Let suppose client gives you a project and you start without of any question after this it is possible you have to face a large number of troubles. If, a web designer make the website without any question with client you might face the troubles like design rejection, bashing, re-designing, Rejection again, Personal favorites, Re-designing, Approval, Last minute changes, etc. You can even include tips for your clients on your next batch of business card printing. Just list them on the back side of the business card. usually there is a simple and straight forward sketch appears in our mind about the project like;

• Client move toward you.
• Invite you to design his website.
• You design the website.
• He pays you for your job.
• Off you go.

Now, we can say that the good understanding with your client is very important for the growth of your business as well. However, there is one way with which you can turn irritating design process into a more pleasant experience for yourself and the client as well. Educating your clients isn’t hard on the other hand it’s an easy job, but it’s a hugely main part of any project. So, the following tutorials are black and blue useful for every web designer and able enough to transform your business from dark to bright.

Make your Standard – Not as a Manual Worker

Every professional and creative person never brings down his standard in every condition and in this post we are also talking about a creative and professional web designer. First of all you just make your client understand that you are a creative professional web designer with the same talent, skills and experience that any other professional web designer might have. It means that they usually treat web designers as additional room of their own minds, it’s not good.

Because of this false-observation about web designer, clients often take us creative professionals are manual worker who were born to do their own work and nothing else, not experienced professionals that are an equal part of the design process. So, when you start your project with a client you just make it clear that you have equal rights the same as they have, and that you need time for yourself, your family and all other belongings in the world.

You are a Professional

Keep one thing in your mind that you are a professional and you have equal talent as other web designers have. The idea behind this lesson is this: previous to a project begins, it’s important to set up that you are an expert and professional in your field that your opinion is ashore in research and professional experience. Why? Because most of the clients just assume that because they’ve opened up Photoshop, or made a flier with Microsoft Word, and they considered themselves as a designer.

So, you just have to make aware to your client that you are not a green person in your field of web designing. Sometimes, simply hearing the balanced behind a design decision is enough to be reminiscent them that you’re the expert. Show examples of other victorious and successful sites that are using a certain technique that you’re also using in your design.

Importance of Communication

Mostly a designer doesn’t do any kind of communication that’s why most of the projects reject by the client. Lack of communication a web designer can frequently destroys a complete project. As a designer, you don’t have a magic stick to read the mind of your client because you are a designer not a magician. So, explaining the importance of communication like on facebook or any other kind of communication is vital for a designer.

This is a only one of its kind problem for web designers so, explaining at the start of your project that you will need regular communication from the client’s end throughout the whole design procedure its important for you as well as for client. Regular communication among the designer and his client will help turn out a better product within limited time.

Changing in the Design at the End of Project

Most of the clients never satisfied even with the best job of the designer they always want to do some kind of transactions in the design. According to the client changing the color from red to black might seem a minor or miniature job. However, what they don’t know is that you might have to go back to the source files, export all the slices, modify the style-sheet, modify some other details to complement the new color, and the list goes on. At this position, you just need to make your client realize that there is no such a thing as one small change.

Now there’ll be a question in the mind of all sundry that how to we change this kind of attitude of the clients, simple! Just write out your modification rules in the contract. Clarify them in detail before mutually both of the parties sign the contract, and when problems happen later on, invite them to go back and read what they signed. This is the way to change the manner of your client, if a client want some changing in the design then rules are rule.

Set Reasonable time limit

Most of the clients want to get result about their project as soon as possible and it is also the nature of every client. When I ask order a cheeseburger or for any other thing else, I want it done quickly too. It is just because it is a nature of every client. So, in this regard every designer wants to get a reasonable time to complete his work and also check out all the steps seriously. Don’t forget that you are a designer not a machine; you should get a reasonable time limit from your client to complete the project.

Take the time to set project highlights and explain each one to your clients after the work. Explaining why you set the project highlights the way that you did can even help to educate clients about what it is that you’re doing at each step in the project, which should help with any communication problems as well.

