Drawing Clouds in Illustrator Tutorial

Steps:

1. Select the Pen tool from the toolbox or press the keyboard shortcut (P).

2.Click on the middle of the page. An anchor point is created.

3. Now click again and drag the mouse to adjust the curve. Then release the mouse. Now there are two anchor point.

4. Move the mouse over the last anchor point, notice that there is a caret (^) next to the Pen symbol; Click to select the last point.

5. Click again to create another anchor point and adjust the curve.

6. By repeating this process make the clouds. Color the clouds with no stroke and gradient fill of black and white.

7. Now it's time to make the thunder.

8. Select the Pen tool; Click and create some straight lines (as the figures) to make the shape of  the thunder. Again, color the thunder with ash colored stroke and gradient fill of black and white.

9. Place the thunder on the clouds.

10.Create some straight line indicating the rain fall. In these straight lines use only gradient fill and no stroke to create the rain fall effect.

            You have drawn it. Congratulations !!!