Manual-Illustrator

United Arab Emirates University 

College of Science 

Geology Department 

A Crash Course on: 

Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS3 

The industry-standard drawing tools to create sophisticated artwork! 

Prepared by: 

Hamdi Kandil 

College of Science, UAE University 

www.hamdikandil.com 

info@hamdikandil.com 

Hamdi.kandil@uaeu.ac.ae

Adobe Illustrator Crash Course 

About the Course 

This Adobe Illustrator Crash Course is created for beginners interested in learning Illustrator. 

After each lesson you will be able to learn the basic fundamental techniques. 

In this crash course, I will not be drilling down in details how each feature works. However, I 

will be covering all the essential tools that are commonly used so that you can get started 

and have a feel of how illustrator works. At the end, you will be able to draw your 

illustrations, design your own logos and create special effects! 

Contents 

What is Illustrator? 

Getting Started in Illustrator 

Drawing Basic Shapes 

Drawing with Pencil Tool 

Drawing with Pen Tool 

Using Brushes 

Creating Compound Paths 

Working with Color and Strokes 

Editing Objects, Layers & Groups 

Transparency & Graphic Styles 

Transforming & Moving Objects 

Basic Text 

Blending Shapes & Colors 

Photorealism with Gradient Mesh 

Using the Symbol Tools 

Creating Special Effects 

Applying 3D Extrude & Bevel 

Distort using Warp Effects 

Applying Live Paint 

Masking using Clipping Path/ Opacity Mask 

Tips and Tricks 

Final Projects 

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What is Illustrator? 

Illustrator is a vector drawing program. It 

is often used to draw illustrations, 

cartoons, diagrams, charts and logos. 

Unlike bitmap images that stores 

information in a grid of dots, Illustrator 

uses mathematical equations to draw out 

the shapes. This makes vector graphics 

scalable without the loss of resolution. 

Advantages of Vector Graphics 

• Scalable without resolution loss 

• Lines are crisp and sharp at any sizes 

• Print at high resolution 

• Smaller file size 

• Good for drawing illustrations 

Disadvantages of vector graphics 

• Drawings tend to look flat and cartoon 

• Hard to produce photo realistic drawings 

Common Uses for Illustrator 

Designing Logos 

Drawing Illustrations 

Photorealistic Drawings 

Drawing Maps 

Packaging Design 

This are just a few examples of what Illustrator can do. If you 

have experience with Photoshop, you can bring your 

illustrations into Photoshop and enhance it. That’s how 

professional does it. During the course, I will be covering the 

basics of Illustrator so that you can produce your first vector 

art! 

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Getting Started 

Create New Document 

Go File>New Document to create your first 

document. Type in a Name for the document and 

click Advanced to select RGB for Color Mode as we 

will be working for the screen. Click Ok after that. 

Illustrator Workspace 

Below is the workspace and some common terms 

for calling it. If you are using the latest Adobe 

Illustrator CS3, you will notice to new design for 

Floating Palette. The rest looks about the same. 

Floating Palette 

This is the floating palette which contains 

properties for our shapes. It is commonly used for 

changing colors and stroke width. 

Toolbox 

This is the handy toolbox which we will use most 

often. By default, it comes in one single column as 

shown in the screenshot above. To switch it back 

to the old 2 columns toolbox, you can simply click 

the top left mini arrow to toggle it into 2 columns. 

Some of the tools like Rectangle have more tools 

hidden. To expand, just click and hold the icon to 

reveal all the similar tools under that group. 

Saving AI Files 

Let’s select the type and click on the artboard and 

type some text. After that go to File>Save. Select 

Adobe Illustrator(*.AI) for file type and name it 

“First Drawing”. Click Ok after that. Leave the rest 

of the settings at default. You have successfully 

save your first file. To make any more changes you 

can simply open the Adobe Illustrator file. 



Drawing Basic Shapes 

In this lesson, we will look at how to use the shape tools to draw our basic shapes in 

illustrator. But before we start, we will look at how to select a basic shape so that you have 

no problems in selecting and editing shapes in Illustrator. 

