T'is the season to be jolly! Start the holiday
season off with this tutorial on how to create a
holiday wreath!
Step 1: Using the
Ellipse Tool, draw out an ellipse. Hold down SHIFT
on your keyboard
to make the ellipse proportional. I chose a dark
green for the fill and stroke color.
Step 2: With the ellipse
still selected, go to Edit > Copy and then Edit >
Paste in Front. This creates a duplicate of the
ellipse in front of the previous one. Now while
holding down Shift + Alt grab a corner handle and
drag inward.
 Step
3: Select both ellipses and then go
to the Pathfinder window. If you don't see it, go to
Window > Pathfinder. While holding down the Alt key,
click on the Subtract from shape area option. This
will cut a hole into the ellipse.
Step 4: With the ellipse
selected, go to Effect > Distort & Transform >
Roughen. The Relative size may vary based on the
size of your object, but if you have the Preview
option checked you can play around with the settings
and see them in action. I used a Relative size of
7%, a Detail of 100%, and Smooth points. This is my
result:
Step 5: Now let's make copy
of what we have, paste it in front and then size
inward. Select your object and go to Edit > Copy and
then Edit > Paste in Front. While holding down Shift
+ Alt grab one of the corner handles and drag
inward. I changed the color of this object to a
lighter green for both the fill and stroke and also
rotated it a little bit.
Step 6: We're going to repeat
step 5 again. Select your newly created object and
go to Edit > Copy and then Edit > Paste in Front.
While holding down Shift + Alt grab one of the
corner handles and drag inward. I changed the color
of this object back to a darker green for the fill
and white for the stroke. I also rotated it a little
bit.
Step 7: All that's left to do
is add some decorations! Illustrator has some
pre-made symbols, one of them being a bow. If you
don't see your Symbols window go to Window >
Symbols. Then click on the little arrow on the
Symbols window and choose Open Symbol Library and
then select Celebration.
Step 8: Drag the bow from the
symbol window into your document. Size it up or down
and place to your liking.
Add any other decorations you like! Here's my final
result:
- Tutorial written by Jacorre
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