This tutorial was made in another version of Illustrator, but it could still be made in CC 2015. I, however, used the new automatic pattern functions. I thought the pattern shown was too busy, so I made a simple pattern. I am not totally satisfied with it, but got tired of working with it. You are shown how to make the owl and other autumnal elements in Illustrator: berry twig, leaves, acorn and mushroom (which I chose not to use in my final design).

I used the owl and other design elements to make a new Facebook cover and profile.

NOTE: I often had trouble reaching the Zombie Dream web site (technical memory problems), so I finally made a pdf of the tutorial. Remember, this tutorial is the property of Zombie Dream.