To sum up

So, in the end we ca say that most of the clients are unaware about the complication of the design process and their behavior with the designer is also not good as it should be. So every designer have to take a step to instruct their client and the above tutorials are extremely helpful in this regard. One of the main challenges for any service-oriented business is to learn to manage clients successfully as well. I hope the instant tutorials will be helpful for the stricken web designers.

Hope you will leave your comments on this and also can share your suggestion on it, that will be appreciated.

Resources Used

Search Icon
http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/36563/128/find_green_search_zoom_icon

News Icon
http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/50897/128/location_news_icon

Culture News Icon
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/10549151/2/istockphoto_10549151-wheat-icon-set.jpg

Business and Finance
http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/17220/128/business_coins_money_payment_icon

Sports Icons
http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/22984/128/ball_football_soccer_sports_icon

Fashion
http://www.styleally.info/images/Latest%20fashion%20news%20trends.png

Science
http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/55540/64/64_applications_gnome_science_icon

Technology
http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/45376/128/dog_robot_technology_icon

Gadgets & Mobile Phones
http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/35444/128/apple_iphone_icon

Blog
http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/37108/128/blog_icon

Step 1: New Canvas

So first we’ll start a new document, this canvas is 1200px wide x 1400px high. Next we fill the background layer with a white color – #ffffff.

Step 2: Gradient Fill

Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Gradient and use the settings from the following image.

Step 3:Creative Content Area

Then select the Rectangle Tool (Press U) and create a rectangle with (wide 990px high 1400px). Use the color #f4f4f4 for this rectangle. Name this layer “bg”, double-click on it and use the settings from the following image. For Stroke I used the color #cdcdcd.

Step 4: Create Top Navigation Bar

Now we will create the navigation bar. Create a new group (Layer > New > Group) and name it “navigation”. Then select the Rectangle Tool (Press U) and create a rectangle with the dimensions 960px by 40px at the top of your layout using the color #0f73a0. You can use guides to help you create this shape. Name this layer “navigation”, double-click on it and use the settings from the following image. For Stroke I used the color #085b81.

Step 5: Adding Top Links

Select the Type Tool (Press T) and write the name for your navigation menu items. I used the color #ffffff and the font Myriad Pro. we also need to create an search box for new search with an Rectangle Tool (U) and create a rectangle with the dimensions 245px by 23px at the top of your layout using font color #0f73a0 and also putting one search icon.

Step 6:  Company Title/Company Logo

Select the Type Tool (Press T) and write the name of your layout underneath the navigation bar. I used the font Myriad Pro and the color #2f2f2f. Activate the guides and arrange your text as you see in the following image. Then double-click on the text layer and use the settings form the image below.

Step 6-II:  Top Advertisement Banner Placement

We must create an top premium place for banner advertisement, Then select the Rectangle Tool (Press U) and create a rectangle with the dimensions 468px by 60px at the top right parallel of company logo as you can see in below image:

Step 7: Create Main Categories

Create a new group (folder) with name of “Categories”. Then select the Rectangle Tool (U) and create a rectangle with the dimensions 275px by 365px and the color #bfe5f5. Name this layer “bg”, double-click on it and use the settings from the following image. For Stroke I used the color #8ccae4. Put this rectangle in the left hand side of the web layout, underneath the layout’s name.

Step 8: Add Category Links and Related Icons

Select the Type Tool (Press T) and write the name of your categories. You can also add an icon from famous resources i.e icons set in front of each category name.

Now we creating separators between Main Categories, Let Start with Line Tool (Press U), set the weight to 1px, hold down the Shift key and create a horizontal line under category names using the color #a4d6eb. Duplicate this layer (Press Ctrl + J), and use the Move Tool (Press V) to move this line between the next two category names.

