Lily Pad Project-Working with Gradients

Some of the tools I used to create this picture of the lily pads were the Gradient Tool, Ellipse Tool, Pen Tool, Gradient Mesh, Blend, and Warp Tool. The Ellipse Tool was used for things like the spots on the water and the lily pads. The Gradient Mesh and Blend were used for coloring. Also, the Pen tool was used to help create shapes like the petals of the lilies. I thought the hardest part of this tutorial was using the Gradient Mesh, because it was hard for me to select the nodes and color things correctly. The easiest thing for me was adding the color and blending the petals, because once I figured it out, I had it down and was able to do it very quickly. I really liked this tutorial and I think the lilies turn out very pretty.