Create a Dazzling Aurora Borealis – Screencast

It’s time to create some Northern Lights. Ryan from QuintalDesigns demonstrates how to light up the vector night sky in this video tutorial. Using gradients, blur effects and more you will learn how to create a vector Aurora Borealis in Adobe Illustrator.

The gradients used in Step 32 and 33 of the video tut are as follows:

• Blue Face: #0CB0F0 at 0%, #29CAFE at 48%, #0AAEEF at 50%, #27C8FD at 76%, #0EB1F1 at 77% and #2CCDFF at 100%. Then set the Angel at 310 degrees.
• Red Face: : #F50D0D at 0%, #F70D0D at 48%, #E41010 at 50%, and #E21010 at 100%. Then set the Angel at 310 degrees.
• Yellow Face: #EDD70C at 0%, and #FFE108 at 100%. Then set the Angel to 15 degrees.