Next, take the Rounded Rectangle Tool and draw a rectangle having the dimensions shown. Grab the Ellipse Tool (L) and draw a 292 x 292 px circle and color it with white. If you get small empty areas between the shapes of the tree after applying the Transform effect, all you have to do is to move the shapes closer to each other using the Direct Selection Tool (A) and the Arrow keys on your keyboard and you will cover that space. While this group stays selected, go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform and apply the settings shown to move them a little downwards and to the right whilst the outline stays still. Now, select all colored circles, Group (Control-G) them and name the group “ baubles” in the Layers panel. Next, go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Roughen and apply the settings shown to create a subtle grungy look. This will move the tree a little downwards and to the right whilst the purple outline stays still. While the “ tree” group stays selected, go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform and apply the Scale and Move settings shown. Name this group “ tree” and make sure that it is under the “ outline” group in the Layers panel. Select the green tree, the orange star and the trunk and Group (Control-G) them. Name this group “ outline” in the Layers panel. Group (Control-G) all the copies, remove the existing fill colors and just apply a 4 pt dark purple Stroke. Select all the shapes that you have drawn so far and then Copy and Paste in Place (Shift-Control-V) to make copies of them. Use the Ellipse Tool (L) to draw a bunch of circles of different sizes on the tree and color them with yellow, orange and blue.
Switch to the Rectangle Tool (M) and draw a small rectangle of about 42 x 20 px filled with brown at the bottom. Next, use the Star Tool to draw a star at the top of the tree and color it with orange. Repeat the same thing for the bottom triangle.Ĭolor the triangles with the shades of green indicated. This will cut the tip of the middle triangle. Now, select this copy along with the middle triangle and press Minus Front in the Pathfinder panel. Select only the smallest triangle at the top and then Copy and Paste in Place (Shift-Control-V) to make a copy of it. Arrange them as in the image below to compose the tree. Grab the Polygon Tool, click on your artboard and enter the dimensions shown to draw the three triangles of different sizes. These settings will help you throughout the drawing process. Next, go to Edit > Preferences > General and set the Keyboard Increment to 1 px and while there, also check the Units. Type a name and set up the dimensions then select Pixels as Units and RGB as Color Mode. Launch Illustrator and open a new document.