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| 1. Draw the body of the butterfly with Pencil tool (N) with no stroke and fill it with "Mali" swatch. |
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| 2. Draw the wings with Pencil Tool and color them with no stroke and Gradient Fill of light green and light blue. |
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| 3. Now we have to change the opacity of the wings from the "Transparency" palette to make a transparent effect. Select the two upper (or bigger) wings, notice that the default opacity is 100; change it to 73. |
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| 4. Then select the two lower (or smaller) wings, change their opacity to 43. |
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| 5. Now select the Pencil Tool and from the "Graphics Style" palette choose the "Dropped sherbet Type" and draw the design on the wings (any one side) with .5pt stroke. |  |
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| 6. Select the just drawn designs, copy and paste them; then to reflect them select Object>Transform>Reflect; the Reflect window appears. Choose "Vertical" then press OK. The left sided design is created. |  |
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| 6. Draw two small brown circle to make its eyes; then with Pencil tool draw two stings and color it no fill and stroke of brown colored "Thick Pencil" brush from the "Brushes" palette. |  |
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| 7. Select the four wings and two stings then select Effect>Stylize>Drop Shadow.. The "Drop Shadow" window will appear. then click ok. |  |
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