

Change the location of the gradient’s Middlepoint to 87.Ĭreate another ellipse in the center of the previous ellipse and fill it with black. Fill the ellipse with a radial gradient with the first color stop a light cyan color and the second color stop a dark cyan color. Change the location of the gradient’s Middlepoint to 87.Ĭreate a new smaller ellipse in the center and to the right of the previous ellipse. Make the first color stop in the gradient white and the second color stop a light gray color. With the Gradient tool (G) move the center of the gradient slightly up and to the right.Ĭreate a new ellipse and fill it with a radial gradient. Select the Middlepoint on the Gradient Slider and change the location to 60. Next, from the Gradient panel, select your first light orange color stop and change the Location to 43. 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. Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes – 1 hourĬreate a new document and with the Ellipse tool (L), create an ellipse.įill the ellipse with a radial gradient from the Gradient panel.Program : Adobe Illustrator CS4 (tutorial can be completed with other version of Illustrator).Even if you are not part of the design industry, you can learn more about climate change form the Blog Action Day site.īelow is the final illustration we will be working towards. That makes it fun an easy to spread the word about climate change through artwork like in this tutorial.

Being part of these industries, we have a unique responsibility to visually communicate issues such as climate change. If you are reading this, you are probably a designer, illustrator, or involved in these industries in some way. Moreover, you can easily apply this tutorial to other illustrations, logos, and projects!Ĭlimate change is an important issue that affects everyone on this planet. This intermediate tutorial is great for logos, children illustrations, and other projects relating to climate change. So I decided to create a fun sun character tutorial. Well, it’s Blog Action Day 2009 today and the topic is Climate Change.