Selection Tools 

There are 2 types of selection tool in Illustrator 

used for selection objects. 

Selection Tool: Used for selecting and moving a 

shape. It can also be used to resize a shape. 

Direct Selection Tool: Selects a single anchor point 

instead of the whole shape. Used for editing 

anchor point of a shape. Click once on a point to 

select and hold Shift to select multiple anchor 

points. 

Changing Fill Color 

Let’s start changing the fill color for the rectangle. 

Double click the Fill from the Tool Palette. It will 

pop up the Color Picker. Drag the slider to blue 

and select a deep blue color. Click Ok after that. 

Shape Tools 

Now we will move on to the Shape Tools. When 

you go to the Tool Palette and hold the Rectangle 

Tool, a list of shape tools will expand out for you to 

pick. We will start with the default Rectangle Tool. 

Removing Stroke 

Click the Stroke in the Tool Palette once to swap it 

above Fill. Click the None icon boxed up in red to 

set the Stroke to None. The black stroke will 

disappear. 

Constrain Proportions 

Understanding Fill & Stroke 

Click and drag out a Rectangle as shown. By 

default, it has a white fill and black stroke. (Stroke 

is the border of the shape) 

To draw a perfect square, we will select the 

Rectangle Tool. Hold Shift and drag to draw a 

square. Same for the circle, we will select the 

Ellipse Tool and hold Shift to drag out a circle. 



Resizing Shapes 

To resize shapes, select the shape using the 

Selection Tool and a bounding box will appear. 

Drag the corner anchor point to resize it. To 

constrain to proportion while resizing, hold Shift as 

you resize. Also hold Alt/Option if your want to 

resize from the same position. 

More Options for Shape Tools 

Select the Star Tool. Click once on the artboard 

and an option will pop up. Enter the same values 

below and click Ok. It will draw a star burst shape. 

This method can be used to bring out more 

options for shape tools. 

Rotating Shapes 

Select the shape with the Selection Tool and a 

bounding box will appear. Move your cursor near 

the anchor corner and a rotation icon will icon, 

click and turn it to rotate the square. To snap at 45 

degrees increment, hold Shift and turn. 

Conclusion 

Almost all the objects found in our daily life can be 

built from combining using the basic shape tools. 

In Day 9, we will learn about Compound Paths 

which will help us create more complicated shapes 

by adding and subtracting from the basic shapes. 



Drawing with Pencil Tool 

We can quickly draw shapes and lines quickly using the Pencil Tool. This lesson will show you 

some of the tricks in drawing smooth and fluid lines. 

Drawing a Line 

Select the pencil tool and click and drag to draw a 

free hand line drawing. 

Reshaping Path 

To reshape a path, make sure your path is selected 

and use the Pencil Tool to redraw the parts you 

would like to reshape. Note that the start and end 

path must be close to the original path to make it 

work. 

Closing Paths with Pencil Tool 

To close a path, hold Alt/Option as your Pencil Tool 

reaches the start point. A circle icon will appear 

next to the Pencil Tool to indicate path closure. 

Pencil Tool Preferences 

You can turn on the Pencil Tool Preferences by 

double clicking on the Pencil Tool. You can change 

the fidelity and smoothness to find a combination 

that works for you. 

Fidelity: Determines how close the path is drawn 

to your mouse movement. Set it at a higher fidelity 

if you’re not good at drawing with your mouse. 

Smoothness: The higher you set for smoothness, 

the less anchor point it produces. Thus, producing 

a smoother line. 

Smoothing Jaggy Lines 

Normally when you draw with the Pencil Tool, the 

path looks jaggy. To smoothen the parts that are 

jaggy, simply hold Alt/Option to turn the Pencil 

Tool to Smooth Tool. Then draw over the the area 

of the lines which you would like to smoothen. 



Drawing with Pen Tool 

The Path Tool will be the hardest tool to learn in Illustrator. It usually take weeks to learn 

and beginners always end up in frustration while figuring how it works. So don’t give up and 

practice it every day and soon you will be able to draw any shape. 

