Forest ... With Illustrator Designing Lesson

Forest

A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods .

It is an area with a high density of trees.A forest is an area of land with many trees. Many animals need forests to live and survive. Forests are very important and can be found all over the World. Many forests are being cut down for houses to be built because of overpopulation.This cutting down of forests is called deforestation and it is causing damage to the natural habitat of animals. Even roads have been built for the peoples to pass though the forest to reach their destination. People have gotten rid of forest to build towns cities, farms, factories and other things that we will use.


Distribution 
Forests can be found in all regions capable of sustaining tree growth, at altitudes up to the tree line, except where natural fire frequency or other disturbance is too high, or where the environment has been altered by human activity. 
The tree line is the edge of the habitat at which trees are capable of growing. Beyond the tree line, they are unable to grow because of inappropriate environmental conditions (usually cold temperatures, insufficient air pressure, or lack of moisture) 


 I tried to imagine the forest ,and designed that picture to show what is in my mind .I collected  some trees and planets like grass .I added also some animals like the zebra and some birds.I liked the view of the butterflies  so I added some also.I collected all of that in an art work around a nice small house in an artistic way as what I imagined .I put that art work in on frame .
I hope you will like it.I need your opinion.

HOW TO DESIGN THE PICTURE WITH DIAGRAMS ?
Please read more . 

1. Open new illustrator document with 
2. Add new layer ,choose the background color to be light green with no stroke,and with the rectangle tool draw a rectangle around the the document.
3. Add new layer to add new shape from the Window menu choose Symbols yo open the symbol  panel .Choose Nature from the Symbol library menu and choose the design you like ,you will find the animals and house in the Primitive section of the Symbols also .
4.  Now you can add the frame .Go to Window menu ,select Brushes.From the Brush library menu choose Borders .Add new layer to design the frame ,adjust the background color to none and stroke to 1 and draw a rectangle all around the art work  then click on the frame you like in the panle .
5. Save your work.

NOTE : 

• Try to save your work every step.
• If you do not like some thing make undo( Ctrl +Z ) or go to the File menu and choose Revert you will be back to the last saving for your art work.
•  Always put every design in different layer ,so you can just delete the layer if you do not like or could not change or adjust.

Please check the illustrated diagram.
 I hope it is useful. 

Thanks
Manal Raafat