Stylish Vector Flower

Learn how to create stylish vector/line flower with Illustrator Blend Tool. This Adobe Illustrator tutorial is great for creating background and large print illustration.

Version: Illustrator 8+

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1. Flower petal

Create two stroke paths: one yellow and one blue.

2. Blend Options

Go to Object > Blend > Blend Options and set it to Specified Steps = 10. Specified Steps basically tells how many step to blend from 1 object to another.

Blend

Now select the 2 petal paths, go to Object > Blend > Make or press Ctrl + Alt + B and you should get something looks like the image shown below.

3. Duplicate more petals

Duplicate more petals to form the flower by Copy & Paste or Alt + Drag.

4. Stem

Create a stem by using the same Blend technique as in the previous step. Here I set the Specified Steps = 8.

5. Leaf

The leaf is formed by 2 parts, top and bottom. I use Specified Steps = 5 here.

6. Put them together

Now put them together to create a beautiful flower.

7. Right long leaf

Create a long leaf with Blend step = 3.

8. Left long leaf

Repeat the previous step to create the left long leaf.

Final

Your final image should looks like the image shown below:

More…

Play around with the stroke color, stroke weight, Blend step, Transparency and you might get unexpected nice result. Here is a sample I did in Photoshop, with different Blend Mode, Multiply and Darken. This image style is good for creating website header, banner, wallpaper, background, large print, etc.