How to draw swirls illustrations in Adobe Illustrator, Part Two

46 Responses for "How to draw swirls illustrations in Adobe Illustrator, Part Two"

1. Gledwood November 13th, 2007 at 10:00 pm 1

   Thanks for putting this up. I never have a CLUE how to use those programs like that… thanks for giving this advice.

   I will give you a shout on my blog tonight!

   All the best!

   from
   Gledwood
   “Vol 2″…

   ;->…

   http://gledwood2.blogspot.com

2. bsilvia November 13th, 2007 at 10:06 pm 2

   Thanks! :)

3. Emma November 22nd, 2007 at 5:08 pm 3

   This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! You have saved me a bunch of time (I’ve been drawing each swirl one at a painstaking time!) My designs have been simple because of that, and now I can’t wait to go WILD. Thanks for your time!

4. bsilvia November 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 pm 4

   Thanks Emma!
   Please post an image or link after a wild finish :)

5. Brandon December 30th, 2007 at 12:46 am 5

   I’m working on this tutorial at the moment and have a “noobie” question. - When I add the lines to my page (as shown in your 2nd picture) how do I change the color? I’ve tried everything it seems. That line just wants to stay black. :(

   - New to Illustrator (Love the look of your tutorial) (:

6. bsilvia December 30th, 2007 at 4:22 pm 6

   Thanks Brandon!
   Please follow the link: http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Illustrator/13.0/help.html?content=WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-6518.html
   “Adobe Illustrator: About fills and strokes”
   You’ll see, it’s easy!
   S*

7. Brandon December 31st, 2007 at 2:22 am 7

   Awe. Yay. Thanks so much! XD

8. Kenneth Seah December 31st, 2007 at 4:14 am 8

   I will like to know where can I get the symbols?

   Thanks

9. bsilvia December 31st, 2007 at 4:20 pm 9

   Hi Kenneth, links for the symbols are on the top of this post :)
   S*

10. Suzanne of New Affiliate Discoveries January 10th, 2008 at 9:03 am 10

    Wow, great tutorials here, thank you so much!

11. Pockack January 13th, 2008 at 9:03 pm 11

    AWESOME TO THE MAX

12. bsilvia January 13th, 2008 at 9:28 pm 12

    Thanks…
    I’m a little bit desperate today
    :(

13. Saya January 18th, 2008 at 3:27 pm 13

    well.Add experience.
    Thanks

14. phemmy January 19th, 2008 at 5:22 pm 14

    u guy have some cool tutorial here,i will like u to SEND some more tutorial to me on drawing cartoon,comics character.pls i really need it so much,pls send it to my mail box.I LUV THIS SITE.

15. InterestingJohn January 28th, 2008 at 11:12 pm 15

    I’m guessing that you made the symbols in Illustrator CS3? Because I’m on CS2 and they won’t load, they tell me they were made in a newer version of Illustrator. It’s probably a smart idea to make them backwards compatible for those of us who’s boss won’t upgrade them to CS3 yet :(

16. bsilvia January 29th, 2008 at 12:21 am 16

    InterestingJohn - brushes are now available for CS, hope that helps!
    S*

17. Rin January 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pm 17

    Just stumbled upon this site… it has exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thank you very much.

18. Nanda Kumar February 1st, 2008 at 3:35 am 18

    ya its a wonderful tutorial

19. john February 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 pm 19

    Cheers. Can I use these for the banner on my site? (Im making it now)- it’s still nameless.
    If I make any money from it I’ll be happy to donate some to you.
    Bye.

20. john February 3rd, 2008 at 6:43 pm 20

    RE: my previous comment
    Your symbols. (Can I use your symbols for my site?)

21. bsilvia February 3rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm 21

    Hi john!
    If you’re asking for brushes and symbols - sure you can use them!
    Good luck!

    S:)

22. Sigh February 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pm 22

    You didn’t even explain HOW to make the swirl, you just said “put some swirls here and there”.

23. bsilvia February 7th, 2008 at 11:00 am 23

    Well SIgh, you didn’t EVEN visit “Part one” of this tutorial, you didn’t EVEN left your web site address, you didn’t EVEN left your mail address… but sure your comment is APPROVED, despite your ignorance.

    S

24. ktpie March 21st, 2008 at 4:16 am 24

    Thanks for making something so complicated, look so easy. Your site has inspired me :)

25. Tim Roderick April 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pm 25

    Hi, This is AMAZING!!! Exactly what I was hoping to find.. What a lovely person you are to spend the time to show people like me how to do this!! I studied Music in University but have always loved Photography.. Used Photoshop for years & quite new to Illustrator!! Thank you so much for helping me & thank you for the free downloads!! I will enjoy & use to create artwork for years to come!! Tim *_(”,)/

26. bsilvia April 8th, 2008 at 8:59 pm 26

    Thanks ktpie and Tim - you made my day :)

    S

27. Srinivas April 9th, 2008 at 5:35 am 27

    I Like dis web,keep it up….
    My Cont:9886185753.

28. beatrice May 1st, 2008 at 4:48 pm 28

    so, so, so happy with the tutorial and the free stuff; thank you so much for taking the time and energy to share this with us.

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31. Samantha May 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pm 31

    Thank you for the great tutorial, these swirls are very hot right now and I am looking forward to using them :)

32. daniel May 11th, 2008 at 5:02 pm 32

    THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH this is great inspiration and thanks for the brushes mane…..you rock

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    very nice idea it is

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36. msk June 25th, 2008 at 11:42 am 36

    Great tutorial man enjoy all

37. Fraser July 1st, 2008 at 10:37 pm 37

    Just one question, once i have download your freebies, how do i load them into photoshop because whenever i try it will never let me extract the files from the zipped folder and claims that it is empty?

    Please Help :)
    Fraser

38. bsilvia July 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 am 38

    Fraser,
    all zip files are correct on my server. Zipped and uploaded - with the freebie content.
    The problem can be in your zip software when extracting zip files. I don’t know what kind of zip software you use to extract them…

    S

    some info:
    http://drupal.org/node/213262
    http://www.minecost.com/zipfiles.htm

39. Tori September 14th, 2008 at 3:16 am 39

    Hey…thanks for the inspiration and tutorial…I have a final assignment coming up in my Color Theory class and was looking around the loverly googlyweb for some “muse” type love..you gave it!..can’t wait to get to work..o..thanks for the brushes and other whirly gigs..will most likely use them..ill be sure to send you a shot of the finished product…much love!

40. Sunny October 6th, 2008 at 2:36 am 40

    I’m new at all of this, but your tutorials are written so well that even *I* can use them. Thank you for taking the time to inspire creativity in all of us!

41. Florian December 9th, 2008 at 8:41 am 41

    Thanks. Thats the tut I was searching for for a long time… ^^

42. mickie December 10th, 2008 at 4:12 am 42

    what exactly do you mean by “quadrant shape”?
    I am new to illustrator, the rest of it i could figure out, but not that
    when i tried to use the tool i know as a vector type tool from ps, the brush stroke tried to go all of the way around, so .. am i using the wrong brush stroke? or applying it to the wrong things?

43. bsilvia December 12th, 2008 at 11:24 pm 43

    Hi Mickie!
    “quadrant shape” is something like form to follow with the rest of the elements and you should use Illustrator brushes and “Classic Artist brush symbols set” - one symbol above and another one below…

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