Drawing Straight Lines 

Select the Pen Tool and click once to add the first 

anchor point. Move your mouse to the next 

position and click again to create the second point. 

The two anchor points will be connected together. 

Continue doing this to create a W shape as 

shown.To draw a new line, click the Selection 

Tool(The Black Arrow Icon) and click back the Pen 

Tool again. 

Drawing a Circular Path 

Click and drag to create a smooth anchor point. 

Continue adding points and click back the starting 

point to close the path. 

Closing a Path 

To close a path, click back the starting point to 

close the shape. 

Adding Anchor Points 

With the Pen Tool selected, go near the path 

where you want to add a new anchor point. A plus 

sign will appear next to the pen, click on the path 

to create a new anchor point. 

Drawing a Curved Line 

Click and drag to put out the handles to create a 

smooth anchor point. 

Removing Anchor Points 

To remove point, move your Pen Tool close to an 

anchor. A minus sign will appear next to the pen. 

Click on the anchor point to delete it. 

Changing Path Directions 

Click and drag to create a smooth anchor point. 

Without releasing your mouse, hold Alt/Option 

and drag the handle up to change the path 

direction. 

Converting Anchor Points 

To convert a smooth anchor point to a sharp 

anchor point, move your Pen Tool near the anchor 

and hold Alt/Option and your Pen Tool will change 

to an arrow shape. Click on the smooth anchor to 

convert it to an anchor point. Click and drag on the 

anchor point again to change it back to a smooth 

anchor point. 



Tips for Using Pen Tool 

- Use as little anchor points your need to 

create your shape 

- Add anchor points where there is a 

change in direction of the line/curve 

Moving Anchor Points 

Select the Direct Selection Tool and click and on 

anchor you want to move. Click and drag to 

change positions. 

Changing Anchor Directions 

With the Pen Tool, you can quickly change the 

anchor directions. Hold Ctrl/Command to quickly 

change the Pen Tool to Direction Selection Tool. 

Select the anchor point you want to edit. The 

anchor handle will appear. Now release 

Ctrl/Command and hold Alt/Option to change it to 

Convert Anchor Tool. Click and drag the handles to 

change the direction. 

- Use shortcuts like Alt/Option or 

Ctrl/Command to quickly swap to other 

tools to edit your path 

- Hold shift to lock your path while adding 

new anchor point for 45-degree 

increments. 

More Training for Pen Tool 

I have included more exercises for tracing using 

Pen Tool. Save it to your desktop and place it in 

illustrator by going to File>Place. Select the image 

and make sure Template is ticked. The image will 

now be faded and placed as a template. Now you 

can start practicing and don’t give up. 



Using Brushes 

Using the Brush Tool, you can add styles to your lines. It can also be used to mimic 

calligraphy, crayon and brush strokes. This will help you add more life to your line works. 

Applying Brush Stroke 

Select the Brush Tool and draw your object. Then 

go to your Brushes Palette and select the crayon 

brush to apply the effect. 

Create a Border Pattern 

Draw a rectangle and pick the border pattern. This 

will create a frame for it. 

Calligraphy Brush Stroke 

To apply a calligraphy brush stroke, draw your 

path and select the calligraphy brush. Increase the 

Stroke to make it thicker. 

Creating a New Pattern Brush 

To crate a new brush. Draw a Star and drag it to 

the Brushes Palette. A New Brush selection 

appears. Choose New Pattern Brush for it. 

Calligraphy Brush Options 

To make changes to your calligraphy brush, you 

can double click the Calligraphy Brush to pop up 

the calligraphic brush options. Drag the brush to 

change the angle in the thumbnail. Change the 

Diameter makes it thicker. 

Applying Pattern Brush 

Draw a circle and apply our new brush stroke. 

Next draw a line path and apply the brush stroke. 

Double click the star brush from your brushes and 

set Scale and Spacing to 20% to get the effect. 

Brushes are very good for aligning objects and 

creating borders. So experiment with it and have 

fun! 



