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Using the Ellipse Tool, and holding down the Ctrl key to constrain the ellipse to a circle, draw 5 small circles to the sizes shown above. Now draw three larger groups of ellipses like those shown in the center above. Select the first group of 3 ellipses and Arrange > Combine Shapes... Add Shapes. Repeat this step for the next two sets of ellipses. These will be our basic cloud shapes.
Using the Selector Tool (the arrow pointer) drag a selection rectangle around the five small circles. Switch to the Freehand and Brush Tool. Click Create Brush. Name the new brush, "Cloud Edges" and press OK.
Draw a straight horizontal line with the Shape Editor Tool. TIP: To draw a horizontal, vertical, or constrained angle line with the Shape Editor Tool, click the first control point on the page. Hold down the Ctrl key and then click and drag the end point. The line you drag will be constrained to horizontal, vertical, or a limited number of angles depending on which direction you drag. Select the horizontal line. Open the Line Gallery (F12). In the New Brush Stroke folder, select the Cloud Edges brush and press Apply. Select the line with the Freehand and Brush Tool and click Edit Brush on the Infobar. In the Spacing tabbed section, move the Spacing slider to around 50-55%. Your stoked line should resemble the one shown above.
Copy your modified stroked line to the clipboard (Ctrl c). Select the first cloud shape and paste attributes (Edit > Paste Attributes or Shift Ctrl a). Repeat this step for the other two cloud shapes. Select the three cloud shapes and Arrange > Convert Line to Shape. This will create the shapes shown on the bottom. Select each group individually and Arrange > Combine Shapes... Add Shapes.
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