Create a Christmas Ball in Adobe Illustrator

It’s that time of the year again, and so I thought it’s the perfect opportunity to share a very quick & easy tutorial on how to create a simple Christmas ball in Adobe Illustrator. It’s something I created for a newsletter for a client that went out the door last week. Here’s how you create this big red one…

This is a very simple tutorial on how you can create a nice looking Christmas ball like the ones created in the header. We’re going to create the big red one. I have prepared an empty Illustrator document for you with the Color Swatches already in place ready for you to apply.

1. Draw a Vertical Line

Start by drawing a vertical line of about 150 px. Select the Line tool and drag vertically. Apply the darkest green color (located in your Swatches panel) and give it a Stroke width of 1 point.

Step 1,2 and 3 of this tutorial. Drawing the 3 basic shapes: line, rectangle and circle.

2. Draw a Small Horizontal Rectangle

Now select the Rectangle tool and draw a small horizontal rectangle at the bottom of the line. Give it the darkest green fill (same color as the vertical line), and no stroke.

3. Draw a Big Red Circle