Illustrator tutorial: make a 2011 greeting card

 

Hi every one welcome to Creative Layer. This year 2011 in Cambodia still cool so far. Well I am going to show you the easy way to make a Greeting Card in Illustrator. Let's recap what Tool I used to make it.

• Type Tool (T)
• Rounded Rectangle Tool
• Rectangle Tool (M)
• Symbol Sprayer Tool (Shift + S)
• Symbol and Effect Tool

Refer to the above I try to make you clear and after you try it you will easily make it.
Let's start it with background style. Rectangle Tool (M) make a square object and Gradient as below:

and use make a long object here then duplicate it until you got like image below. Make sure Gradient style is align.

Start Type Tool (T) and type number 2 font is Bauhaus 93 normal. I am not sure if you computer has this font but mostly have it. If you don't have it you can use your own font style with the same instruction.

Once you the number ready go to ==> Effect ==> 3D ==> Extrude & Bevel..

Set up by the image option here 10 - 15 - -8 Perspective: 100 and then OK

Go to Object menu ==> Expand Appearance then finally you have a 3D number 2. Try to un-group it and then you will able to color it by part.

Over here I used the swatches color to help me on the foreground color and style.

Well on my side I only used Type Tool one time on the number 2 the rest I used Rounded Rectangle Tool to help it. Let's look to number 0 and number 1. After I used the Rounded Rectangle Tool I gave the same option of the above and color. Then make a shadow to all numbers.

Make stars by using the Symbol Sprayer Tool. Firstly find a star symbol on the symbol tab. Select on it and select Symbol Sprayer Tool to spray. Below image is what we got after sprayed.

Type Tool once again. As mentioned do it the same option on the 2011 style. Just type HAPPY NEW YEAR. Here the final result.

Shall you have any questions feel free to contact me chetsary@gmail.com. I would ask your comment to the below box and thank you for visiting this tutorials. Do share to your friends but DO NOT COPY. Please enjoy and stay tune.

Illustrator Tutorial: Disco Ball

Well in this tutorial and the main focusing is one the ball and light. The rest can be design to be look more nicer amoung the ball. It is actually quite simple, the technique is to create the texture first and map it onto the 3D sphere. However, we will require Illustrator CS and above to create this awesome Illustrator effect.

1. Create the Disco Ball

Select the Rectangle Tool (M) and make a square object with light blue color. After this select the square object and hold Alt key then drag to make other object and give it as black color.

 

Try to duplicate the above object until you get this and make sure you give different color like in a club because will are trying to make a disco ball. Then make another object by copy again. See below image

Once every object is done. Drag to the Symbols tab and leave it one side.

2. Create a 3D sphere

Well let's get your tool ready. Press (L) for making a cycle object and press (M) to draw vertical object as seen. Join it together but just haft of each. Then press Ctrl + Shift + F9 for a Pathfinder option. Make sure you select both object and press Subtract Sharp Area in the Pathfinder dialogue then finally you get a result in below image.

Let make this object into 3D. Select it and go to Effect menu ==> 3D ==> Revolve then 3D dialogue is appeared.

Press Map Art and one the symbol type select an object which we had drag to symbol (just remember that: your 3D object must smaller then symbol). Try to find the face of it in surface.

and now you get the ball. Give background in black and start making a light star.

to make a star light you can use what ever tool to make it and give some effect. Now let's use Pen tool and pen it as a star. Make a cycle object and gradient as type Radial black and white and on the same object go to transparency tab to make layer mask and make it as shadow. And make it into one object. See below

Try to past it in some part of the ball. And last one do same thing but make only lighting without star in the middle of ball.

Here is the finall result.