Hold Shift while dragging with the Ellipse tool to create a perfect circle somewhere on the artboard. Reduce the opacity of this object to around 20% to create a subtle change of colour in the background. Hold the ALT key and click the areas outside of the rectangle to clip the shape to the size of the artboard. Shift and click the background rectangle to add it to the selection, then activate the Shape Builder tool from the toolbar. Go to Object > Transform > Rotate and enter a value such as 25°, then change the colour of the object to a mid blue (#313166) and scale the shape over the main artboard to creep in from the upper right area of the documemt. Users with an older version of Illustrator can use the Effect > Stylize > Round Corners menu to find a suitable value to replicate this effect. Switch to the Direct Selection tool, which will bring up the Corner Widgets in version CS6+, click and drag the widget to round off the corners. When all the shapes are different lengths, select them all and click the Unite option from the Pathfinder panel to merge them into one object. Alternate between a wide and narrow shape as you go, scaling each one to a random size. Grab the Selection tool, then adjust the width of each rectangle while holding the ALT key. Press and hold CMD+T (shortcut for Object > Transform > Transform Again) to create a series of perfectly aligned rectangle shapes. The Smart Guides make it easy to snap the shape exactly into place. Turn on Smart Guides (View > Smart Guides), then hold ALT and Shift while dragging a duplicate of the rectangle until it butts up next to the original. Give this rectangle a dark blue fill (#1e1e3a) by double clicking the fill box at the bottom of the toolbar.ĭraw a long thin rectangle elsewhere on the artboard. Draw a rectangle to cover the entire artboard to produce a background for the design. The rounded lines that produce the basic shading on the planets is a really popular effect used by Illustrators who have adopted this stylised flat vector look.īegin by creating a new document in Adobe Illustrator. The artwork we’ll be creating in this tutorial features a simple space scene with planets, stars and a moon all illustrated in a flat style with bright colours.
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