How To Draw A Mandala In Illustrator

Mandala in Adobe Illustrator

Today we will be drawing a Mandala in Adobe Illustrator with the help of

Shape Tools

and

Transform Effect

. Mandala reflects balance and perfection and our artwork will also reflect the same.

Drawing a Mandala in Adobe Illustrator

We will start the tutorial by launching Adobe Illustrator first and then creating a new document with RGB color mode.

Step 1

Select the

Rectangle Tool

and draw a rectangle of the size the same as the artboard. We are drawing the rectangle to create a background. Now fill the rectangle with a bright gradient with the help of the

Gradient Tool

Create a Gradient Background for Mandala Drawing

Now select the rectangle and press Ctrl + 2 to lock the selection.

Step 2

Select the Ellipse Tool and fill the stroke with white color. Now draw a circle in the center of size 20 pt.

After drawing the circle, with the help of the

Pen Tool,

draw the shape as shown in the below image.

Draw a small circle and a shape as mid point of the Mandala

Select and copy the shape created and paste it in the opposite direction.

Copy and Paste the shape in opposite direction

Select both the shapes and click on

Object

in the

Menu Bar

. Place the cursor on

Transform

and select

Rotate

Select Rotate

After selecting Rotate, a Rotate dialogue box will appear on the artboard. In the Rotate dialogue box, set the angle to 20^o. Then check the Preview and click on OK.

Set the angle of rotation

In a similar way, create more copies till the artwork shown in the below image is formed.

Press

Ctrl + D

and the shapes will be rotated.

Drawing a Mandala in Adobe Illustrator

I have deleted the inner circle and filled the shapes with white color.

Step 3

Select the

Rectangle Tool

and draw a small size rectangle above the shape.

Repeat the same steps which we had used in rotating the first shape in step 2.

Draw new shape for Mandala

mandala drawing

, we will keep on drawing new layers of different shapes and will rotate them in circular form with the help of the

Transform Effect

Now draw more layers of shapes to complete your Mandala art and your Mandala is created in Adobe Illustrator . You can also draw different shapes with the help of the

Pen Tool

and rotate them in circular form.

The most important thing which is needed to learn, while making Mandala in Adobe Illustrator, is the correct use of the

Rotate Effect

Mandala Drawing in Adobe Illustrator