like this

2. Color bottom part of the boat with red and white

3. Color to glass and window

4. Color other parts and water

5. Delete borders of the boat and give an effect of water

6. Clone this boat and have some changes to the cloned boat.

That’s All!

The final image is created. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Thank you for watching.

Got Stuck at some step? Feel free to comment and we will try our best to help you out.:)

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Create Beautiful 3D Graphs and Charts in Illustrator

19
May 2010

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I love graphs. There is something gorgeous in aesthetically pleasing, visual representation of data. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to put some style into graphs generated in Adobe Illustrator.

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Step 1: The Column Graph

Not a lot of people are aware of the fact that Illustrator has a tool for generating graphs. While being very useful, the graphs it generates are not really visually interesting…

But let me first introduce you to the basics of this tool. You’ll find it on the tools panel just below the symbol tools. Click and hold the left mouse button over it, and it will reveal the list of all graphs it can create for you.

As you can seethere is a pretty big list of graphs you can generate. In this tutorial I’ll talk about three most popular types: column graph, pie graph and line graph.

So now, please select the Column Graph Tool and draw your first graph.

Step 1.1

After drawing the graph you’ll be greeted with a window that resembles a spreadsheet. Well in fact, it is a spreadsheet Just input some numbers in a horizontal fashion and click OK.

Step 1.2

We’ve got our first graph on the screen, now it’s time to give it some style. I’ll show you how to draw a shape which we’ll later use as a graphic style for the columns.

Close the spreadsheet and hide the layer with the graph, you won’t need it right now. Create a new layer, draw a square on it and fill it with a gradient (#DBF9FF to #00BCE0, angle: -137).

Copy the square, and double click on the shear tool (you’ll find it under the pencil and rotate tool) to shear the object 55 degrees horizontally.

Position it like in the picture below. Then draw a straight line as indicated in the picture. Select both, the sheared square and the line, go to Pathfinder and use the Divide option.

Delete the unnecessary part of the rectangle, play with the gradient settings (I just changed the angle) and you’ll be left with that:

To create the third wall, you need to draw a newrectangle, turn on the Smart Guides option (ctrl/cmd+U), copy the top wall of the cube and align it with the bottom of the front wall.

Then using the Smart Guides snapping feature, position each corner of the rectangle as indicated below.

You should get something like in the picture below. Delete the lower part of the cube, we won’t need it any more, and give the new wall a dark blue gradient (Irecommend using the Edit Colors option in the Color Guide panel for this).

To fake the cubestransparency we need to copy the front side and align it like in the picture below.

Now give the rectangle a pure white to dark blue gradient (#FFFFFF to #00B0D8, angle:0). Go to the Transparency panel, turn on the Multiply mode and lower the rectangles opacity to 20%.

In this step we’ll give some contrast to the cubes edges by drawing white strokes over them. So grab the pen tool and draw 1 pt thick strokes over the edges and adjust their opacity like in the picture below.

Now we’ll add a shine on the corner of the cube. To do so, take the Star Tool and draw a 4 pointed star. You can change the number of points by pressing up or down on your keyboard while you are holding the left mouse button. Position the star like in the picture and give it 80% opacity,

To add final touches to the star, draw two triangles with the Star Tool. Do it like in a previous step, just reduce the number of points to 3 by pressing the down arrow.

Position the triangles like in the picture. Select the bottomcentre points of each rectangle and delete them. Then put the triangles closer to one another. Select two rightmost points of each triangle, right click and select Join, do the same for two leftmost points. Then scale the joined triangles to get a thin pointy shape.

Duplicate the pointy shape. Give both shapes white color and position them like below.

Step 1.3

Style for the columns is ready. Now we need to take care of the most important part. Applying and configuring the graph design in Illustrator. There are four ways in which you can apply the style to a bar graph. Vertically scaled, uniformly scaled, repeating and sliding.

Now you’re probably wondering why didn’t I show the newly created style with the vertical scaling option? Let me show you.

Looks pretty bad… When dealing with more complicated column designs it’s always better to use the sliding option because it enables you to specify which part of design you want to scale and which you want to leave unscaled.

As you can see it looks good. Now let me show you, how you can prepare a design to be scaled this way.

