Summer Fun
This is what you will do now, a
beautiful summer landscape. Follow the instructions below.
Here’s how you do it:
1. First we will create a border for
the image that will keep everything we draw within a nice clean shape. Start by
drawing two rectangles with the Rounded Rectangle Tool. You can use the
Pathfinder Palette like in step 2 to make a traditional matte or the more
simple technique is to make just one rectangle with a really thick stroke.
2. Select both rectangles and then
in the Pathfinder Palette click on “Substract from
Shape area” and then click on expand. Now make the new shape white and place it
on it’s own layer and keep
all other layers below it. As we continue throughout the tutorial you can make
new layers as you see fit to place your different objects on. I will leave that
up to your discretion; as such, I won’t be pointing out when we make new
layers.
3. Draw a new rectangle and apply to
it a blue gradient. This is the basis of what will become the sky. Note that
this looks like a rounded corner rectangle because it is behind the matte
layer.
4.Using the Pen Tool (P) draw some wavy shapes on the scene that
will become the grass.
5. Now to make the bushes. Using the
Pen Tool draw an abstract shape like below.
6. Select the new shape and go to
Effects -> Distort & Transform -> Zig Zag and put in the settings below or you can experiment to
get something different.
7. Next we will make a few
variations of the bush shape. First copy it two times and then fill the copies
with slightly different gradients. Finally double-click on Zig
Zag in the Appearance palette and play with the
settings a bit to vary each shape.
8. Select the 3 shapes and go to
Object -> Expand Appearance. This will lock the Zig
Zag effect we applied.
9. Now place the 3 shapes on a new
layer behind the grass field and scatter them arround
however you would like them to look. A simple way to copy them arround is to hold down the Alt key while dragging the
shape. This will make a copy of it in the release spot.
10. Next we will create the sun
rays. Start by drawing a hourglass shape like below.
11. Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D
to open the Transform window, put in the settings as below and press Copy.
12. Repeat the previous step until
you get a full circle.
13. Go to Object -> Envelope
Distort -> Make with Warp (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W),
select Twist and set Bend to 100%.
14. Move this shape over the scene,
go to Object -> Expand Appearance and click OK.
15. Set the fill color to white and
Opacity to 10%.
16. Now to make the Sun: draw a
circle and apply a Radial gradient to it.
17. Duplicate the Sun (press Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+F to
paste in front)
18.
Set the fill color to yellow and then go to Effect – > Blur -> Gaussian
Blur.
Conclusion