8/7/2019 Illustrator Lets Go http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/illustrator-lets-go 1/29 Illustrator Lets Go Create a new web document doesn't matter the resolution since we are working in Vectors here, just remember to use RGB. Now with your document created lets go to the tool bar and pickup the Elipse tool or hit (L) on your keyboard, remember to hold down shift while doing this circle so it stays perfect.
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Create a new web document doesn't matter the resolution since weare working in Vectors here, just remember to use RGB.
Now with your document created lets go to the tool bar and pickupthe Elipse tool or hit (L) on your keyboard, remember to hold downshift while doing this circle so it stays perfect.
Now that we got our Circle done lets make a Fill instead of a stroke.Go to Object -> Expand, a window will come up make sure you gotFill and Stroke ticked, click ok.
To make sure we got this perfectly aligned press command+Y or forwindows user ctrl+y this way we get to the Outline Mode andzooming as much as you want to make sure both objects arealigned.
After the Vertical alignment is good press again command+y orctrl+y to get back to normal view. Now get a ruler here.command+R or Ctrl+R and push one from the top so it alignswith the top of the circle, after that simply push your rectangle untilit hits this ruler. ok? Perfect!
The pathfinder is a must know tool in Illustrator, here we don't cutlike photoshop, we extract objects using objects. Ok lets move on, goto Window -> Pathfinder.
Now we will join this objects together, it's very simple, just selectboth objects and click "add to shape area" in the Pathfinderwindow (see image).
But we aren't done. It looks like it did nothing, but in fact you justneed to go to Object -> Expand Appearance and voila your 2objects are now just one.
Cutting Objects
Make a simple square and rotate it like this. Hold down Shift for aperfect 90º rotation.
After we got our shape done give it a light color so we can see theobject in 3D perfectly.Ok now go to Effect -> 3D -> Extrude Bevel, use the followingsettings, or what you like most.
Now the front of the shape, using the gradient tool again start fromthe middle and go out of the object so that the light comes from themiddle, remember use radial gradient here.
For the other parts just use the same but this time Linear Gradient,
try to match mine, it's easy simply select each shape with thedirectional selection tool, get your gradient and try it out.
Photoshop
Place your Illustrator shape in a new Photoshop Document, give yournew document a 800x600 I think that will do, after you place itRasterize the layer. Create a new layer and put it below yourlogo layer, name this big shadow. Get the elipse selection tool
Start from the middle and straight out until you get something likethis.
Go to Filters -> Gaussian Blur -> and give it a nice blur in our casewe did 6.0 but if you are using a diferent size it may not suit you,just try different settings until you got it.
Get the opacity down to 30%. Create another new layer and nameit small circle do the same thing as you did for the big circle, but putthe opacity to 70% and dont forget the gaussian blur 4.8.
Perfect, give it a opacity of 80%. For those little shiny lines, createone more layer, name it "little lines" get the pen tool (P) and makea selection like I did.