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1、太阳卡通Create a Happy Sun CharacterTutorials | October 15th, 2009I decided to create a fun sun character tutorial. This intermediate tutorial is great for logos, children illustrations, and other projects relating to climate change. Moreover, you can easily apply this tutorial to other illustrations, l

2、ogos, and projects!Final ImageBelow is the final illustration we will be working towards.Tutorial Details Program : adobe illustrator CS4(tutorial can be completed with other version of Illustrator) Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes 1 hour Step 1Create a new document and

3、 with the Ellipse tool (L), create an ellipse.Step 2Fill the ellipse with a radial gradient from the Gradient panel. In the Gradient panel, change the first color stop in the gradient to a light orange color and change the second color stop to a orange color. Next, from the Gradient panel, select yo

4、ur first light orange color stop and change the Location to 43. Select the Middlepoint on the Gradient Slider and change the location to 60. With the Gradient tool (G) move the center of the gradient slightly up and to the right.Step 3Create a new ellipse and fill it with a radial gradient. Make the

5、 first color stop in the gradient white and the second color stop a light gray color. Change the location of the gradients Middlepoint to 87.Step 4Create a new smaller ellipse in the center and to the right of the previous ellipse. Fill the ellipse with a radial gradient with the first color stop a

6、light cyan color and the second color stop a dark cyan color. Change the location of the gradients Middlepoint to 87.Step 5Create another ellipse in the center of the previous ellipse and fill it with black. Next, create two other smaller white ellipses and place them over the black ellipse. Now we

7、have an eye!Step 6Select the white eye ellipse, Copy (Command + C), and Paste in Back (Command + B). With the copy still selected, move it up slightly. Change the fill of the ellipse to a dark orange color. Select the white ellipse again, Copy (Command + C), and Paste in Back (Command + B). This tim

8、e, move the copy down slightly and change the color to a light yellow color.Step 7Select all the eye shapes, Copy (Command + C), and Paste in Front (Command + F). With the copies selected, move them to the right of the main ellipse shape and scale down slightly with the Selection tool (V).Step 8With

9、 the Rectangle tool (M) create an rectangle about the width of the eye shape and about a fourth of its height.Step 9Go Effects Stylize Round Corners and in the Round Corners dialog, change the radius to 10 px. The radius might change depending on dimension of your artwork. Just play around until you

10、 get something similar to the preview image below. Next, go Object Expand Appearance.Step 10Go Effects Warp Arch. With the Warp Options dialog open, make sure the Horizontal radial button in selected, change the Bend percentage to 25, and change the Horizontal Distortion to 40. Next, go Object Expan

11、d Appearance.Step 11Change the fill of the warped shape to a linear gradient. Make the first color stop in the gradient a red-brown color and the second color stop a dark red-brown color. With the Gradient tool (G) adjust the gradient so the darker part of the gradient is at the bottom of the shape.

12、Step 12Copy (Command + C) the eyebrow shape and Paste in Back (Command + B). With the copy selected, move it down and to the left slightly. Change the fill of the copy to a dark orange.Step 13With both eyebrow shapes selected, rotate them to the left slightly with the Selection tool (V). Copy (Comma

13、nd + C) the eyebrow shapes and Paste in Front (Command + F). With the copy selected, go Object Transform Reflect. In the reflect dialog, select the Vertical radial button and press OK. Next, move the copies to the other side of the face above the other eye. Select the dark orange shadow of the copie

14、s and move it the left side of the eyebrow.Step 14Create an ellipse about the size of one of the eyes and place it in-between the eyes towards the bottom.Step 15Fill the new ellipse with a radial gradient. For this gradient we are going to add one more color stop, making a total of three color stops

15、 in the gradient. To do this, click in the middle of the Gradient Slider in the Gradient panel. Next, change the first color stop to a lighter orange color than your original light orange from the main sun shape, change the middle color stop to the same orange color as the main sun body shape, and c

16、hange the last color stop to the same light orange as the main sun shape. Change the first Middlepoint of the first two color stop to 65. Finally, with the Gradient tool (G), scale the gradient so the center of the gradient is in the top right corner of the ellipse.Step 16Copy (Command + C) the nose

