How to Illustrate Swirls & Flowers
Illustrating flowers and swirls on a computer is not difficult with the right software to help you, such as Adobe Illustrator. If you do not already own a copy of Illustrator, a free trial is available at Adobe.com (see References). Once you create the basic designs, you can manipulate them countless ways, making them personalized.
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Instructions
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Creating Swirls or Spirals
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Create a new file in Illustrator and select the spiral tool.
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Position where you want the center of the spiral to be, click and drag outward until you have reached the desired size.
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Hold the space bar to move the spiral. Hold down the up/down arrow keys to add or delete winds. Use the tilde(~) key to make multiple spirals.
Creating a Flower
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Select the arc tool. Draw an arc. Click and draw another arc, connecting the end points of both arcs together; this is your petal shape.
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Select the two points with the selection tool (A) and right-click to choose "Join" from the menu.
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Select the petal and press "Control + C" and then "Control +V" to copy and paste as many petals as you like. Each petal can be individually manipulated with the Free Transform tool if you want them to vary.
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Select the "Ellipse Tool(L)" and draw a circle for the center of your flower. Click on a color from the color palette while the circle is selected and it will fill in that color; this works for your petals too.
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Position the petals around the circle with the tips underneath as you like using the Selection or Free Transform tools. Use the Line tool to draw a stem if you like. Select all and right-click to choose "Join" from the menu.
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