Creating Compound Paths 

Almost all objects in over daily life can be built with basic shapes. By drawing shapes using 

our basic shape tool, we can use compound path to combine or subtract shapes to create 

what we need. 

What is Compound Path? 

Compound path is made out of at least two 

objects. You can add, subtract and intersect 

shapes to form a compound path. 

Compound Path Cheat Sheet 

I have compiled a cheat sheet to show how it looks 

like using different functions of compound path. 

You can see the final effect after we applied the 

compound path to three colored circles. 

Creating an Ancient Key Using Compound Path 

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create an 

ancient key using compound paths rather than 

using Pen Tool in our previous tutorial. 

Turning on the Grids 

Go to View>Show Grid to turn on the grids, then 

go and turn on Snap to Grid. With the grid and 

snapping turned on, you can easily snap objects to 

the grid. 



Working with Color and Strokes 

Filling Color Using Swatches 

To fill an object, open up your Swatches Palette. 

Select your object and pick any color from the 

swatches. 

Filling Color Using Color Picker 

Another way to fill color is by double clicking on 

the Fill in your Tool Palette. A Color Picker window 

will appear and you can pick your color. 

Miter Limit 

The stroke’s Miter Limit specifies the appearance 

for the joins in a shape. Notice how the joins look 

after we applied different miter settings to the 

stars. 

Applying Gradient to Objects 

To apply gradient to your object, go to the Tool 

Palette and set it to Gradient Fill. 

Changing Fill and Stroke Using Control Palette 

You can also easily change fill, stroke color and 

stroke width by accessing your Control Palette at 

the top of your artboard. 

Open up your Gradient and Color Palette. By 

default it is a Grayscale gradient. Click Options icon 

at the corner and change it to RGB mode. 

Stroke Caps 

The Stroke Caps determine the start and end 

points of a stroke. This applies to open paths only. 

You can choose between a Butt, Round, or 

Projecting cap. 



After we switched to RGB there will be slider and a 

color chart to pick the color. Choose a dark blue 

for it. 

Do the same for the start point, change it to RGB 

and choose a light blue. 

Radial Gradient 

To set it to radial gradient, Choose Radial instead 

of Linear. 

To add a new gradient stop to the gradient, click 

right below the gradient ramp to create a new 

stop. Change it to white color. To remove it, you 

can drag the stop out of the Palette. 

Pattern Fill 

To create seamless pattern fill, we can choose the 

pattern fill from the Swatches. 

To change the direction of the gradient, select the 

Gradient Tool from the Tool Palette. Click and drag 

in the direction you want the gradient to follow. 

Conclusion 

Using radial and linear 

gradient, we can 

achieve alot of realism 

to our artwork. Radial 

patterns can add depth 

and volume to circle, 

and linear pattern can 

used to create volume 

for cylinders. Here is an 

example of gradients 

used to create a jingle bell. 



Editing Objects, Layers & Groups 

As you start working on complicated illustrations, layers will start to build up. And you will 

have to group and arrange them so that you can move and edit the layers easily. I will show 

you an example of an illustration I did so that you can see how I name and group my layers. 

Layers Palette 

You can access your Layers Palette from 

Window>Layers. As you can see below, I have 

grouped my objects into 6 different layers. You can 

see the stacking order with the background at the 

bottom and towel at the top for my illustration. 

Below is a list of layer settings and their uses. 

Visibility Icon: Click to hide/unhide layer 

Lock Icon: Click the lock to lock the layer 

Layer Name: Double click to rename it 

Target Indicator: Click to select layer 

Delete Layer: Click to delete layer 

New Layer: Add new layer on top 

New Sublayer: Add new sublayer under Layer 1 

grouped object, double click to go into isolation 

mode to edit the objects. If you want to ungroup 

them, press Ctrl+Shift+G/Command+Shift+G. 

Next, I duplicate a few more of my grouped flower 

and group them again to form my flower layer. 

Arranging Objects 

To bring a layer on top, select the layer and drag it 

to the top. Now the flower is at the top layer and 

covers the whole picture. 

