Premium Tutorial: Realistic Vector Rose
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By: Alegas
In this tutorial, I will teach you on how to create a realistic gradient mesh flower.
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1. Drawing the Rose
1. First, place the rose picture in a new Illustrator file and lock this layer. Draw a rectangle on
top of it with the Rectangle Tool (M).
2. Select the Mesh Tool (U). Click on the center and add a new point.
3. Select the 3 extreme points on the left and shift it down using Direct Selection Tool (A).
4. Select Rotate Tool (R) and click on the middle point on the left edge and rotate. Do the
same with the other side. Adjust the direction points of the mesh to form curved edges.
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5. Let’s continue to add new points using Mesh Tool (U) to areas where there will be change
of color and form.
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6. When the mesh is ready, we can begin to paint each point. Select the Direct Selection Tool
(A) and select a point on the mesh. Then switch to Eyedropper Tool (I). We will select the
color near the point.
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7. Continue to do so with each grid point.
To get a more abrupt change in color tone, the distance between two points must be small.
8. Switch between Direct Selection Tool (A) and Eyedropper Tool (I) to add colors to the
entire mesh.
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9. Use the same technique for all other petals and make each petal of doing a separate object.
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10. To get a highlight at the edges of the petals, the color distance between the points must be
small.
11. If you want to get a soft and diffused edge, change the colors of the edges to be the same
color as the next petal beside it.
2. Water Drops and Leaves
12. To draw the water drops, draw an oval shape and adjust it to form a water drop shape. Add
mesh points to it and adjust the colors. Same applies for drawing the drop shadows.
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13. To create a blur and soft edge, the edges must be filled with the same colors as the
background.
14. Change the opacity of the water drop to 20% to create a translucent effect.
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15. The leaves are also done using gradient mesh.
3. Flower Texture
For the flower texture, you can create it using brushes.
16. Draw a curve line and apply a charcoal brush to it. Set the color to the darkest tone of the
flower petal and change transparency to 9%.
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3. Insects and Beetle Bug
17. Draw the ant is quite simple using the Pen Tool. Only the abdomen and head uses gradient
mesh.
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18. Here is the outline of how to beetles body is done using gradient mesh. You can try it out
yourself.
19. Try to achieve a realistic image.
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20. Place all the elements together to create this piece of amazing flower illustration.
If this tutorial has helped you, a comment on this tutorial would be highly appreciated.
Thanks for your support!
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