17、 shape and Paste in Back (Command + B). With the Direct Selection tool (A) grab the bottom anchor point and drag in down and to the left, creating a shadow.Step 17Create an ellipse about half the size of the main sun shape. Draw a rectangle covering the top half of the ellipse. Select both shapes an

18、d press the Minus Front button in the Pathfinder panel.Step 18Fill the new mouth shape with a linear gradient with the first color stop a red-brown color and the second color stop a darker red-brown color. With the Gradient tool (G) adjust the gradient bottom up so the darker part of the gradient is

19、 at the top of the mouth.Step 19Copy (Command + C) the mouth shape and Paste in Back (Command + B). Move the copy up slightly and change the color to your dark orange color. Copy (Command + C) the mouth shape and Paste in Back (Command + B) again. This time, move the shape down and change the fill t

20、o your light orange color.Step 20Create an oblong ellipse that is about one third the size of the mouth. Copy (Command + C) the ellipse and Paste in Front (Command + F). Move the copy down slightly and scale up about a fourth of the original size. Next, select both shapes and press the Minus Front b

21、utton from the Pathfinder panel.Step 21Fill the new shape with your dark orange color. Copy (Command + C) the shape and Paste in Back (Command + B). Next, scale the copied shape up and change the color to your light orange color. Center both shapes on the bottom of the mouth shapes you have already

22、created.Step 22Select the newest curved shapes you created, Copy (Command + C), and Paste in Front (Command + F). Scale down and rotate the shapes to the left with the Selection tool (V), then place them on the left top side of the mouth. Next, Copy (Command + C) the original curved shapes, Paste in

23、 Front (Command + F), rotate and scale the shapes to the right, and place on the right side of the mouth shape.Step 23Select the main dark mouth shape, Copy (Command + C), and Paste in Front (Command + F). With the Selection tool (V), hold down the Shift key and scale the copy bottom up slightly. St

24、ill with the Selection tool (V), squish the copied shape from the bottom up until the copy is about one fourth the original size. Change the first color stop in the linear gradient to white and the second to a light orange. Also, change the Location of the Middlepoint to 80.Step 24With the Star tool

25、 (found under the shape tools in the Tools panel), click on the artboard to open the Star dialog. In the dialog change Radius 1 to 30 px, Radius 2 to 15 px, and the Point to 3 (your radius dimensions might be different depending on the dimension of your artwork, just make sure that Radius 2 is half

26、the size of Radius 1). Squish the triangle shape horizontally to about half its original size. Place the triangle over the center of the teeth to the right . Next, select the teeth and the triangle and press the Minus Front button from the Pathfinder panel.Step 25With the Ellipse tool (L) create two

27、 ellipse toward the bottom of the mouth shape, making sure half of the ellipses are hanging outside of the mouth shape. Select the main dark mouth shape, Copy (Command + C), and Paste in Front (Command + F) two times. Select one of the copies, select the right ellipse, and press the Intersect button

28、 from the Pathfinder panel. Repeat the same for the left ellipse. Fill both ellipses with a linear gradient with the first color stop a light pink and the second color stop a pink color. Separately adjust each ellipses gradient with the Gradient tool (G) from the top right of the ellipse to the bott

29、om left.Step 26Select all the mouth shapes and place them on the suns face. Next, Rotate the mouth shape to the left slightly.Step 27With the Star tool, click on the artboard to bring up the Star dialog. Create a star with a Radius 1 of 100 px, a Radius 2 of 50 px, and 3 Points (like before these di

30、mensions might be different depending on your artwork). Next, go Effects Stylize Round Corners and in the Round Corners dialog, change to Radius to 20 px. Expand the shape and squish it down slightly with the Selection tool (V).Step 28Fill the triangle with a three color stop gradient, making the fi

31、rst color stop a light orange color, the second a orange color, and the third a dark orange color. Select the Middlepoint in between the first two color stops in and change the Location to 65. Next, change the Location of the second color stop to 60 and the Middlepoint Location of the last two color

32、 stop to 15. Adjust the gradient from top to bottom with the Gradient tool (G).Step 29Make a copy of the triangle so you have a total of two. With the copy selected, go Effect Warp Arch. Within the Warp Options dialog, select the Vertical radial button and change the Bend percentage to 30 and expand the appearance.Step 30Make a copy of the first triangle, move, and rotate the copy so it radiates from the sun face shape, creating sun bursts. Make sure the tr