Single-click a series of points to rough out some countries/continents to form an Earth illustration. Select the Pen tool and change the fill colour to a brighter green. This will prevent us from accidentally moving it out of place later. We’re finished with the square for now, so press CMD+2 to lock it. Click this area to erase it, leaving the smaller circle trimmed to the edges of the square.

Choose the Shape Builder tool and hold the ALT key while hovering over the larger portion of the circle. Give this shape a turquoise fill then select both shapes. Add a deep blue as a fill colour by selecting a swatch, eyedropping a colour or adjusting the CMYK sliders.ĭraw a large circle to overlap the lower left corner of the rectangle. Hold Shift to constrain the dimensions into a perfect square. Select the Rectangle tool from the toolbar and drag out a shape onto the artboard.

Vector artwork can be scaled to any size, so unlike Photoshop the initial document size doesn’t matter too much. The process for creating this illustration involves lots of different processes to design each pattern and trim the various shapes to size, which are all crucial techniques needed to master Adobe Illustrator.Ĭreate a new document at any dimensions and go to View > Hide Artboards. The illustration we’ll be creating features a flat cartoon like style with all the planets and moons being decorated with bold patterns.

Minus front illustrator