I received several inquiries on how to draw a swirls illustration. Swirls illustration does not require extensive knowledge, only a little practice and a visit of a “Muse”.

One of the problems that beginners face when entering the world of adobe illustrator is proper positioning of the vector control points.

For starters, my advice is to make a circle (use Elipse tool+Shift combination). Select the circle using “Direct SelectionTool”, four basic points and vector controllers (red extension lines).

Draw using “Pencil tool” and practice making various swirls.

Play with “Pencil Tool Preferences”, see how they affect the drawing.

Now, take it to the next step and make a simple “swirl” shape. Something like this:

Then make it’s inner (or outer) outline following the existing line. Connect outer and inner line in order to get closed shape: select two starting points and to Object -> Path -> Join. Do the same with two ending points. Reduce or add points using “Pen Tool” in order to fine tune the swirl shape.

Color the swirl and store it as a Brush or a Symbol. Make a small database of various shapes that will later be used for drawing Swirls Illustrations, like mine “Adobe Illustrator Swirls Symbols” - Subscribe to my newslwtter and download them for free

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