Resources

News Icon: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/50897/128/location_news_icon
Culture News Icon: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/10549151/2/istockphoto_10549151-wheat-icon-set.jpg
Business and Finance: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/17220/128/business_coins_money_payment_icon
Sports Icons: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/22984/128/ball_football_soccer_sports_icon
Fashion: http://www.styleally.info/images/Latest%20fashion%20news%20trends.png
Science: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/55540/64/64_applications_gnome_science_icon
Technology: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/45376/128/dog_robot_technology_icon
Gadgets & Mobile Phones: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/35444/128/apple_iphone_icon
Blog: http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/37108/128/blog_icon

Step 9: Featured News Section

Create a new group and name it “featured”. Then select the Rectangle Tool (U) and create a rectangle with the dimensions 670px by 300px next to the categories list using the color #bfe5f5, and stroke color #8ccae4, with layer name “bg”. Then copy the layer style from the “bg” layer from the “categories” group and paste it to this layer.

Step 10: Feature News Image Holder

Select the Rectangle Tool (U) and create four rectangles like you see in the following image. These represent the areas where the images will be placed. Name each of these layers “image_holder”.

Step 11: Add Facebook Widget

In this social media world we must create a placement for Facebook Widget for get more readers and visitors on our news blog, you can see sample image below:

Step 12: Content Area (News Sections)

Create a new group and name it “content column 1″. Then select the Rectangle Tool (Press U) and create a rectangle with the dimensions 310px by 425px and the color #d9d9d9, we also using same top navigation bar concept in this news section title area Name this layer “bg”, double-click on it and use the settings from the following image.

Step 13: News Section Top Title Area

Select the Rectangle Tool (Press U) and create a rectangle with the dimensions 310px by 425px at the top of the gray rectangle using the color #0f73a0. Name this layer “top bar”, double-click on it and use the settings from the image below. For Stroke I used the color #0c597c.

Step 14: News Section with Images, News Title and Description

Select the Rectangle Tool (Press U), hold down the Shift key and create a square with the dimensions 130px by 80px and add a 1px inner stroke to it using the color #8a8a8a. Select the Type Tool (Press T) and add some text next to the square using the color #000000. I used the font Arial for the News Title and same for the body text.

Step 15: Duplicate News Sections in Top Categories

Add two more content columns just like the first one. Activate the guides to help you arrange the layers.

Step 16: Footer Area

Create a new group with the name of “footer”. Select the Rectangle Tool (Press U) and create a rectangle with the dimensions 965px by 358px and the color #0f729f, and font color #ffffff.

Select the Type Tool (Press T) and add three blocks of text in the footer area using the color #ffffff.

Step 17: Footer Area with Copywriter Statement

Select the Type Tool (Press T) and add a copyright statement at the bottom of your layout using the color #0f729f and the font Arial, in second line you may write your Privacy Statement links and should present in different text color #000000, you may check below result image:

Final Result

Finally below you can see the final result of this beautiful web layout tutorial. Click on the image to see the full-size version, we also sharing our source file for our respected visitors and readers. I hope you enjoyed it and hope you will leave you comments.

It is excellent software for creating attractive and stunning designs for various purposes like print media, web and multimedia. And if you are looking up to brush up your skills or want to learn some new tricks for creating great designs in Photoshop, there are thousands of tutorials on the internet.

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PSD.TutsPlus

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design.creativefan

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Resources Used

Princess:

http://marjoleinart-stock.deviantart.com/art/Fairytale-Castle-86-97074824
http://marjoleinart-stock.deviantart.com/art/Fairytale-Castle-03-97071832

Fairy:

http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/Fairy-2-51370052

Jerusalem:

http://www.photos8.com/view/jerusalem-other.html

Tower:

http://little-stock.deviantart.com/art/Tower-Stock-4-57218825
http://little-stock.deviantart.com/art/Tower-Stock-Pack-71512021

Hills:

http://fantom89.deviantart.com/art/Egypt-132204357

Magnolia:

http://piyapolo.deviantart.com/art/Magic-Magnolia-98745288

Abstract Glow Brush:

http://ro-stock.deviantart.com/art/Abstract-Glow-92060729
http://pewterz.blogspot.com/2010/02/glow-light-brushes-free-photoshop.html

