flash8.0 drawing exercise: Drawing "candle body" components

(1) Perform the Insert | new Symbol command, or press the shortcut key Ctrl+f8 to eject the Create New Symbol dialog box, and in the Name text box, enter the symbol name as "Candle Body" and select "behavior" as "graphic."

(2) Click the "OK" button to enter the "Candle body" component edit scene. Use the Ellipse tool to draw an ellipse with only a border and no fill, tweak it with the selection tool, and rotate using the Freeform tool, as shown in Figure 2-110.

Fig. 2-110 draw the candle BODY element

(3) Open the Color Mixer panel with the fill style set to a radial shape. On the gradient bar, set the left color label to yellow (#F5DD38), and drag to the right, and a red (#F76648) color, as shown in Figure 2-111.

Figure 2-111 Setting the fill color

(4) After the fill fades, use the Fill Transform tool to adjust, as shown in Figure 2-112.

Figure 2-112 Adjusting the fill color

(5) To make the candle more beautiful, draw a borderless ellipse next to the graphic you just made, and the color fill setting is shown in Figure 2-113. The left color mark is set to #f76648 and the right color is set to #f5dd38.

Figure 2-113 Setting the fill color

(6) After the ellipse is drawn, use the "freeform tool" to adjust the tilt, as shown in Figure 2-114.

Figure 2-114 Drawing an ellipse

(7) Use the "selection tool" to drag and drop the drawn ellipse onto the candle, as shown in Figure 2-115.

Figure 2-115 Adjusting the ellipse position

(8) Select "Brush Tool", in the option will brush size to choose a slightly smaller brush, fill color set to light yellow, add high light on the candle, delete the border line, complete the candle BODY element modelling. As shown in Figure 2-116.

Figure 2-116 Rendering the high light