Mimicing clouds or smoke in illy

[eastbayrk]

Anyone know of any tutorials to help here. Need to make something pretty big so quality is an issue.

 

[apepp]

...one approach is the blend feature, blending shapes of varying shades of grey to white, or the gradient mesh tool...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...you can create a basic cloud from overlapping ellipses then merge them with the pathfinder add funtion > expand, then use the gradient mesh tool by placing strategic points and using shades of grey to build up depth...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...here is one for fire, but a similar approach can be used for smoke...

http://vectortuts.com/illustration/learn-how-to-create-realistic-vector-fire/

Andrew

 

[eastbayrk]

okay great Andrew thank you!

 

[ERIXWORX]

quick-'n-easy way, also;

overlapping ellipses; drop the opacity & add gaussian blur
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[Lyell]

This is great, Andrew, thanks. Every time I come to this forum I learn something.