Font:

http://www.searchfreefonts.com/free/anglo-text.htm

Birds:

http://flordelys-stock.deviantart.com/art/Birds-38405757

Flowers:

http://chiyo-tsukiko.deviantart.com/art/flowers-84761742

step 1:

Open a new canvas in Photoshop with Width=2631,Height=1500px.Make sure Color Mode is set to RGB Color, if the purpose is for poster designing then set the mode to CMYK.

step 2:

Using the Gradiant Tool(G) colour the canvas as shown with sky blue and white.

step 3: 1)

Import the Princess image onto the canvas and place it on the right corner.

2) Color correct the Princess layer using the curves(Image>Adjustments>Curves),set the curves as shown.

step 4: 1)

In our princess layer the Castle is not complete,so cut a part of another image using the Pen Tool to complete the castle.

2)Now import the image onto our canvas and transform it using the Move Tool(V) to fit the prospective.Then name it as Castle Tower’.

3)With the Soft Round Brush(B) selected erase the part of the layer which is overlapping the Princess layer.

4)Using the curves color correct the ‘castle tower’ and make sure it blends with the princess layer.

step 5:

Now import the city image onto the canvas and place it under the princess layer.

step 6: 1)

Import a tower image into photoshop and remove the background using the Magic Wand Tool (W).

2)Now place the image above the ‘city’ layer.Since the tower is portrayed as a far object the edges should not be sharp so let’s blur the edges.Select the mask of the layer by clicking on the thumbnail of the ‘tower’ holding ‘Ctrl’, then inverse the mask holding Ctrl+Shift+I.Now set the feather of the to 1px,and featherout the edges.

3)Duplicate the Tower layer and name it ‘tower2′ and set to Black and White(Image>Adjustments>Black and White) and set the values as shown.

4)Now color correct the layer using the Color Balance.Set the Tone Balance to Midtones and set Color Levels to +3 0 -9.Then erase the grass part of this layer to show the grass green.

5)Now duplicate the tower2 layer to represent the sun rays falling on the tower.So brighten the tower3 and erase the darker side of shadows,and color correct the layer using the curves as shown.

step 7: 1)

Now import another tower image onto the canvas and place it on the left corner to portray a very far away object.
Then using the Exposure(Image>Adjustments>Exposure) set the Offset=+0.0755,Gamma Correction=1.26.

2)Since this tower is portrayed as a far away object than the previous tower it should appear blured than the ‘tower2′.So add Gaussian Blur of Radius=1.5px.

3)Now duplicate the ‘tower3′ and increase the Brightness=57(Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast).

step 8:

To complete the perfect background add some hills.
1)Import the hills image and place it under all the layers.

2)Now color correct the hills layer using the curves.

step 9:

As we discussed in the step7 add Gaussian Blur of Radius=2.2px.

step 10:

Increase the Exposure levels to Exposure=+0.24 , Offset=+0.0755 , Gamma Correction=1.24.

step 11:

Make a new layer above all the layers and add some clouds using the clouds brush with the white color selected.

step 12:

Cutting the plants from their background is tricky using the Magic Wand Tool,so let’s use another advanced method of cutting the image.
1)After importing the plant image select the Blue layer from the Channels Pallet.

2)Then open Channels from Image>Calculations and select Blue from the Channel drop down list.

3)Now by using the Levels(Image>Adjustments>Levels) and set the levels so that the plant turns black and BG turns white.

4)Load the plant mask from Select>Load selection.In Load Selection select Alpha1 from the drop down list of Channel.

5)Place the plant on the left bottom corner.Since we are focusing on the princess the plant must be blured, hence add Gaussian Blur of Radius-2.6px.

step 13:

Import a birds layer and add Gaussian Blur of Radius=1.1px.

step 14:

Now import the ‘Fairy’ onto the canvas and place it in such a way that the Fairy is giving something to the princess.

step 15:

Using the Clouds Brush paint some clouds on the Fairy as if she is sitting on the clouds.

step 16:1)

Having the Fairy layer selected change it’s Brightness/Contrast to Brightness=38,Contrast=17.