Step 1.4

Lets get back to the cube we created a few steps earlier. To make our design scale properly using the sliding option we need todraw two things.

1. A rectangle which will indicate the boundaries of our design

2. straight line to define which part of the design will be stretched.

Draw the rectangle and the line just like you see them below:

Now group everything (ctrl/cmd+G). Go to the layers panel and put the boundary rectangle at the very bottom of the group (this is very important!), the rectangle shouldn’t have any fill or stroke, so turn them off.

Select the black line with the Direct Selection Tool. Go to View>Guides>Make Guides or press ctrl/cmd+5. We need to convert this line into a guide or else it won’t work. This is the only way to show the Illustrator where to stretch the design.

Now uncheck View>Guides>Lock Guides. It’s just for convenience, if the guides have been locked you wouldn’t be able to move the guide we just created.

Step 1.5

Select the group, go to Object>Graph>Design and click "New Design". Your design is now ready to be applied to the graph . You can also rename it by clicking the "Rename Design" button.

Delete the cube from the page area, make the graph we created earlier visible again and select it. Then go to Object>Graph>Column, select your design from the list, and choose Sliding from the drop down menu. Click OK.

Your graph should look similar to this. If your columns seem to be too wide, change the Column Width parameter in Object>Graph>Type.

Creating graph designs may be a complicated task. If you can’t do it, justdownload the source files. You’ll find a ready made column design outside of the artboard in "bar_final.ai".

In this last step I added a few touches. I made some lines invisible, and changed the font. I also added the orizontal lines by using the Tick Marks option in Object>Graph>Type>Value Axis.

The graph is ready, and what is the most important, it’s editable, you can change column values or add newvalues to the spreadsheet and it will work just fine.

It’s worth noting that design we created will also work withdifferent types of graphs:Stacked Column Graph,Bar Graph and Stacked Bar Graph.

Step 2 The Pie Graph

In this step we’ll try to get some nice glossy reflections on the pie graph.We’ll be using advanced 3D and lighting options, so don’t worry if things will get slow on your machine.

Take the Pie Graph tool, draw a new pie graph and input some numbers into the spreadsheet.

The following steps will be very processor intensive. If your computer is slow, you may have to wait a few minutes before the 3D effect renders. If it doesn’t, click "Stop", exit the "3D Extrude & Bevel" option and try again.

You can also decrease the "Blend Steps" parameter in the light settings. This parameter directly affects the quality and speed of rendering (the lower the faster but with less quality).

Step 2.1

Give the graph some colours, then go to Effects>3D>Extrude and Bevel and input values from the picture below.

To create nice reflections on our graph we need to round its edges by using the Rounded Bevel option from the Bevel drop down menu. Adjust the bevel to 4 pt height and make it Extent in. It is also essential to select the Plastic Shading, this is the option responsible for rendering lighting reflections.

Now you can notice nice little reflections on the edges of the graph, but this is just the beginning, we’ll make it look much better.

Click the "More Options" button to expand the window and make the light configuration visible. Now add two more lights. Position all three lights and give them all the same parameters like in the picture.

Do you notice thegorgeous big reflection on the side of our graph? It looks great, but it needs one more adjustment. If you zoom into the reflection you’ll see strangeartefacts in the color blending.

Actually it’s quite easy to fix, just go back to the Extrude and Bevel options (you have to do this by double clicking on this effect in the Appearance Panel after you select the graph) andincrease the Blend Steps parameter to 100. You mayincrease this parameter even more, but it has a great impact on the rendering time. If your computer is slow I advise you to keep the blend steps as low as possible.

Step 2.2 (Optional)

The graph looks good andis 100% editable, you may change the numbers in the spreadsheet and it will update. This step is optional because if you want to style the graph a little more you will have to redo Step 2.2 each time you update the spreadsheet.

Duplicate the pie graph and go to its Extrude andBevel options. Change the Surface Shading to Wireframe and click OK.

Expand the wireframe (Object>Expand Appearance) and delete every line except the top edges of the object. You should be left with something that looks like that:

You may have to ungroup the shapes a few times (ctrl/cmd+shift+G) because Illustator tends to group objects several times after they are expanded.

Then after your shapes are ungrouped, group them, to make sure they are all in one group.

Select the shapes, give them a white, 1 pt stroke with 50% opacity.

