Replace the existing stroke color of the newly created ellipse with turquoise and move it 7px down. Select the blue ellipse created in the step 2 and go to the Object > Path > Offset Path... Enter a 1px Offset and click OK. Finally select and remove the yellow object.ĥ. Reselect the two red objects, then open the Pathfinder palette ( Window > Pathfinder) and click on the Unite button. Open the Align palette ( Window > Align) and click on the Horizontal Align Left button. Make sure that the copy is still selected, hold down the Shift, click on the yellow object created in the step 3, then release the Shift and click on the yellow object again (to fixed its position). In the Reflect dialog box, check the Vertical and click Copy. After you are done adjusting the shape of the red object, reselect it and double-click on the Reflect Tool icon from the Tool bar. At this point your red object should looks like in the last image.Ĥ. Next select the left handle of the bottom-left anchor point and drag it up. Keep working with the Convert Anchor Point Tool, click on the bottom-left anchor point of the red object, hold mouse and drag it to the right while holding Shift. Next select the left handle of the top-left anchor point and drag it down. Now pick the Convert Anchor Point Tool (Shift +C), click on the top-left anchor point of the red object, hold mouse and drag it to the left while holding Shift. Reselect the yellow object and make a copy ( Ctrl +C, Ctrl +F) of it, then replace the existing stroke color of the copy with red.
Next select the bottom-right anchor point and move it 41px to the right. With the Direct Selection Tool (A), select the bottom-left anchor point of the yellow rectangle and move it 41px to the left. Make a yellow rectangle of 263 by 312px size using the Rectangle Tool (M), then place it to the correct position as shown below. Replace the existing stroke color of the newly created ellipse with blue and then move it 308px up.ģ. Enter a 75 in the Horizontal box and 67 in the Vertical box, then click Copy. Keep the black ellipse selected and go to the Object > Transform > Scale… In the Scale dialog box, check the Non-Uniform. Pick the Ellipse Tool (L) and create a 350 by 80px black ellipse.
Select RGB, Screen (72ppi) and make sure that the Align New Objects to Pixel Grid box is unchecked before you click OK.Ģ. Select Pixels from the Units drop-down menu, enter 615 in the width box and 610 in the height box then click on the Advanced button. Launch Illustrator and then press (Ctrl + N) to create a New document.
Finally you’ll learn how to create a nice background. Moving on, you will learn how to create an aquarium fish using some simple shapes and basic effects. Next you will learn how to create fishbowl decorations such as sand, aquatic plants and aquarium rocks. For starters you will learn how to create the main shapes using basic tools and vector shape building techniques. In the following Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic fishbowl illustration.