2)The back of fairy appears to be dark,so draw a mask around the dark area using the Lasso Tool(L) and set it’s feather to 60px.

3)Now add Diffuse Glow with Glow Amount=11,Clear Amount=20.

step 17:

Now add some Glow to portray that the Fairy is giving some power to the Princess.
1)Using the Glow Brush(B) paint the glow as shown with the sky blue color selected.

2)Using the Soft Round Brush(B) paint on the previous glow with the same color in a new layer,and set the Layer mode to Vivid Light.

3)Again using the glow brushes add more glow as shown.

step 18:1)

Using the Type Tool(T) type a title(Princess Diaries),and place the text layer under the ‘Plant’ layer.

2)Select the Layer Style of the text layer and select Bevel and Emboss and also select Contour and choose Rounded Steps from the drop down list of Contour and set the range to 98.

Final Output:

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Introduction:

Traditionally, matte paintings were made by artists using paints or pastels on large sheets of glass for integrating with the live-action footage. The first known matte painting shot was made in 1907 by Norman Dawn (ASC). Later on Matte Painting revolutionized to an extreme level for which Avatar is an example. In this tutorial we are going to cover few basic concepts and tricks in matte painting using Adobe Photoshop and designing the great and wonder of world Tajmahal.

Resources Used

Tajmahal: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1089428
open land: http://www.flickr.com/photos/93392564@N00/2170136962/
wooden wheel: http://jantiff-stocks.deviantart.com/art/Replica-of-a-Roman-Crane-105705301?q=boost:popular+ancient+crane&qo=14

Hills: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1271263
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1271219

Elephants: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/814294
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/568128

Fog Brushes: http://zoozee.deviantart.com/gallery/#/dspkit

Sketch:

Before starting any Matte Painting it’s very important to make a rough sketch of the matte that you are going to make,it helps you very much while searching for the resource.

step1:

step2: 1)

Now import ‘country side’ pic and maskout the sky using the Magic Wand Tool(W).

2)Import the ‘country side’ pic onto the canvas and place it under the ‘marble estate’ layer.

3)Duplicate the layer to cover the background with hills as shown.

4)According to the laws of optics the far away object appear little blurred, so let’s add Gaussian Blur(Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur) with radius equal to 1.6px.

step3:

Now place the image of the distant mountains under the previous layers.The sky in this pic suits the scene that we are going to create.

step4:

Maskout Taj Mahal from it’s original image using the Pen Tool(P).Then place it on the canvas as shown.

-Using the pen tool gives an accurate cut,so i prefer using it while cutting an image.If you feel any other tool can do  better feel free to use it.

step5:

Now by using the Clone Stamp Tool(S) remove the trees that are covering the base of the Taj.

step6:

Since we are going to show the construction of the Tajmahal, we must ceate some unconstructed parts of Taj. Hence mask out the parts where you want to show the unconstructed areas.

step7:

Maskout the background of the ‘roman crane’ using the Pen Tool(P).

step8: 1)

Now import the ‘roman crane’ onto the working canvas and transform it to the prospective using the Move Tool(V).

2)Using the Clone Stamp Tool(S) remove the excess rope from the wheel.

step9: 1)

The TajMahal exterior was built by red stone and then covered with the layer of marble.

To show the uncovered part of the redstone, mask some part of the Taj using the Lasso Tool(L) and change the                     Hue/Saturation levels to Hue=34,Saturation=34,Lightness=-27.

2)Similarly mask some part of the tomb of the Taj and set the Hue/Saturation levels to Hue=Saturation=34,Lightness=-      30.

3)With the whole Tajmahal layer selected change the Exposure(Image>Adjustments>Exposure) to Exposure=- 0.30,Offset=+0.0102,Gamma Correction=1.00.

step10:

To show the constructional rods of Taj use the Pen Tool.