Duplicate the whole group. Make it 100% opacity, no stoke, white fill.

Take the rectangle tool and draw a new rectangle. Rotate and scale it like in the picture below. Fill it with white to black gradient.

Select the rectangle and the white filled group. Go to the Transparency Panel and from the drop down menu, click "Make Opacity Mask".

The graph is now ready Your outcome should resemble this:

Step 3 The Line Graph

Select the Line Graph tool, draw a new graph and input data into the spreadsheet.

Now we will create a marker design for the graph. Markers are those little rectangles located in places where the lines connect.

Select one of the markers, copy it and paste it.

Use the Ellipse Tool to create a circle, give it a white stroke and a dark blue to light blue radial gradient. Then select the gradient tool and click on the place indicated in the picture to move the gradients centre.

Select the circle and the marker that we copied and pasted earlier. Align them to their horizontal and verticalcentres. Select the marker and turn off any stroke or fill.

Now, this is very important, put the marker below the circle in the layershierarchy and group both objects (the circle and the marker).

With both objects (circle and marker) still selected go to Object>Graph>Design. Click "New Design" button, your design is ready to be applied to the graph.

Lets use the design we just created to style our graph. Select the graph and go to Object>Graph>Marker, select your design and click OK.

The graph is almost ready it just needs a few more tweaks. Select it and go to Object>Graph>Type. In the Graph Options select "Draw Filled Lines" and make them 3pt thick.

Then in Value Axis options select "Override Calculated Values" and in the Max field input a number higher than last number in your value axis. Mine is 10, so I input 12. Also select Full Width tick marks.

Go to the Category Axis and make it draw Full Length tick marks.

Your result should look more or less like this:

The last step is fairly simple. I played with some colours and stroke widths.Changed gradient to green on the second lines markers (I recommend using Edit Colors option in the Colour Guide panel for this), and added arrowheads to the main axes (Effect>Add Arrowheads).

You may also apply this style to the Scatter Graph and, to some extent, the Area Graph.

This is the end of the tutorial, as you can see Illustrator is capable of producing some nice looking graphs. I encourage you to read Illustrators help files. You will find there a lot of additional info about graph tools. And as always, try to experiment and have fun.

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Design an Underwater Clown Fish Tutorial in Illustrator

17
May 2010

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In this tutorial I will show you how to create a beautiful clown fish illustration inside Adobe Illustrator CS4. This is an intermediate tutorial and it requires some pen drawing skills. Let’s begin.

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Step 1: Set Up

Open Up Illustrator and set up a new document, any size you like. I use standard 800 x 600 pixels. Rename "Layer 1" to "Fish".

Step 2: Fish Body

Select Pen Tool (P) and try to draw the main fish body path. This may take a couple of tries to achieve the needed result, don’t try to make it perfect, it should be a schematic fish shape. Pay attention to the head and caudal fin shape, the rest will be covered with other fins.

Step 3: Body details (a)

Press E to select the Ellipse tool and draw a small ellipse intersecting the head. Select the body path and this ellipse and press the Unite button in the Pathfinder palette to create a single path from these two.

Step 4: Body details (b)

Select the Pen Tool (P) and draw a path as you see in the image, after extracting it from main body path it will ad a little gap to the body for the mouth. Select the drawn path and the body path and click on the Minus Front button in the Pathfinder palette to extract it from the body.

Step 5: Body Color

Click on the body path that we achieved and fill it with a gradient from a dark orange ( I used #D2690B )to a brighter orange of your choice ( #FEA600 ). Adjust the angle of the gradient.

Step 6: Eyes

Use Ellipse Tool (E) to draw the left eye of the fish. Fill it with gradient from #FEA600 to #FE8800 with the same angle as the body gradient. Draw a smaller ellipse, fill it with black and place it on the top of the first one.

Step 7: Eye shadow

Press V to select the main Selection Tool and click on the bigger path of the eye to select it. Press Ctrl + C and then Ctrl + B ( Cmd + C and Cmd + B on Mac ) to make a copy of it and place it under the original. You won’t see any changes for now. With your copy selected, hold down the Shift key and drag the top left corner of the bounding box to make it bigger but keep the proportions. Go to Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur, enter Radius value 6.8 pixels, click ok.

