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There are times when you will need to do gift box and effects for special occasions. This tutorial will give you an idea how this can be done using brushes and some other techniques. I will not be going into details how each step is done but I will illustrate on some of the techniques used to create this illustration.
1. Breakdown of Layers
The illustration consists of 6 different layers. We will look at how each layer is done.
2. Background Layer
The is the background mesh of the illustration. First we create a blue square and we start adding points using the Gradient Mesh Tool and tweak it to the the shape below. You can see that I have set the bottom points to a darker blue and the middle point to white. If you have difficulty creating this gradient mesh, take a look at my Gradient Mesh tutorial.
3. Gift Box
I will not be going into detail how this box is done. It is pretty simple. All you need is the Pen Tool. A tip for beginner is to turn on the Grid (View>Show Grid) and Enable Snapping(View>Enable Snap to Grid). With the grid on, you can precisely snap each points to the grid so that each intersecting shape will line up perfectly.
4. Line Patterns
For the line patterns on the gift box, you will find that there are actually some perspective. We can easily achieve the effect by using the Blend Tool. Below are the steps on creating it…
First we create a long rectangle and place it at the start point(left side). Next, we duplicate the rectangle and rotate it slightly and we place it at the end point(right side).
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March 7th, 2008 at 12:47 am
But that’s okay, go ahead and delete my comment. I’m still sick of half-a$$ed Tuts…
April 8th, 2008 at 1:27 am
It is splendid
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:51 pm
you S-U-C-K!
when u can’t go into the detail, then why the f-u-c-k you’ve brought your stinky a$$ into the tutorial writing
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Hi Owais,
I’m sorry if you didn’t find this tutorial useful. When I’m writing this tutorial, I just want to illustrate some of the techniques on how the effect is done. I didn’t want to go into details as how to draw the gift. Now, I understand what the readers needs, hence I have improved on my recent new tutorials. Thanks for your comments, I will improve on my new tutorials.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Nice tips and tricks.. Owais Khan and Paul don’t appreciate this Bcoz they don’t have initiative. they must respect the writer…
by the way… it’s a nice tutorial…
April 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Thanks for the tutorial. It’s a great concept. It is actually meant for intermediate who understand the basics of illustrator not for beginners.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
The tutorial is nice, man i got to get my illustrator up and running anyway, i understand Paul and Owais khan. They just really wanna learn the basics as well, you should maybe create categories like Basic intermediate experts and just fill the Basic with Basic setups of tutorials such as how to make this line how to make this effect. That way they can take all the effects and create some splendid masterpiece.
The Tutorial was awesome and i learned a lot
With warmest, steini
May 11th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Can you pls. send me the AI file for this E-mail “jmshr89@hotmail.com.
I waiting for your replay.
Thanking you
May 11th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Hi Jam, as this file is a stock vector sold at istockphoto, I cannot send it to you. If your are interested to use it for your project, you can buy it at stockphoto. The link is at the end post.
May 15th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
have a nice day !
thank you for your replay
by
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 am
this is so stupid. the only hard thing about this is make the box and you wont even show us how to do it. you should just take it off the web site.
May 25th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
This tutorial is excellent and you sami are so lame if you do not know how to draw a box. Better give up on using illustrator.
May 28th, 2008 at 12:44 am
i thnk its quiet a decent tutorial but the thing is..even if makin da box is easy..da process should hav been explained coz many people lukin for tutorials are freshers. neways..nice job.
June 4th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Very nice and easy to understand tutorial. Thanks!
@Roli: Even though I can understand your post, you should take the time to spell correctly. Thx
June 4th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Thanks, I will be careful next time.
June 29th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Great tutorial!
not only have you given steps for various effects, but given an insight to the thought process involved in developing such a piece.
Keep up the good work…….and remember: More people appreciate the effort that you are taking to create this tutorial than the few who have nothing better to do than criticize.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:36 am
just atach a file with the shapes, or the final thing.
You can upload it on many file shareing servers.
July 19th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Hi Joro, if you like the illustration you can buy the source file from istockphoto. The link is located at the end of the post.