Mod City - Illustrator Tutorial

Jacquelin Vanderwood March 1, 2004   1   Start with a rectangle of blue on the first layer. Lock the layer. Create a new layer.   2   Change the color to yellow. On the new layer using the Pen tool, draw a cityscape in the negative space.   3   Use the Pen tool and draw in the shapes seen below making sure to change colors as necessary.   4   Change to dark gray and draw in a street as shown below.   5   Using the same yellow, draw in a center line for the road then change to the Knife tool and make cuts. Use the Direct Selection tool and delete the little sections.   6   Change to the background blue and draw in the details on the buildings.   7   Draw in the highlights and shadow areas.   8   Draw in the sun with the Ellipse tool.   9   Change to orange and the Pencil brush. Set in some detail in the sky with a Stroke weight of 3 pt.   10   Change to Stroke and the dark blue in the picture. Add lines in places.   11   Finally, using a 2 pt. stroke, add in white and black lines, then change to a dark blue and add a couple of shadows by the buildings.