Step 8: Mouth

Use Pen Tool to trace a path for the mouth. Select the body path and make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl + C ( Cmd + C on Mac ). While holding down the Shift key, click on the copy of the body and the newly created mouth path to select them both. Press Intersect button in the Pathfinder palette. Fill the result path with # FE8800.

Step 9 : White bars (a)

We’ve got to the most interesting part of the tutorial, we’ll now draw those nice white bars that make clown fish look so cute. Select the Pen Tool and try to draw a thick bar intersecting the body ( I’ve added a background to the illustration to make it easier to see ). Select the body path and make a copy of it(see how in Step select this copy and the bar path and press the Intersect button in the Pathfinder palette.

Step 10: White bars (b)

Repeat Step 9 two more times.

Step 11: White Bars (c)

Select a white bar, go to Object > Path > Offset Path and enter 4 pixels as offset value and hit Enter. Fill the resulting path with black. Make a Copy of the body path, hold down the Shift key and select the copy and the black bar path, press the Intersect button in the Pathfinder palette.

Step 12: White bars (d)

Repeat Step 11 actions on the rest of the bars.

Step 13: Left fin

Select Pen Tool (P) and draw the left fin path as you see in the image. Using Eyedropper Tool (I) click on the body path to apply the same gradient and options to it, adjust the angle of the gradient (-143). Use Pen Tool again to draw an intersecting, black path on the fin. Make a copy of the fin path, select it and the black path and click on the Intersect button in the Pathfinder palette.

Step 14: Right fin

The same way we’ve drawn the right fin in Step 13, draw the right one. Trace the fin itself then an intersecting black part and the cut the excess using Pathfinder. After that, select the fin and the black part of it and press Shift + Ctrl + [ (Shift + Cmd + [ on Mac) to send them back under the rest sub layers. Press Ctrl + G (Cmd + G on Mac) to group these two paths together.

Step 15: Right fin (b)

Select the group we’ve just made, press Ctrl + C and then Ctrl + B, to make a copy of i and paste it back. Move this copy to the left, rotate it clockwise a little and press Shift + Ctrl + [ once again.

Step 16: Dorsal and Bottom fins

Repeat Step 13 another three times to draw Dorsal and Bottom (anal) fin, don’t forget to adjust gradient angles to match to the rest of the shadows and highlights.

Step 17: Decorate Caudal Fin

Select Pen Tool and draw a path slightly bigger that caudal fin, try to match it’s edges to the black stroke near the white bar to blend these two paths together. Press Shift + Ctrl + [ once to send this path under the body path.

Step 18: Background (a)

Create a new layer under the "Fish" layer and name it ‘Background". Select the Blob Brush Tool (Shift + B), set no fill and a dark blue as stroke color (#21637A). Braw some random lines on the background, don’t pay to much attention to them, we’ll completely blur them later. Set another, brighter blue color (#2B93AF) as stroke color and draw some random lines again. Finally select a very bright blue color (#45D3F4) and fill all those white gaps.

Step 19: Background (b)

Select all blue paths that you’ve drawn using Blob Brush Tool, go to Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur, enter 37 pixels as Radius value and click ok. Lock this layer.

Step 20: Anemone (a)

Create new layer under "Fish" and name it "Anemone B". Select Pen Tool and draw a line, make it about 50pt thick and round corners. Go to Object > Expand and click ok. Fill it with a vertical gradient from #AA8B7E to #87695B. Select it and go to Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow and set the Mode to Normal, Color #D8D1B4, Opacity 75% and Blur 18px, hit Enter.

Step 21: Anemone (b)

Select Anemone tentacle path and create a lot of copies of it, Try to place them close to each other, reflect them, move up and down so they look different.

Step 22: Anemone (c)

Create a new layer above "Fish" layer and and name it "Anemone A". Repeat Step 21 once again to fill all free space under the fish with Anemone.

Step 23: Anemone Blur (a)

Select the closest to background tentacles of Anemone, go to Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur and enter 9.8px as Radius value, click ok.

Step 24: Anemone Blur (b)

Select a row that is closer to fish, or the next row of tentacles this time and also apply a blur effect on them but enter 3px Radius value this time.