Appearance Palette 

The Appearance Palette shows what effect is 

applied to a layer. You can Add New Fill or Add 

New Stroke to the whole layer or individual 

objects. Go Windows>Appearance to open up your 

Appearance Palette. Let’s see how it looks when 

we apply a new fill. Click the option icon and 

choose Add New Fill. 

Grouping Objects 

By grouping objects, you can move them together 

rather than spend time selecting all the objects 

individually. Here is an example of a flower made 

up of 6 layers. By selecting my object and grouping 

them by pressing Ctrl/Command+G, I am able to 

group them together and move. To edit the 

After we set the Fill with pink color, it turns the 

whole layer to pink. 



Transparency & Graphic Styles 

Transparency effects open the door for designers to create eye catching effects. You can 

add transparency to drop shadows or apply blending modes to objects to enhance your 

illustrations. 

Adding Transparency 

You can add transparency in Illustrator by lowering 

the opacity of objects so that underlying artwork 

becomes visible. Go Window>Transparency to 

open up your Transparency Window. Stack a few 

objects and set it to a lower opacity of 50% for the 

underlying color to show through. 

Button Reflection Using Screen 

Screen blending mode is one of my favourite as it 

allows me create reflection effortlessly. I will be 

showing you a popular technique on creating a 

button reflection using Screen. First draw a circle 

and apply a gradient of light to dark orange to it. 

Draw another circle on top and apply a gradient 

from black to white. 

Blending Modes for Objects 

If you are familiar with Photoshop, you may have 

heard of Blending Modes. Blending modes let you 

vary the ways that the colors of objects blend with 

the colors of underlying objects. Here I have an 

example of 3 popular blending modes to show you 

the effect. I shall not go through how each 

blending mode in detail as it is quite technical for 

beginners. 

Finally, select the black to white circle and change 

the blending mode to Screen. And you’re done! 

Applying Graphic Styles 

Illustrator has some built in graphic styles which 

you are quickly apply to your objects. It is like a 

saved set of attributes. Once you have created an 

object style, you can apply it across different 

objects. 

To see the attributes of an graphic styles, go 

Window>Appearance. Here we can see that there 

are 3 fills with effects(fx icon) applied. We will 

learn more about using effects in the later lessons. 



Transforming & Moving Objects 

In this lesson, you will learn how to quickly resize and rotate objects using the Transform 

functions. I will be showing some useful transform tricks to create random rotating objects 

using Transform each function. 

Resizing Objects 

Method 1: Select the object with Selection Tool 

and the bounding box will appear. Select the 

corner handle and resize while holding Shift to 

constrain proportion. 

Method 2: To resize from the origin point (the 

center point of the object), hold Alt/Option while 

holding Shift. 

Shearing Objects 

Select the Shear Tool. Click and drag to shear the 

object. Hold Shift to constrain horizontally or 

vertically. 

Rotating Objects 

Method 1: Select the object with Selection Tool 

and the bounding box will appear. Select the 

corner handle and rotate to turn the object. 

Reflecting Objects 

Select the Reflect Tool, Alt/Option click to select 

the reflection axis. 

Method 2: To rotate the object from a corner, 

select the Rotate Tool. Click once at the corner to 

set the rotation point, next grab the opposite 

corner and rotate the object. 

An option window pop us select Vertical and click 

Copy. 

Method 3: At times you may want to rotate to a 

specific angle. To do this, select the Rotate Tool 

and Alt/Option click on the point your want to 

rotate from. The option window pops up. Enter 

your Angle and click OK. 



You will get a star mirrored to the right. 

Transform Each Object 

To quickly transform a number of objects we can 

use the Transform Each function. Select your 

objects and go Transform>Transform Each. Under 

the settings, I have randomly rotate the squares to 

a maximum angle of 30 degrees and enlarge them 

to a maximum of 150%. Make sure to check 

Random if you want each object to have random 

settings. 

