Adobe Illustrator Practice - Making A Beautiful Flower

baaPosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago3 min read

At first I never really thought that this simple lines would result to a beautiful flower like this, so now I will share to everyone the process on how to come up with this.

Design Process

First, I made a 500 x 500 pixel artboard at 300 ppi.

It would look something like this.

Then, I made a circle in the center of the artboard with the dimensions: 86 x 86 pixels.

Then using the star tool, I made one at the center of the circle with the dimensions: 133 x 63 pixels with 10 points.

Then I created a bigger star still at the center of the circle with the dimensions: 185 x 122 pixels with 10 points.

I selected all the end points of the outer star.

Then with the points selected, I converted the anchor points to smooth curves.

After that I applied the same process to the inner star.

Then I manually adjusted the handles to obtain curves on the inner part of the outer star.

After manually adjusting it all, this is how it will look like.

After that, I selected all the objects then changed its stroke weight to 0.3 pt.

Then I added a radial gradient to the stroke of the outer star.

After that, I added a radial gradient to the stroke of the inner star.

Then I added a radial gradient to the stroke of the circle in the middle.

I then edited the values of the blend. I selected first all the objects, then I went to Object > Blend > Blend Options. For the spacing I choose, Specified Steps: 400.

Then after that, to apply the blend, I went to Object > Blend > Make.

After the blend is applied, this is how it will look like.

I added an effect. I went to Effect > Distort & Transform > Pucker & Bloat. Then I set the percentage to 60%.

After applying the effect, this is how it will look like.

I then added another effect. I went to Effect > Distort & Transform > Zig Zag. I then set the values to 15px for the Size then 7 for the Ridges Per Segment and the Smooth option for the Point.