Before using the pen tool set the Paint brush size to 2px and select hard round brush.Then select the pen tool and make a curve with it,then right click on the curve and select Stroke Path.In the stroke path drop down list select brush. Then you can see the path stroked with the brush properties selected.You need to make a new path for every rod, because all rods don’t look the same.

step11:

Before painting the construction support rods lets refer few pics to get the clear idea of how to paint them. Referring with real images is very important to get the maximum realistic look to the work.

step12:

Now by using the hard paint brush and with the dark brown color selected paint the constructional support for the tomb as referred in the reference.

step13:

step14:

step15: 1)

3)Similarly color correct the background layers using the curves. Make sure that the colour correction matches other layers.

step16: 1)

Now select the ‘roman wheel’ layer and colour correct to match the scene using the curves.

2) Set the exposure levels to Exposure=0.047,Offset=0.0020,Gamma Correction=1.02.

step17:

Now select the Burn Tool(O) and select the basic Chalk Brush from the brushes pallet,then set the brush properties to Size Jitter=100%,Minimum Diameter=0%,Angle Jitter=52%,Roundness Jitter=30%,Minimum Roundness=25%.Also make sure that Scattering and smoothing options are checked.

Then click on the ‘roman wheel’ layer thumbnail holding Ctrl to select the mask of the layer. Then using the burn tool add shadows to the wheel as shown.

step18:

Now click on the thumbnail of the ‘Taj’ layer holding Ctrl to select the mask in shape of Taj. Then by using a Soft  Round Brush and it’s opacity set to 37% with the black color selected paint some shadows to the Taj assuming that the sun is on the left side.

step19:

Since we are focusing on Taj the wheel appears to be out of focus, So let’s add Gaussian Blur of 1.1 Radius to it.

step20:

Also let’s blur some part of the ‘marble estate’ layer which is near to the screen.

1)Using the Lasso Tool(L) select some part of the estate layer and set the mask feather to 75px.

2)Now set the Gaussian Blur Radius to 1.0px.

Step21: 1)

Now import an elephant image onto the canvas and transform it to fit the matte using the Move Tool(V).

2)Add shadow to the elephant using an airbrush, then set the Opacity of th shadow layer to 32%.

step22:

Make a new layer and add some dust flying in the air using the brush tool,then set it’s Opacity to 45%.

step23:

Now add Lens Flare to the matte as shown and set the lens type to 35mm Prime.

Final Image:

taj mahal:http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1089428

open land: http://www.flickr.com/photos/93392564@N00/2170136962/

wooden wheel: http://jantiff-stocks.deviantart.com/art/Replica-of-a-Roman-Crane-105705301?q=boost:popular+ancient+crane&qo=14

hills: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1271263

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1271219

elephants: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/814294

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/568128

fog brushes: 

http://zoozee.deviantart.com/gallery/#/dspkit

Whether you’re a graphic designer or you design solely for the web, I am certain you will learn quite a lot from those articles. Some of them are geared more towards web-design but some also refer to drawing and painting or simply talk about how to effective use whitespace to craft more interesting designs. I hope you’ll enjoy this post!

1. Enhancing Your Art with Negative Space

2. An introduction to Negative Drawing with Mike Sibley

3. Negative Space – A Drawing Tutorial

4. Negative Space

5. Positively Negative: A Tutorial about Negative Space

6. Negative Space: nothing says a lot

7. Using Negative Space Effectively In Logos

8. Whitespace

9. Using White Space Effectively In Web Design

10. Use Whitespace to Indicate Relationships Between Content Elements

11. Whitespace: The Underutilized Design Element

12. Use of White in Web Design: Tips and Trends

13. Improving typography through space

14. How To Add White Space

15. On White Space in Graphic Design

16. CSS 101

17. Design Tip: The Value Of White Space

18. White Space and Simplicity: An Overview

19. Grid Design, A Classic Beauty For Whitespace Freaks

20. White Space in Your Web Design & Graphic Design

Conclusion

I hope you learned a thing or two from those articles. Of course feel free to chime in and share your discoveries with the rest of us. Have you read a great article about negative space/ whitespace recently? Please drop the link in the comment section!

