AI Xmas Tutorial - Part 2 of 3

Finally my Christmas tutorials are finished! I've went through a lot of hassle with these due to my computer being very unstable it seems... however, all fixed and the audio for my video tutorials should now be sorted.

These tutorials and resources are a "gift" to my devwatchers and any other members of deviantArt, so if you've been linked to this page and can't see anything, this is because I have the share settings at discouraged and for DeviantArt members only. Go register your bad ass an account to see!

They are not meant to produce an OMG awesome vector as you may expect, but more how to use certain tools within Illustrator... because vectors are not just about the pen tool! Infact the pentool is used very little in these tutorials - see them as a light hearted exercise in using other features of such a fantastic vector program.

As an aid in these tutorials, you might find it useful downloading the following resource: [link] - this contains brushes and the original Christmas tree's AI file to give you an idea of what things you're be doing.



In this specific tutorial you will go through the following:

How to create a "scatter" brush in a line
How to use the zigzag tool
How to flip a shape/mirror a shape
How to use the free distort tool

This will make up the tree for the Christmas tree scene.

Part one: [link]
Part two: [link]
Part three: [link]