how to design a simple and consistent swan logo | adobe illustrator cc tutorial

make a rectangle. increase the stroke a little. with the direct selection tool, drag the live widgets to round the corners. click and delete these anchor points. select all. hold "alt" and drag to make a copy. goto object. transform. reflect. ok. hold down the left arrow to overlap the two shapes. perfect. select all. rotate by 45 degrees. get the pen tool. click here, hold "shift" to go horizontally. Click here. then, click "Esc". make another line. Click "Esc". ok. select all and go to "object". expand. ok. goto the pathfinder tool and click on "unite". get the direct selection tool. select these parts and hold down the right arrow to expand a little. with the direct selection tool, select and drag the live widgets to make a curve. ok. hold down the space bar to activate the hand tool, so you can move the artboard. get the pen tool, and hold the "shift" key to make a 45-degree diagonal line. right-click. make guides. I will use it to make the spaces between all elements equal. align it perfectly. hold "alt" and drag to make another guide. right-click, ungroup. drag to overlap these elements. to zoom in and out hold the "alt" key and scroll with the mouse wheel. select all and get the shape builder tool. drag to join these parts. Now, separate the two shapes. repeat the process. now align all the elements. hold "alt" and drag to make a copy from these guides. align the elements to the guides. now, I need to make the space here and here equal with space here and here. so, I will make a copy of these guides. select all and hold "alt" and drag to make a copy. right-click and release the guides. now, rotate them by 45 degrees. again, right-click and make guides. now, align the elements with the guides. perfect. now, space here equals the space here. select the guides and hold "alt" and drag to make another copy. align with the guides. I will align the nick and the element. select and delete the guides. get the pen tool. click to make a line. it will be our alignment guide. Press "ESC". select all. rotate by 45 degrees. right-click and make guides. get the direct selection tool. select this part. hold down the left arrow move to align with the guide. perfect. now, delete the line. now, select all and rotate by 45 degrees. press "control-R" to activate the ruler tool. Click hold and drag to get a guide. align it with the back of the swan. now, select and get the knife tool. hold "alt" and drag to cut to make the beak. I will cut off this part so the beak will be aligned with the back of the swan. unlock the guide. delete it and get the pen tool. Click and hold the "shift" key to make a 45-degree diagonal line. right-click and make guides. right-click and lock guides. get the direct selection tool, and select this end. hold down the left arrow move to align with the guide. perfect. get the direct selection tool. hold the "shift" key and select these corners. drag the live widgets to round the corners. now, unlock the guide and delete it. hold "alt" and drag to make a copy of this element. I will use it to make the curve of the beak. rotate by 45 degrees and overlap it with the head. click "ctrl-y" to activate the outline mode. perfect. click "ctrl-y" to deactivate the outline mode. select all and get the shape builder tool. hold "alt" and drag to cut off. select all and pick a color. I will pick another color here. hold "alt" and drag to make a copy. get the eyedropper tool and pick this color. hold the "shift" key and select these elements. get the eyedropper tool and pick this color. now we have another color variation.