Ja Corona

Drawing a Sun

This is not a hard tutorial using too complicated techniques in Illustrator. With some basic steps, a newbie can practice how to use tools in Illustrator

1. Creat new document, size 600 x 600 px

2. Creat new layer, fill white color, use Soft Brush tool ( hardness = 50% ) draw randomly like this

3. Go to filter >> blur >> radial blur and Ctrl + F few times

4. Use Soft Brush tool again with darker yellow color, light red, dark red

5. When i radial Blur again 2,3 times, we have

6. use Color Balance ( ctrl + B ) to repair color ,add more yellows

7. Creat new circle select, feather = 20 px. Hit Ctrl + J to bring it to new layer. Filter >> Distort >> Spherize 100%

8. Creat new layer, use Gradient Tool fill color like that

9. Change blending mode = Screen for this layer

10. Duplicate new layer yellow fill, “thu nhỏ” blending mode = darken opacity = 10%

11. Creat new layer, go to Image >> Apply Image

12. Go to Filter >> Render >> Len Flare with Len Type = Movie Prime, Brightness = 200%

Done !!!