Overview :

10 Variety of Flowers created using basic shapes in Illustrator :
Open a new document of any size in Illustrator  and continue the following. If you are going to try all the flowers in the same document, see that you use one seperate layer for each flower. Also open Photoshop and open a new document and keep it for using when ever necessary arises.

1._) Flower ONE created using Ellipse shape tool :

STEP 1 : Create a new layer and name it > Flower 1. Use the Ellipse shape tool and draw a very thin oval shape. Copy the shape and make 7 copies. You will have total of 8 oval shapes. Use the transform tool to rotate them and position them in such a way that you have 8 oval shapes representing 8 petals. Fill the 8 petals with color # F7931D (Orange shade). The stroke color is Black and stroke size is 1 px.

STEP 2 : Now select all the 8 petals ( SHIFT + select petals to select multiple petals at a time) and go to Object menu > Group to group them as one entity. Select the group of 8 petals and copy them using CTRL + C and paste them behind the original 8 petals using the option Edit manu > Paste in Back (that is CTRL + B).Once pasted the copied petals are automatically selected. Keeping it selected, change the color to # ED1C24 (Red shade). The stroke color is Black and stroke size is 1 px. You will not see the difference as they are placed behind. Keeping them selected, use the transform tool and rotate them. You will see them once rotated. Allign them properly. Hence totally you will have 16 petals with bi-colors.

STEP 3 : Now, for the middle part, simply draw a circle (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle). Use the Crystal tool (available along with warp tool in tools box) and click in the middle of the circle. The color of the circle is Yellow. The stroke color is Black and stroke size is 1 px.

STEP 4 : Now select using the selection tool the entire flower consisting of 16 petals and the middle part and drag them into the Photoshop document. In Photoshop document, the entire flower image will be pasted as a smart object. Now right click the smart object layer and select Blending options and set the following :

Gradient Overlay settings > Set the Blend mode to = ' PIN LIGHT  ' with opacity as 100% and style used as = Radial with angle-90% and scaled to 64 %.The Gradient style used is a newly created Bi-color gradient of Purple shade that is # d01093 and Yellow shade that is #  ffff00, equally distributed. Select the Reverse option. Leave the Blend mode of this layer in the layer box as Normal.



2._) Flower TWO created using Pen tool :

STEP 1 : Use the Pen Tool, click on the area and then click near that point but this time do not take your finger away from the mouse but hold on and drag so that a curve is formed. Next, click near that point. Use the pen tool to form a perfect petal shape. Set the fill color of this petal to # 91278F ( Purple shade ) and the stroke color to Yellow and the STROKE size to 5 pt. This is very important.

STEP 2 : Now make Four more copies of the petal by  ALT+ click the shape and drag to make a duplicate or copy and paste the shape. Select each shape using the Selection tool  and rotate them using Free Transform Tool accordingly to place them to form a flower shape. You can also use the Object menu > Transform > Reflect option to flip the shapes accordingly. Once the arrangement is complete, select each shape using Direct selection tool and select the points that have to be altered and extend the petals to remove the gaps between the petals formed due to allignment.

STEP 3 : If you see the final image, the petals have double stroke color of yellow and blue. To get that, select all the petals at a time (select a petal and use SHIFT + select to select multiple petals at a time) and then copy using CTRL + C and paste them behind the original  petals using the option Edit manu > Paste in Back (that is CTRL + B). Do not use ordinary Paste option. Once pasted the copied petals are automatically selected. Simply set the Stroke color to = Blue and the stroke SIZE = 15.

STEP 4 : Making the middle part have Triple effect > (a.) Now for the middle part, draw a circle (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle). The fill color of the circle is Blue. The There is no stroke color. Use the Crystal tool (available along with warp tool in tools box) and click in the middle of the circle and move around to get the desired effect. (b.) Now create another circle smaller than the Blue circle and place it on top of Blue circle. The fill color for this is Yellow and once again no stroke. Use the same Crystal tool but move in the opposite direction. (c.) Now again create anothe circle with Green color and this time use the Twirl Tool available with Crystal tool and click at the bottom of the circle.

3._) Flower THREE created using Pen tool with dual colors:

STEP 1 : Use the Pen Tool, click on the area and then click on the top of the point at some distance and do not take your finger away from the mouse but hold on and drag a liitle distance so that a curve is formed. Next, click near that point and again drag a little and then click at the bottom. Use the pen tool to form a polygonal petal shape. Set the fill color of this petal to # F067A6 ( Medium Pink shade ) and the stroke color to # BD1A8D (Dark Pink shade)  and the STROKE size to 7 pt.

