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Question:I want to know how people create these flowery, swirly designs I seem to see everywhere. Similar to this:
http://www.istyles.com/flowers-explosion...

Please if you could step me through it. I am familar with Creative Suites. I just have no idea if they are just illustrated very well or if there is a trick of the trade. Can someone step me through it or even just tell what they are called so that I can look into it myself? THANKS!


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I want to know how people create these flowery, swirly designs I seem to see everywhere. Similar to this:
http://www.istyles.com/flowers-explosion...

Please if you could step me through it. I am familar with Creative Suites. I just have no idea if they are just illustrated very well or if there is a trick of the trade. Can someone step me through it or even just tell what they are called so that I can look into it myself? THANKS!

Some of the most impressive are hand-drawn like this
http://centripetalnotion.com/2006/10/24/...

Somewhere on the internet is a short movie about Si Scott's work process, I have a feeling it was on his flash site somewhere under work.
http://www.siscottstudio.com/interface.s...

But using Illustrator, these might help
http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/illus...

http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/swi...

Your sample actually repeats the same shapes with scale changed, create your self a library of basic shapes in white and apply them to a gradated background.

Desiners do that... but you can try with photoshop.

Photoshop.....You do that with a bunch of vector images. There a lot of tutorials for that....

These types of images are created by using the brush tool in photoshop or illustrator. If you want to make your own brush tool you need to create a new brush in Illustrator. But for the most part you can download free brushes from the internet.....just google it....there are a ton out there.