Creating a Quick Night Scene- Illustrator Tutorials

Illustrator Tutorial to Create Night Scene

In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial, you will learn how to create a quick and easy night scene using Illustrator.You may give your designs a little drama and mood by following a few straightforward steps. This lesson will walk you through the steps necessary to realise your midnight vision, including how to create a starry sky, add a moon, and add silhouettes. This lesson will show you how to build an amazing night scene that will fascinate your audience whether you're working on a digital illustration, a logo, or a website.

Draw a rectangle. Open the Gradient palette. Choose a gradient colour as shown below. Set the Angle of the rectangle to 90 degrees.

 

Creating a Quick Night Scene in Illustrator CS3

 


Lock the current layer. Create a new layer. Make the ruler visible by pressing CTRL+R. Drag the ruler line to the middle with the lightest area of the rectangle.

 

Creating a Quick Night Scene in Illustrator CS3

 

 

Draw one more rectangle and duplicate it. Then change it.

 

Creating a Quick Night Scene in Illustrator CS3

 


Using Pathfinders Add to Shape Area combine the buildings. Then click on Expand. Draw a few rectangles to make windows.

 

Creating a Quick Night Scene in Illustrator CS3

 


Choose everything and go to Pathfinders Subtract from Shape Area. Click on Expand.

 

Creating a Quick Night Scene in Illustrator CS3

 


Duplicate the image using Alt+drag and pull down the top point. Place this city on a new layer.

 

Creating a Quick Night Scene in Illustrator CS3

 


Reduce the size of the image and start to erase. Again, reduce the size and erase.

 

Creating a Quick Night Scene in Illustrator CS3

 


Draw a rectangle smaller than the background rectangle. Unlock all the layers. Choose all. Select Clipping Mask.

 

Creating a Quick Night Scene in Illustrator CS3

 

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