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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MaD-DoC" data-source="post: 2246401" data-attributes="member: 56284">Chinese BambooChinese Bamboo                                      <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/chinese_bamboo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Do you like the bamboo scene on my <a href="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/flash/" target="_blank">Flash site</a>?         Well, here is the quick tutorial. This tutorial will show you how to illustrate Chinese bamboo with Illustrator Symbol Sprayer and  Mesh Tool. Version: Illustrator 10+ <a href="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/file/illustrator/chinese_bamboo.ai" target="_blank">Download Source File</a>  1. Draw bamboo body Create a path like the image shown below with the Pen Tool and fill it with green color.        Then, select Mesh Tool <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/misc_cap/mesh_tool.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> click on the lower left corner of the bamboo body(pt. 1) and pick a lighter tone color(yellow-green). Then, add another Mesh point at the upper left corner of the bamboo(pt. 2). Just a little right above pt. 2, add another point(pt. 3). Now, add the final point beside pt. 2 and select a darker tone green for shadow. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/1.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 2. Create bamboo stick Select the bamboo body you’ve created in previous step, hold down the ALT key, drag it up to make a copy (you can use Copy & Paste if you like). Then shrink the new bamboo body horizontally with Selection Tool.       Send this new bamboo body behind the first bamboo body by select Object > Arrage > Send Backward or press Ctrl+[.       Repeat this step until you get a stack of 5 or 6. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 3. Duplicate bamboo stick After you’ve finished the first bamboo, make a copy of it by ALT drag or Copy & Paste.       Select the new bamboo stick, apply Filter > Distort > Twist(Angle=3) so that they don’t look identical. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/3.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                      4. Draw a bended bamboo We want the bamboo look natural, not Copy & Paste, so we need to create a bended bamboo. Repeat Step 1 & 2 to create a bended bamboo like the image shown below. Now we 3 different versions of bamboo: straight, bended, and twisted. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/4.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 5. Duplicate more bamboo Make more bamboo by ALT + drag. Selectively copy from different version of bamboo, resize them or flip them around so they don’t look alike. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/5.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 6. Create bamboo leaves Create your bamboo leaves like the image on the left(below) and fill it with different tone of green. Again, use Mesh Tool to create the lighter spot. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/6.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 7. Make a bamboo leaves Symbol After you done with the leaves, drag it to the Symbols Pallate to create a new Symbol. If your Symbols Pallate is not showing, go to Window > Symbols or press Ctrl+Shift+F11. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/7.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                      8. Symbol Sprayer Tool Create a new layer and lock the bamboo sticks layer(Layer 1). Select Symbol Sprayer Tool and pick the bamboo leaves Symbol you have created in previous step.          Spray it on Layer 2 by dragging the mouse. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/8.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 9. Symbol Sizer Tool Now, we need to create various size of bamboo leaves. Select Symbol Sizer Tool, randomly click on the bamboo leaves object. Tips: hold down ALT key+click to reduce size. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/9.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 10. Symbol Spinner Tool Use Symbol Spinner Tool to rotate/spin Symbols. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/10.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 11. Symbol Shifter Tool Use Symbol Shifter Tool to spread(by drag) bamboo leaves out. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/11.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                      12. Symbol Stainer Tool Select a lighter yellow-green tone color and use Symbol Stainer Tool to stain Symbols (stain Symbols randomly). <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/12.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 13. Symbol Screener Tool Use Symbol Screener Tool to reduce bamboo leaves Opacity (selectively click on the leaf symbols).           This will get a see-through effect. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/13.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 14. Make more leaves behind After you done with the leaves on Layer 2, make a new layer(Layer 3) and drag it to the bottom of the layer list. Lock Layer 1 and Layer 2, use Symbol Sprayer Tool to make more bamboo leaves(refer to Step 8-13) on Layer 3. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/14.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 15. Add more bamboo sticks Finally,            duplicate more smaller bamboo sticks and send them behind the big bamboo sticks. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/15.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> 16. Final! Here is the final image. <img src="http://www.ndesign-studio.com/images/resources/tutorials/bamboo/16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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