Several days ago, my wife left town for a business trip to St. Louis. And she gave me a daily chore. She told me to water her Oxeye daisies at the yard once a day. Oops… I totally forgot about it. And her daisies are pretty much dead. When I forgot to water her flowers last time, I had to sleep on a couch for 5 days. Well, I guess I have to get on my iMac. So I launch Adobe Illustrator CS2. In a matter of 10 minutes or so, I somehow managed to revive her daisies.

The following tutorial shows simple steps to design Oxeye daisies, using Adobe Illustrator CS2. Continue reading →

A few months ago, I went to a local garden nursery to get some roses for our 8th wedding anniversary. They had roses in several different colors like white, yellow, orange and purple. I asked a clerk “Don’t you have red roses?” And he just said “No.” I was shocked. Roses are supposed to red. My wife hate yellow roses, anyway. As usual, I had no choice, you know? So I got MacBook out of my backpack and launched Adobe Illustrator CS2. In a matter of 5 minutes ago, I created a red rose.

The following tutorial shows simple steps to design a rose with Adobe Illustrator CS2. The photo used in this tutorial comes from WebShot. Continue reading →