I will give you a detailed analysis of the Illustrator software and share with you the tutorial on creating beautiful Northern Lights using the grid tool.
Tutorial sharing:
(1) Let's take a look at the final effect:
Now let's get started.
(2) select "rectangle tool" in the toolbar and draw a rectangle of moderate size in the drawing area.
(3) Select "object> create gradient grid" in the menu, set "number of rows to 1, number of columns to 1" in the displayed dialog box, and click "OK, in this way, the rectangle is transformed into a simple gradient mesh. On this basis, we can add more details and create various gradient effects.
(4) set the four "anchor points" of the gradient mesh to a black or dark background color, and use the "direct selection tool" in the toolbar to move the anchor, the "convert anchor tool" adjusts the line curvature between anchor points. Use these two tools until they are adjusted to the shape shown in the figure.
(5) select "grid tool" in the toolbox and click at the edge of the gradient mesh, and adjust the anchor position, as shown in the figure. Add only one curve at a time and click on the previous curve. Do not add any inside the gradient mesh to avoid unnecessary unpredictable lines and anches.
(6) click the newly added curve again to generate a new curve and Anchor. Set the anchor color as shown in the figure RGB to "181, 220, 215", respectively ".
(7) add more details and set the anchor color to "22, 108, 125 ". Here, we need to explain why we should start from the simplest gradient mesh (I .e., the gradient mesh with only four anchor points) at the beginning, because from the very beginning, we must roughly shape the object, the previously added and edited anchor positions and curve shapes will affect the subsequent anchor positions and curve shapes.
(8) add more details, and set the color of the anchor to a lighter color. The darker colors alternate to shape the shape. Add new colors as appropriate. To add some changes.
(9) add more details, adjust the position and shape of the anchor, and lay a solid foundation for the next step.
(10) when adding a background, if you create a new layer as the background, then the Northern Lights and the background will have a clear boundary, which is not natural. Therefore, you can use another method to add the background here.
(11) add details near the northern lights, move the outermost anchor to the edge one by one, and adjust the anchor color at the edge to a darker background color. In this way, the Northern Lights and the background are naturally excessive.
(12) add more details.
(13) final effect.
All right, the above information is the detailed grid tool for the users of this software of Illustrator. The tutorials for creating beautiful Northern Lights will parse and share all the content, users have seen this, and I believe that everyone is very clear about the production method, so everyone will follow the tutorial of the small series to draw a beautiful Arctic effect.