Tom Walker is a writer and designer who works for Cartridge Save where he reviews products such as the HP 337 ink cartridge and manages their design blog.

Global Warming is one of the biggest problems of the 21th century. Global Warming is changing our world and the way we live, it destroying habitats of animals. In this tutorial I will show you how to create an illustration of penguins whose habitat is being destroyed by global warming.

In the respect of our visitors and readers we offering free Adobe Illustrator source file for use your personal or commercial with our stamp or reference, hope you all enjoy this beautiful cause related tutorial and leave your comment for our better inspirations.

Final Image Preview

Step 1

Open Illustrator and set up a new document 750 by 1000 pixels.

Step 2

Press (E) to select the Ellipse Tool and draw a circle for the head, make it a little flattened.

Use Pen Tool (P) to draw the beak path.

Select both path and press the Unite button in the Pathfinder palette to unite this two path into one.

Select Pen Tool again and try to draw a path as you see in the image below for the second beak path.

Select the head path and press Ctrl + C and Ctrl + F to create a copy of it. Select the copy and the newly created beak path by shift clicking on them and press the Intersect button in the Pathfinder palette.

Step 3

Draw the body using the Pen Tool (P). This step may take a few tries, till you get the needed result.

Select the head path and the body path and press Unite button in the pathfinder palette.

Now it’s time to decorate our penguin. Draw a path a path that intersect him just where he should be black.

Make a copy of the main body path, select it and this new path and press Intersect button in the Pathfinder palette.

Step 4

Use Pen Tool again to draw the  left flipper first.

And then draw the right one.

Step 5

Draw a small tail path and press Ctrl + Shift + [ to send it back.

To swim and walk penguin needs feet. Let’s draw them.

Also repeat the sending back process on every foot. Draw the second one.

Step 6

We’ve made it to the most interesting part – adding color! Select the part of the body that should be black, make it no stroke and apply a vertical gradient from 80% gray to #0A1526 (or any other dark blue).

Select the beak path and also fill it with a gradient (horizontal this time) from a dark orange (#F15A29) to and usual orange (#F7941E).

Select the main body path and apply a vertical gradient again from #FBB040 to white, set the Location to 26%. Leave the stroke for now.

Select both flippers and fill them with the same gradient as the black part of the body and also no stroke.

Fill the feet with the same gradient as the beak.

Select the tail path and apply the same setting for it as for the black body part by clicking on it using Eyedropper Tool (I) but adjust the position of the gradient.

Step 7

Press E to select the Ellipse Tool and draw a small circle on the head. Set the 90% gray as the fill color and give it a 1pt, 20%gray stroke.

With Ellipse Tool still selected draw a small highlight on the eye.

Step 8

Rename “Layer 1” to “Penguin”. Create a new layer under it and name it “Background”.
Scale down the penguin, make a copy of him, reflect it and scale down again. Place the second penguin behind the first one.

Make sure you have “Background layer selected, take the Pen Tool and draw a random surface under the penguins, fill it with #E1FBFF.

Now draw the sides on the iceberg. Fill them with gradient from #AAB9BF to # BFCED4 .

Change the position of the gradient every time you make a new side to add some contrast.

Draw a shadow under the penguins and set the #BFCED4 as the fill color.

With the newly create shadow selected go to Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to 7px. Hit ok.

Create a rectangle using Rectangle Tool (M) and place it under the iceberg sub layers. Fill it with #7DA3AA.

Add some detail to the water.

Step 9

Draw another rectangle for the sky and fill it with gradient from #E3F4FA to white.

Draw a circle (the sun) and fill it with FFFAEF.

Select the sun path and Go to Effect > Stylize > Scribble and enter these settings:

Then Go to Effect > Stylize > Outer Glow and enter these settings:

Draw some water drops on the iceberg.

Final Result

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