STEP 2 : Select the single petal and copy it using CTRL + C and paste it in front of the original petal using the option Edit manu > Paste in Front (that is CTRL + F).Once pasted the copied petal is automatically selected. Keeping it selected, change the color to # BD1A8D (Dark Pink shade). There is no Stroke applied. Use the Transform tool to reduce the size smaller than the Midium pink colored petal. Now again, use Edit manu > Paste in Front (that is CTRL + F) and for the resulted petal change the color to # F59BB2 ( Light Pink shade) and no Stroke color os applied. Use the Transform tool to reduce the size smaller than the Dark pink colored petal.

STEP 3 : Now make Four more copies of the petal by  ALT+ click the shape and drag to make a duplicate or copy and paste the shape. Select each shape using the Selection tool and rotate them using Free Transform Tool accordingly to place them to form a flower shape. Object menu > Transform > Reflect option is not necessary. Once the arrangement is complete, select each shape ( combrising of all the three shades) using Direct selection tool and select the points that have to be altered and extend the petals to remove the gaps between the petals formed due to allignment.

STEP 4 : Now, for the middle part,  draw a circle (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle). The fill color is Yellow and NO stroke is applied. Select the middle yellow circle and go to Effect menu > Distort and Transform > Roughen. Under Rouphen options, set the size to = 50 % and Detail to = 50. Select the ' RELATIVE ' option. Set the Points to = Corner.

4._) Flower FOUR created using Pen tool with Symbol effects and Paths option :

STEP 1 : Use the Pen Tool, click on the area and then click on the top of the point at the same vertical distance and do not take your finger away from the mouse but hold on and drag a liitle distance so that a curve is formed. Next, click at the bottom again. Use the pen tool to form a elongated petal shape.  Set the fill color of this petal to # 0054A6 ( Dark Blue shade ) and the stroke color to # 00ADEF (Light Blue shade)  and the Stroke SIZE to 6 pt.

STEP 2 : Make Four more copies of the petal by  ALT+ click the shape and drag to make a duplicate or copy and paste the shape. Select each shape using the Selection tool  and rotate them using Free Transform Tool accordingly to place them to form a flower shape. Once the arrangement is complete, select each shape using Direct selection tool and select the points that have to be altered and extend the petals.

STEP 3 : Now for the middle part, draw a circle (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle). The fill color of the circle is # 0054A6 ( Dark Blue shade ). The There is no stroke color. Now copy the Blue circle using CTRl + C and use Edit manu > Paste in Back (that is CTRL + B) Once pasted, the circle is automatically selected. Do not change the fill color but set the stroke color to =  # 00ADEF (Light Blue shade)  and the Stroke SIZE to 6 pt. Reduce the size of the circle. Now select the big blue circle leaving the minicircle behind it. Go to Object menu > Path > Divide Objects Below. The intersections are broken to many pieces. Select each piece and delete them. You have will have the result as seen in the image.

STEP 4 : Select the petals ( SHIFT + select petals to select multiple petals at a time) and copy it using CTRL + C and paste it in front of the original petal using the option Edit manu > Paste in Front (that is CTRL + F).Once pasted the copied petal is automatically selected. Keeping it selected, Use the Transform tool to reduce the size smaller than the actual petals. Now select all the mini petals and go to Style (Present at the top ) and select the style called > Noise. Reduce the opacity to = 50 % The fill color is green and stroke color is dark blue and stroke size is 3 pt.

5._) Flower FIVE  created using Star shape tool and Distort function :

STEP 1 : Draw a Star shape using Star shape tool in tools box. Set the fill color to = # 007070 ( Blue shade ) and stroke color to = #  6C9D31 (Green shade ). The stroke size is 2 pt. Select this star shape tool and go to EFFECT MENU > DISTORT AND TRANSFORM > ZIG ZAG. Under the options, you will be setting the measurements to get the desired effect. However, the measurements vary according to the size of the shapes created. Under the options, set the size as- 20 mm with 'absolute' option selected. Ridges per segment is also set to 100  and the ' Smooth '  option is selected.

STEP 2 : Copy the above star shape using CTRL + C and go to Edit menu > Paste in Front (CTRL + F). Since the copied shape is automatically selected, set the fill color to = # 007070 ( Blue shade ) and stroke color to = #  6C9D31 (Green shade ). The stroke size is 3 pt. Select this star shape tool and go to EFFECT MENU > DISTORT AND TRANSFORM > ZIG ZAG. Under the options, set the size as = 14 mm with 'Absolute' option selected. Ridges per segment is also set to 45  and the ' Smooth '  option is selected.

