Illustration Friday Topic: Desert

      I illustrated desert using the main focus of a cactus. I used the pen tool to make the spikes on the cactus to show that it has texture and is sharp. I put multiple cactus on the illustrator file, as they progressively went back, I added gaussian blurs to show distance. Then for the ground I used a basic rectangle shape and set the layer to the back, making it appear as the ground. To add to the flat surface i used for the ground a took the pen tool and drew sloping lines to make hills. For the sky, I made another basic background a square, and used the pen tool to make clouds. Then for both the sky and the clouds I added the blur effect, mostly to make the clouds appear soft and fluffy.