How to Make Flowers in Illustrator
Illustrator is a graphic design program designed by Adobe. The program creates vector graphics. These images are unique because the artist can expand or shrink them to any size without losing any of the image quality. The program is designed with a user-friendly interface, which makes creating graphics a simple task. You can make a flower in illustrator with a few, easy-to-use tools.
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Instructions
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Select the "Elipse" tool from the tool drawer on the left side of the screen. This tool looks like a small oval.
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Hold down the "Shift Key" and draw a circle for the center part of the flower. Holding down the shift key makes sure the circle is perfectly round.
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Hold down the "Shift Key" and make a small circle for a petal. Press "Control + c" on a PC or "Command + c" on a Mac to copy the petal circle. Press "Control + v" on a PC or "Command + v" on a Mac to paste the circle. Press this command several times until you have enough petals to surround the central circle.
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Choose the "Direct Selection" tool (white arrow) from the tool bar. Use this tool to move the petal circles and place them around the center circle. Make sure each petal touches the circle.
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Hold down the cursor and drag a box around the entire object.
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Open the pathfinder tool by clicking on "Window" and then "Pathfinder." Click on the "Unite" tool. If you are unsure which is the correct button, hold your cursor over the options until it says the name.
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Add a fill color to the flower by clicking on the color square in the bottom of the tool panel. When you click on the white square a color panel appears. Click on the color you want to fill the flower with.
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References
- "Adobe Illustrator CS4 Classroom in a Book"; Adobe Creative Team; 2008