6._) Flower SIX created using Pen tool with Twist and Zig Zag function :

STEP 1 : Use the Pen Tool, click on the area and then click near that point but this time do not take your finger away from the mouse but hold on and drag so that a curve is formed. Next, click near that point. Use the pen tool to form a perfect petal shape. Set the fill color of this petal to # 91278F ( Purple shade ) and the stroke color to # EC008C (Dark Pink shade ) and the STROKE size to 5 pt.

STEP 2 : Now make SEVEN more copies of the petal by  ALT+ click the shape and drag to make a duplicate or copy and paste the shape. Select each shape using the Selection tool  and rotate them using Free Transform Tool accordingly to place them to form a flower shape. You MUST definitely use the Object menu > Transform > Reflect option to flip the shapes accordingly. Only then the petals blend in properly. If the arrangement is proper there will not be unnecessary gaps. Do not mind about the gaps in middle.

STEP 3 : Now select all the 8 petals ( SHIFT + select petals to select multiple petals at a time) and go to Object menu > Group to group them as one entity. Select the group of 8 petals and copy them using CTRL + C and paste them in front of  the original 8 petals using the option Edit manu > Paste in Front (that is CTRL + F).Once pasted the copied petals are automatically selected. Keeping it selected, change the color to # EC008C (Dark Pink shade). No stroke is assigned. Select all these newly pasted 8 petals and go to EFFECT MENU > DISTORT AND TRANSFORM > TWIST and set the Twist angle to = 45 degree.

STEP 4 : Now, for the middle part,  draw a circle (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle). The fill color is # 808284 ( Greay shade)  and stroke color is = # E4C3A8 (Skin color shade ). Select the middle yellow circle and go to EFFECT MENU > DISTORT AND TRANSFORM > ZIG ZAG.Under the Zig Zag options, set the size to = 10 mm and Ridges per segment = 35. Select the ' Absolute ' option. Set the Points to = Corner.

7._) Flower SEVEN created using Pen tool with wrinkle effect :

STEP 1 : Use the Pen Tool, click on the area and then click on the top of the point at some distance and do not take your finger away from the mouse but hold on and drag a liitle distance so that a curve is formed. Next, click near that point and again drag a little and then click at the bottom. Use the pen tool to form a polygonal petal shape. Set the fill color of this petal to # 008EAF ( Medium Blue shade ) and the stroke color to # 2E3192 (Dark Blue shade) and the STROKE size to 7 pt.

STEP 2 : Now make Four more copies of the petal by  ALT+ click the shape and drag to make a duplicate or copy and paste the shape. Select each shape using the Selection tool and rotate them using Free Transform Tool accordingly to place them to form a flower shape. Once the arrangement is complete, select each shape ( combrising of all the three shades) using Direct selection tool and select the points that have to be altered and extend the petals to remove the gaps between the petals formed due to allignment.  This is very important for this flower as we are not going to add additional copies to cover the middle area. This might be a little time consuming. Once the arrangement is complete, use the WRINKLE Tool in the tools box available with warp tool and simply scribble on the edges. You will notice crroked edges.

STEP 3 : Draw a very thin and long oval shape using Ellipse shape tool and rotate it at slantingly. Make another copy and paste it near it and rotate it in the opposite direction in such a way, both the shapes together form a ' V ' shape. Group the both parts using Group option in Object menu. Make 4 copies of this group and paste them on all the petals. This is only to add style to the petals.

STEP 4 : ( a. ) For the middle part,  draw a very tiny circle (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle). DO NOT enter any fill color and stroke color is = # 9BCCDB (Light Blue shade ). Select the middle yellow circle and go to EFFECT MENU > DISTORT AND TRANSFORM > ZIG ZAG.Under the Zig Zag options, set the size to = 25 mm and Ridges per segment = 15. Select the ' Absolute ' option. Set the Points to = Smooth. These measurements vary from the sizes of the circles drawn. ( b .) Draw another circle slight bigger than the previous one and place it over the middle circle. The fill color is # 2E3192 ( Dark Blue shade) and no stroke is assigned. Select this dark blue circle and use the SCALLOP tool in the Tools box available with Warp tool  and simply click in the middle. The star effect is applied.

8._) Flower EIGHT created using basic Ellipse shape tool :

STEP  : This is a very simple flower so there are no long steps.

• Middle part of a flower > Draw a big oval shape using Ellipse tool and the fill color of the shape # EF3C49 ( Dark Pink shade). The stroke color is # F59BB2 (Light Pink shade) and stroke size is 5 px.

