In this tutorial, we will teach you how to make vector doodles using different tools in Adobe Illustrator. Don't forget to check out our site howtech.tv/ for more free how-to videos! youtube.com/ithowtovids - our feed www.facebook.com/howtechtv - join us on facebook plus.google.com/103440382717658277879 - our group in Google+ Step 1 -- Drawing a doodle butterfly Pick up the pen tool from the toolbar on the left side of the screen and from the color swatches panel on the right, pick up a shade of pink. Remember, we are making a doodle over here so details are not important. To start with, make the body of the butterfly by creating two anchor points and curve the path by dragging the cursor. With that done, we will end up with a half circle with pointed tips. Now you can create the other half in the same way and you will have a body for the butterfly. After that, select white color for the object and give it a pink stroke. Next, start drawing the wings of the butterfly. For that, pick up the brush tool from the toolbar on the left and start making a series of U's followed by a straight line, connecting to where you started from. The lines don't have to be completely straight or perfect. Next, make the antennas by drawing a spiral circle followed by a straight line connecting to the head of the butterfly. After that, let's select the center body of the butterfly that we created earlier and bring it in front of the rest of the objects by pressing "CTRL+Shift+]". With that done, you can add a few details to the object for example, using the ellipse tool and making circles on the wings of the butterfly. The key here is to make the image look as much random as possible. Step 2 -- Drawing a heart and flower Next, we have drawn different objects on the canvas, starting with a heart. For that, choose a less thicker stroke option from the menu before getting started. You can make a basic heart shape on the canvas by making two U's connecting via a pointed tip. Keep experimenting with different ideas for your doodle artwork. For example, we have also made a flower shape by making a series of U's in a circular path, as shown in the image below. You can add small details, for example adding a circle in the middle of the flower to make the base of the flower. Step 3 -- Drawing Letters While doodling its better to draw the letters using the brush tool. So the letter "F" can be wider as compared to the rest of the letters in the text. We have also drawn the word "Style" in a joint handwriting, cursive font style. You can use the paint brush to first write the letter "S" in capital. After that, simply join the rest of the letters to make a flowing font with all words joined together. At the end, do remember to make the circle over the letter "i". Step 4 -- Drawing stars Shape tools can also be used to create a new doodle in illustrator. For example, if you press the shape option in the toolbar, you will notice the star option there. Pick up the tool, move to the canvas and make a simple star shape. Next, duplicate the shape, decrease its size using the corner handles and position it in the middle of the original shape. After that, open up the path finder window and click on the "exclude option" to create a compound shape and exclude the overlapping shape areas. After that, you can swap the fill and stroke by clicking on the switch foreground button. Step 5 -- Drawing swirl shapes You can create a different type of doodle in illustrator using the twirl tool as well. For example, draw a simple circle using the ellipse tool. After that, pick up the twirl tool from the tool bar and apply it on the circle. Press the left click and the twirl tool will keep getting applied over the shape. You can move the cursor just a bit to determine the motion of the twirl. At the end, when you release the mouse button, you can see that a swirl will be created over the object. Step 6 -- Making a Collage Take the heart shape and duplicate it, placing it over at the corners randomly on the canvas and changing the size as well. You can also take the flower doodle, decrease its size, make duplicates and place them randomly all over the canvas. You can even change the size of the duplicated objects just to add randomness to the image. Now let's tilt the text a bit using the corner placeholders. We have done the same thing for the swirl objects as well. The rest of the lesson is in this video.

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