Illustrator Tutorials — 3D Techniques

Do you want to illustrate a lighthouse? If yes then let’s get started!

Create a Vector Gift Box for upcoming Christmas using tools, such as, Rectangle Tool (M), Ellipse Tool (L), Extrude and Bevel 3D effect and some nice colors to create an eye catchy illustration.

with few steps you can do a pro logo for your company using illustrator cs5 (screen-cast)

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a boiling kettle using 3D modeling. When processing the objects created this way, we can benefit from the VectorScribe plugin. Smart Remove Points, closing of the open paths, rapid removal of overlapping points, are just some of the VectorScribe tools that will be used in this tutorial. I can tell you as a designer, while working with 3D objects, VectorScribe is irreplaceable.

In this tutorial we will learn how to create a night city and glow of lights on the highway using the Adobe Illustrator CS5 Perspective Grid Tool, Blend Tool, 3D modeling and Phantasm CS. This tutorial is filled with professional and creative instructions. Let’s get started!

It isn’t always necessary to use a 3D program to create 3D text — they’re expensive and overkill if you just occasionally use 3D elements. Adobe Illustrator is more than adequate in allowing us to create some 3D objects with some basic shading for our text. In this Tyler Denis tutorial, we are going to learn how to make some 3D text using Adobe Illustrator, and also discuss techniques of shading the text to give it a clean, consistent, and stylized look.

In this vector tutorial we will learn how to create an advertising billboard using 3D modeling and a few simple techniques such as shape building using the Pathfinder palette, defining the vanishing point by using the guides, filling an object with gradients and using the Blend Tool.

The Perspective Grid Tool is not widely used by designers. It's a quite powerful tool, though not really a convenient one. Let’s learn how to use it on a simple example of the construction of 3D chart.

Today we will create a pair of vector dices with highly reflective surfaces on a gradient mesh background. Along with creating this image, you will learn how to: manipulate 3D vectors, create interesting gradients, effectively use blending modes, use complex vector masks and much more!

The Perspective tools in Illustrator CS5 make it a lot easier to draw in perfect one, two or three-point perspective. Using symbols in conjunction with the Perspective tools will make quick work of this stylized cityscape.