Make the second wing and the tail using the same technique. Step 4įinally add extra thickness to the bottom of the wing. Then add some thickness closer to the tip of the wing. Pull the path in the middle and the Width Tool will add thickening. Take the Width Tool ( Shift + W) and add some extra thickness to the left wing.

The tail and wings draw by the Pencil Tool ( N).

The body and the head draw by the Ellipse Tool ( L).

This will give the impression of distance for some of the clouds. Then select some of them and go to the Transparency panel. You can use the hot keys Control + C and Control + V. However as these are gradients within vector shapes, your fluffy, blurred effect is 100% vector! With a group of white gradients, it creates a fluffy, blurred effect which you'd usually achieve with the many raster Blur effects. So this process will only show the white of the gradients. When using a black fill with Blending Mode Screen, it will become completely transparent. Now you can Group ( Control + G) the shapes of each cloud. Next go to the Transparency panel and set Blending Mode to Screen. Now you can change the size of the clouds. Add Fluffy Effect by Using Gradients Step 1 Don't forget to Ungroup ( Control + Shift + G) these shapes.Ĥ. Select all of the cloud shapes and go to Object > Expand Appearance to transform brushes into objects. Then draw few different lines as shown in the image below. Take the Paintbrush Tool ( B) and select our new Scatter Brush.

Use random settings as shown in the image below. Then drag and drop this circle to the Brushes panel. To create a Scatter Brush we need to draw a circle.

Set the angle of 90 degrees in the Gradient panel. Go to Window > Swatch Libraries > Gradients > Sky. You can use standard Swatch Libraries of Adobe Illustrator to do this. Take the Rectangle Tool ( M) and draw a rectangle with the same dimensions as the Artboard. So let's get started!įirst of all we should draw the background. Also we learn how to draw a bird silhouette and create the sun by Flare Tool. In today's tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create a quick and easy tranquil cloudy sky scene in Adobe Illustrator with help of the a Scatter Brush and the Blending Mode Screen.

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