• Petals > Next draw a circle, (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle) and place it behind the big oval shape. You can use, Object menu > Arrange to bring Front or Send it Back.The fill color of the shape # 971B1E ( Dark Brown shade). The stroke color is # F59BB2 (Light Pink shade) and stroke size is 5 px. Now to make multiple copies, simply select the circle shape and press ALT + drag to get a copy. This is the easiest method. As you drag it, you can allign them behind the Oval shape easily.

• Pores > Now use the Ellipse tool again and draw tiny circles over the big oval shape to make it colorful. The fill color for the mini circle is # F15D22 (Orange shade). Use ALT + click and drag method to make many copies and position them with sufficient space between them.

9._) Flower NINE created using plain stroke and gradient added in Photoshop :

STEP  : This is also a simple Flower where gradient is added.

• Petals > Draw Oval shape using Ellipse Tool with Fill color as WHITE and stroke color as BLACK. The stroke size is 25 pt. This is very important. Now create FIVE copies and paste them using normal Paste option > CTRL + V. Using the transform tool, Rotate them accordingly.

• Middle part of the flower > Now, draw a circle, (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle) with the same Fill color as WHITE and stroke color as BLACK and the stroke size is 25 pt and place it in the middle. See that other petals are not intersected. Then it will look awkward. You can increase or reduce its size to fit in perfectly.

• Now select using the selection tool the entire flower consisting of petals and the middle part and drag them into the Photoshop document. In Photoshop document, the entire flower image will be pasted as a smart object. Now right click the smart object layer and select Blending options ( or go to Layer many > Layer style > Blending options)  and set the following :

Gradient Overlay settings > Set the Blend mode to = ' HARD LIGHT  ' with opacity as 100% and style used as = Radial with angle = 90% and scaled to 100 %.The Gradient style used is a newly created Bi-color gradient of Purple shade that is # cc33cc and Green shade that is #  42be5f, equally distributed. Do not Select the Reverse option. Leave the Blend mode of this layer in the layer box as Normal.

10._) Flower TEN created using Pen tool and Photoshop Gradient and Bevel :

STEP 1 : Use the Pen Tool, click on the area and then click near that point but this time do not take your finger away from the mouse but hold on and drag so that a curve is formed. Next, click near that point. Use the pen tool to form a perfect petal shape. Set the fill color of this petal to WHITE and the stroke color to # EC008C (Pink shade) and the STROKE size to 15 pt. This is very important.

STEP 2 : ( a. ) Make SEVEN more copies of the petal by  ALT+ click the shape and drag to make a duplicate or copy and paste the shape.You should have totally 8 petals. Select each shape using the Selection tool  and rotate them using Free Transform Tool accordingly to place them to form a flower shape. The placement is in such a way that the petals on one side of the flower are Symmetrical to the petals of the other side of the flower. Once the arrangement is complete, select each shape using Direct selection tool and select the points that have to be altered and extend the petals. ( b. ) Now, draw a circle, (SHIFT + draw using ellipse tool to get a circle) with the same Fill color as WHITE and stroke color as  # EC008C (Pink shade) and stroke size as 15 pt and place it in the middle. See that other petals are not intersected. You can increase or reduce its size to fit in perfectly.

STEP 3 : Now select using the selection tool the entire flower consisting of petals and the middle part and drag them into the Photoshop document. In Photoshop document, the entire flower image will be pasted as a smart object. Now right click the smart object layer and select Blending options ( or go to Layer many > Layer style > Blending options)  and set the following :

Gradient Overlay settings > Set the Blend mode to = ' LINEAR LIGHT  ' with opacity as 100% and style used as = Radial with angle = 90% and scaled to 71 %.The Gradient style used is a newly created Bi-color gradient of Light Green shade shade that is # 26d182 and Dark Green shade that is #  04444a, equally distributed. Do not Select the Reverse option. Leave the Blend mode of this layer in the layer box as Normal.

Bevel and Emboss settings > The bevel used is='  Inner Bevel ' and technique used is = Smooth and size is= 5 px with Depth= 150 % and direction set to = UP and soften level is 0 px. The contour used is = Llinear Gloss contour and Highlight color is white and mode is = Screen and shadow color is Black  and mode is = multiply and both set at 75%. The bevel is placed at an angle of 120 degree.

Bevel and Emboss Contour and Texture : The contour used is Linear and range is 50 %. The texture pattern used is = ' Molecular '. The scale is 234 % and the Depth is 100 % . This is the most important step to get the desired effect.