Untitled. I did a quick search to find an illustrator tutorial on creating a vector disco ball but I couldn’t find one. So I’ve decided to write this tutorial to help those interested in creating this awesome disco ball effect. 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 texture First, we need to turn on the grid and enable snapping. Go View>Show Grid and View>Snap to Grid. Press Ctrl/Command+D to duplicate a row of 20 squares. With the Selection Tool, select a square. 2. Now draw a circle with the Circle Tool. With the semi-circle still selected, go Effect>3D>Revolve. Under 3D Revolve Options, select No Shading for Surface and turn the Preview option on. 3. Draw a circle and fill it with Radial Gradient.
We will need to add in more sparkles. 4. Let’s begin to do the disco reflection. Here’s the final disco ball. Hi. Geometric Illustration with Volume (Edgar Rozo). Online Course. Geometry, by definition, studies shapes and their properties in space, but what about ‘savage’ geometry? That’s how digital illustration expert Edgar Rozo defines his style, in which he takes geometric shapes and endows them with shadows, lights, and colors, to create characters that are full of depth and volume.
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Take the Direct Selection Tool (A) and change the path. Step 2 Take the Pen Tool (P), add the anchor point, and transform the path to the following form. Fill this path with dark red. Step 3 Let's now make the Mesh. Then move this anchor point downwards. Add the next mesh anchor points. Step 4 Then convert the anchor points using the Direct Selection Tool (A) to the following form in order to represent a globular shape of the tomato.
Repeat these actions for both: the top part and the lower part of the tomato. Add more mesh anchor points. Step 5 Change the color of the close anchor point.