Repeating the Last Transformation Again 

There’s a very useful function call Transform Each 

to redo your last transformation. You can easily 

duplicate a row of objects or rotate an object using 

this trick. With your object selected with the 

Selection Tool, Alt/Option and drag a new instance 

to the right while holding Shift. Press 

Ctrl/Command+D to duplicate a few more 

instances. 



Basic Text 

The type tool allows some simple common text formatting. You will learn about columns, 

wrap text and text on a path. This will help you create aesthetic type effects on brochures 

and newsletter covers. 

Typing Text Using Point Text 

To create a point text, simply click once on the 

artboard using the Type Tool and type out your 

text. Point text only allows you to write a one line 

text without any text wrap. 

To show more area type options, choose 

Type>Area Type Options. You can edit the number 

of columns to create more columns for your text. 

Typing Text Using Area Type Tool 

With area type you can have much control over 

your text. To create an area type, click and drag 

out a box using your Type Tool. The text will wrap 

inside the text area. To edit the font characters 

and sizes, go to Window>Type>Character. 

Typing Text on a Path 

You can type text on a path or any object. Select 

the Type on Path Tool and click on the path to 

start typing text on the path. 

To show paragraph options, click Paragraph tab. 

You can try out different alignments and set 

indents for paragraphs. 



Outline Text 

If you need to convert a type to path, select your 

text and choose Type>Create Outlines. This will 

break the text into paths. Note that once you 

outline it, the text cannot be edited with the Type 

Tool. However after it becomes a path, you can 

apply gradient and edit anchor points using the 

Pen Tool. 

To shift the text, drag the start point with the 

Selection Tool. 



Blending Shapes & Colors 

Illustrator Blend Tool does the trick of creating smooth transition between objects. You can 

blend open paths to create line effects and blend shapes to create realistic shadings. There 

are many creative things you can do with the Blend Tool and you will definitely be using it a 

lot in your illustrations. Here is some quick interesting stuff you can do with blending. 

Realistic Shadings 

With smooth blends you can create realistic 

shading which cannot be done with gradient. 

Blending Objects 

Method 1: Using Blend Function 

To quickly make a quick smooth blend. Select the 2 

objects you want to blend and go 

Object>Blend>Make. A smooth blend with be 

created. 

Line Effects 

You can create nice abstract blending line waves 

using Blend Tool. This is done by blending a dark to 

a light blue line. 

Method 2: Using the Blend Tool 

Another method I always use, is using the Blend 

Tool to do the job. I can have more control on the 

anchor points to blend to. 

First select the start object. 

Distributing Objects 

With blend tools you can quickly align objects with 

specified steps. 

Select the Blend Tool. 

Understanding How Blend Works 

This is a quick diagram of how a blend looks. A 

blend needs at least 2 objects to blend. The start 

object will blend to the end object with the 

amount of steps you specified for the blend. In this 

case, I set it to 3 steps. A spine will also be 

automatically created. This spine determines the 

path the in between objects take. 

First click on the anchor point your want the blend 

to start. 

Next, hold Alt/Option as you click the second 

anchor point you want it to blend to. 



A Blend Options window pops up. Choose 

Specified Steps and enter 3 for the value. 

Replacing Spine 

At times, you may want to edit the path of the 

spine to a curve path instead of the default 

straight path. To do this, you can edit the path 

directly with the Pen Tool. Another cleaner way to 

do this is to draw the path of the spine. Select the 

new path and the blend object. Go to 

Blend>Replace Spine to replace the spine. 

The final blend will have the star morph to the 

final star in 3 steps. 

Blend Options For Blending Objects 

To quickly change a smooth blending object to 

specified steps, Alt/Option click on the blending 

objects with the Blend Tool. The Blend Options 

pops up. Set the Spacing to Specified Steps. 

Expanding Blends 

If you need to break the blend into individual 

objects. You can go Object>Expand to expand the 

objects. You can then edit the in between objects. 



