Vector Tutorials

Oriental mandalas and asian design style still seem to be really popular. This mandala design is some intricate but very easy to do. Follow along with today’s Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a mandala by the Pattern Brush. You can see all Illustrator tutorials from my blog here → Ai tutorials First of all you should draw a segment of the pattern. Drag and drop this design to the Brushes panel. Select the Pattern Brush type. Then click the OK button. Next you should go to the Preferences (Ctrl+K) and remove Scale Strokes & Effects flag. Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and draw a circle. Then select your pattern brush in the Brushes Panel. Mandala is ready! Change the size of the circle to create new mandala variation. Also you can change stroke Weight for similar effect. Finally add the background in retro style. If you like this article, please leave a comment here or share! You may also thank me using referral links → CLICK HERE [Ru]

In this tutorial you will learn how to draw a winter snowy background in Adobe Illustrator. All you’ll need are simple shapes to make snowflakes and Symbols panel. You can find all Illustrator tutorials from my blog here → Ai tutorials First of all you should create several components for your snowflakes. Use basic shapes for it. See the picture below. It is my kit for the snowflakes. Now you need to make a reflection of the side elements. Use the right click > Transform > Reflect for it. You should get such objects after reflections. Attach the side elements to the base. Use the Align panel for centering. Group objects for convenience. Making snowflakes. Attach the components to the center. Use right click > Transform > Reflect for copy again. Then make rotation by the right click > Transform > Rotate . Set angle 45 degrees and click Copy . You should get the result as in the picture. Next press Ctrl+D two times to finish the sn