1. Pen tool skylines Mrs Ras

2. Find and save on your h drive some skyscrapers you want

3. Open Illustrator File> New

4. File> Place pick the template you saved

5. using the selection tool scale down the template to fit the page. this is like free transform on photoshop

6. Lock the template layer and create a new layer

7. Zoom in on the first building you’d like to trace hold alt and roll with your mouse to zoom in and out

8. Choose the pen tool but before tracing choose your fill and stroke color No File and a colored (not black) stroke like demonstrated below

9. Begin tracing around the building. click to create anchor points where something should turn * remember to create a curve click and drag (while holding down) to create handle bars to curve the line. when you let go the curve will be made You can always play with the achor points later so it does not have to be perfect remember to end your line at the place you began. the tool will let you know by showing you a o

10. choose your Direct selection tool to drag your anchors points in the right places to perfect your shape

11. Trace your second building using the pen tool again

12. Continue with the pen tool to trace at least 7 buildings

13. So you can see your buildings better. Hide the template layer by clicking the eyeball next to the layer

14. using the selection tool click on one of the outlines Now select a fill your colors you choose should be monochromatic

15. add fills to all the building shapes

16. using the selection tool click on one of the outline shapes drag the outside points to change the size of the buildings

17. Change the size and arrange them along the bottom remember you can overlap

18. add a new layer for a background and place it below the building layer

19. use the rectangle tool with a gradient fill to create a background use the gradient tool to direct the direction of the fade

20. Find a nice background pic on google and save it

21. File> place the background pic