Step 25: Anemone Blur (c)

Select some tentacles that are very close to the bottom of the image, those that hiding caudal fin and the white bar near the caudal fin and apply the same 3px (or 4) blur effect to them. This will add a macro effect to the image.

Step 26: Final Result

Our clown fish illustration is ready!

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Adobe Illustrator Brushes: Best of

30
Apr 2010

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Photoshop brushes get a lot of attention from designers and bloggers, but quality Illustrator brushes are a little bit harder to come by. In this post we’ll feature more than 40 of the best sets of free Illustrator brushes, totaling over 1,700 brushes.

Brush Strokes:

Multi-Colored Paint Brushes (57 brushes)

Multi-Colored Paint Brushes

Paintbrush Style Brushes Part 1 (27 brushes)

Paintbrush Style Brushes Part 1

Paint Brushes (15 brushes)

Paint Brushes

Paintbrush Style Brushes Part 2 (27 brushes)

Paintbrush Style Brushes Part 2

Paintbrush Style Illustrator Brushes (33 brushes)

Paintbrush Style Illustrator Brushes

Paint Brushes (85 brushes)

Paint Brushes

Watercolor Brushes (100 brushes)

Watercolor Brushes

Watercolor Blob Brushes (17 brushes)

Watercolor Blob Brushes

Delicious Watercolor Brushes (106 brushes)

Delicious Watercolor Brushes

Delicious Watercolor Brushes (105 brushes)

Delicious Watercolor Brushes

Illustrative Brushes (42 brushes)

Illustrative Brushes

Paint Brushes 1 (18 brushes)

Paint Brushes 1

Paint Brushes 2 (7 brushes)

Paint Brushes 2

Paint Brushes 3 (19 brushes)

Paint Brushes 3

Paint Brushes 4 (41 brushes)

Paint Brushes 4

Ink and Watercolor Brushes (13 brushes)

Ink and Watercolor Brushes

Artistic Brushes (90 brushes)

Artistic Brushes

Marker Brushes:

Dry Erase Marker Brushes (101 brushes)

Dry Erase Marker Brushes

Marker Brushes (20 brushes)

Marker Brushes

Marker Brushes (230 brushes)

Marker Brushes

Foliage, Florals and Swirls Brushes:

Foliage Brushes (16 brushes)

Foliage Brushes

Teardrop Foliage (12 brushes)

Teardrop Foliage

Flower Pattern Brushes (29 brushes)

Flower Pattern Brushes

Swirly Curls Brushes (22 brushes)

Swirly Curls Brushes

Swirl Rocks Brushes (11 brushes)

Swirl Rocks Brushes

Abstract Brushes:

Abstract Brushes (35 brushes)

Abstract Brushes

Retro Tech-Shaped Brushes (105 brushes)

Retro Tech-Shaped Brushes

Retro Starburst Brushes (50 brushes)

Retro Starburst Brushes

Sketchy Brushes:

Sketchy and Line Art Brushes (6 brushes)

Sketchy and Line Art Brushes

Tina’s Streaky Inks (9 brushes)

Tina's Streaky Inks

Sketchy Illustrator Brushes (16 brushes)

Sketchy Illustrator Brushes

Chalk Brushes (13 brushes)

Chalk Brushes

Art Brushes (20 brushes)

Art Brushes

Thick Brushes (14 brushes)

Thick Brushes

Miscellaneous Brushes:

Arrowhead Brushes (10 brushes)

Arrowhead Brushes

Argyle Brushes (81 brushes)

Argyle Brushes

Illustrator Brush Set (29 brushes)

Illustrator Brush Set

Sick Brush Kit 2 (26 brushes)

Sick Brush Kit 2

Kirby Krackles Brushes (10 brushes)

Kirby Krackles Brushes

Grunge Brushes (13 brushes)

Grunge Brushes

Grunge Brushes 2 (20 brushes)

Grunge Brushes 2

Scatter Brushes (14 brushes)

Scatter Brushes

Circles and Drips (9 brushes)

Circles and Drips

For more Illustrator resources please see:

Learn Adobe Illustrator
40 Tutorials for Working with Shapes in Illustrator
30 Text Effect Tutorials for Adobe Illustrator
27 New and Fresh Illustrator Tutorials
Top 10 Sites for Illustrator Tutorials

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