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Drawing a Spool of Thread and a Needle - Adobe Illustrator Tutorial
| Jacquelin Vanderwood August 15, 2003 | 1 | | To begin drawing use a gray stroke for this lesson. Select the Pen tool and draw a leaf as you see below. | 
| 2 | | Create a gradient similar to the one below and apply it to the leaf. | 
| 3 | | Create the actual branch. | 
| 4 | | Select the leaf and move into place at the bottom of the branch. | 
| 5 | | Duplicate the leaf, reduce it's size and move it to the top. | 
| 6 | | Duplicate that leaf and rotate it. Stick it at the top of the branch. | 
| 7 | | Select the two leaves on the side. | 
| 8 | | Set Blending Options to 6 steps. | 
| 9 | | Create the blend. Select Expand. | 
| 10 | | Use the Reflection tool and make a copy. Move that set of leaves into place. Group the entire branch. | 
| 11 | | Apply the Pencil brush to the branch. | 
| 12 | | Here is the finished branch. | 
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Copyright 2003, Jacuqelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved | |
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