Photorealism with Gradient Mesh 

Gradient Mesh allows you to create shapes with gradients. And many artist has been able to 

create photo realistic drawings of people, products and vehicles just by using Gradient 

Mesh. Here is an example of photorealistic artwork by Halim Ghobane. If you don’t believe 

your eyes, the gradient mesh line will show the answer. 

Creating a Gradient Mesh Object 

Here is a quick overview of a gradient mesh object. 

You can apply colors to Mesh Points and edit them 

using Direction Selection Tool to control the 

shapes of the mesh object. The Mesh Line shows 

the contours of the object. 

Creating a Gradient Mesh Object 

Method 1: Using Gradient Mesh Tool 

To turn an object into a gradient mesh, select the 

Gradient Mesh Tool and click once on the shape to 

create a mesh point. Click above the Mesh Line to 

crate another point. 

Select all the 3 mesh points with the Direction 

Selection Tool and drag it down to mimic the 

contours of a water droplet. And realistic water 

droplet is done! 

Method 1: Using Gradient Mesh Tool 

To create a grid of gradient mesh object quickly, 

you can use the function Object>Create Gradient 

Mesh. Enter the number of rows or columns you 

want to create. You can also create a highlight in 

the middle by setting Appearance to Center. 

Select the first mesh point and select a lighter blue 

for the base of the water droplet. Next add a third 

point on top and set it to white. Finally, select the 

middle point and give it a dark blue. 

Conclusion 

Gradient mesh can be hard to grasp for beginners 

as the mesh line starts to mess out when you have 

a irregular shaped object. 



Using the Symbol Tools 

Symbols help you to create repeated design elements easily. First, you will need to create a 

symbol which acts like a master copy. New instances you created are linked with the master 

copy. Once you update the master copy, the instances will automatically update the graphic 

but retain all the transformations made to the symbols. 

Creating a New Symbol 

Once you have created your graphic, select and 

drag it to to Symbols Palette (Window>Symbols). 

Click OK to confirm. 

With the Symbol Sprayer Tool, click and drag to 

create new instances of your symbol. 

Symbol Sprayer Tools 

Next select, the Symbol Sprayer Tool. You can 

double click on the Symbol Spray Tool to open up 

the Symbolism Tools Options. In the options you 

can change the diameter or intensity of sprayer. 

There are a couple of other things you can do with 

Symbol Spray Tool. Switch to Symbol Spinner and 

click and drag to change the direction of the 

instances. The arrows will point the direct to 

rotate to. 

To create random sizes, select the Symbol Sizer 

and click to enlarge the symbols. You can hold 

Alt/Option to reduce the size too. 

Finally, we will stain it with a yellow color. Select 

the Symbol Stainer and select yellow for the 

foreground color. Click on areas you want to stain 

it with. Go over the areas again if you want to have 

a stronger stain. 

Expanding Symbol Objects 

If you need to expand the symbols objects to 

paths, you can go the Symbols Palette and choose 

Break Link to Symbol. 



Creating Special Effects 

Using filters and live effects we can creates lots of special effects instantly. You can smooth 

out sharp corners, create warp text, add drop shadows and make textures with the live 

effects. There are many filters in Illustrator and you can have lots of creativity in testing all 

the filters. 

Live Effects or Filters 

To create special effects, we can use either use 

Live Effects of Filters. Most of the time I will be 

using live effects as I can continue making changes 

using the Appearance Palette. The choice is up to 

you. 

Live Effects: When you apply live effects to objects 

you can still continue to modify the effects and 

objects. You will need to expand the object break 

it into paths again. 

Filters: When you apply filters, you can’t make 

changes to the effect anymore. It is already 

expanded. 

Warp Options 

This is one of my favourite filter. It can make you 

text stand out from the crowd by distorting it using 

arc, fisheye and wave effects. It can also bend 

bend boring lines to curves. Something to spend 

time experimenting with. 

Raster Effects 

There are some effects that uses raster effects 

instead of vector. This includes all of the effects in 

the bottom section of the Effect menu, and the 

Drop Shadow, Inner Glow, Outer Glow. When you 

apply raster effects, it uses the resolution in your 

raster settings which you can set it under 

Effect>Document Raster Effects Settings. Raster 

Effects are not considered as vector as it contains 

high resolution bitmap. 

Distort & Transform (Effect>Distort & 

Transform>Roughen) 

Roughen, Zig Zag and Twist are some handy tools 

under Distort to quickly make wave or roughening 

the edges. You can make make paper tears, waves 

and terrains with it. Below is an example how I can 

make a mountain skyline just by roughening a line. 

Common Uses of Effects 

Round Corners (Effect>Stylize>Round Corners) 

Round Corners is very useful in making smooth 

corners from sharp angles. You can set the Radius 

to adjust the amount of smoothness you need for 

the corners. It can add style to your icons and 

making your illustrations appear more natural. 



Editing or Deleting Live Effects 

After you have applied Live Effects, you can edit it 

with your Appearance Palette. Below shows the 

arrow with Round Corners effect. You can edit it 

by double clicking on the effect or delete it by 

clicking on the dustbin icon.. 

Conclusion 

There are many more things you can do with live 

effects, so spend some time an experiment with it. 

Remember to go Object>Expand Appearance if 

you need to expand the shapes. 



Applying 3D Extrude & Bevel 

With 3D Live Effects you can add dimension to your 2D drawings easily. Though the features 

are limited, you can still control the appearance of 3D objects with lighting, shading, 

rotation, and more. You can also easily map artwork onto the 3d surfaces. Let’s see how 

each 3D effects works… 

3D Extrude & Bevel 

3D Extrude adds depth to an object to make it 3D. 

Select your object and go Effect>3D>Extrude & 

Bevel. The options window pops up. Change the 

Extrude Depth to determine the amount of depth. 

The Bevel sets the type of edges for the 3D object. 

Click and drag the cube to define how the star 

rotate in 3d space. You can also change the surface 

shading to define the texture. 

3D Revolve 

3D Revolve effect adds depth to an object by 

revolving an axis. In the illustration below, I have 

drawn half of the bottle. The 3D Revolve will make 

it revolve from the leftmost axis at 360degrees to 

form a 3D bottle. To revolve an object go to 

Effect>3D>Revolve. 

Mapping Artwork 

You can easily map graphic on to a 3D object. First 

you need to add your graphic to the Symbols 

Palette. Next, got to 3D Revolve Options and click 

Map Art and pick the surface to map to. For my 

bottle, I realized the surface of the bottle is on 

Surface 3 of 4. I can tell this by the red wireframe 

on the bottle in the artboard. I then select the 

graphic to map for Symbols and resize my graphic. 



Edit 3D Appearance 

Anytime you want to make changes to a 3D object, 

you can go to the Appearance Palette and double 

click on 3D Extrude & Bevel to make your new 

changes. 

3D Rotate 

3D Rotate lets you quickly rotate a 2D graphic in 

3d space. It can be found under Effect>3D>Rotate. 

Expanding 3D Appearance 

To fill the surface with gradients and other effects, 

you will need to expand the appearance of the 3D 

object. Once expanded, you cannot make any 

more changes to the 3D effect anymore. However, 

you can add gradients and strokes effects to each 

surfaces. To expand the 3D appearance go to 

Object>Expand Appearance. After that you can use 

Direct Selection Tool to select the surfaces you 

want to apply gradient. 



Distort using Warp Effects 

Liquify Tools can add some wacky distortion to your photos or shapes easily using different distortion effects. 

Though it is not popular but we will still take a look at how it works. 

Liquify Tools 

You can have some wacky distortion using the 

Liquify Tools. Here is the list of liquify tools. 

Drawing a Graph 

Sometimes you may have to chart data. Illustrator 

has some quick tools for drawing different type of 

charts and graphs to make your presentation 

stand out from the crowd. You can draw pie 

charts, line graphs, bar graphs and more. 

Here I have a leaf with different warp effects 

applied. Though I find the uses for warp is quite 

limited. However, if you put some creative to it, 

you can find an interesting use for it. 

Select the Bar Graph Tool and click and drag an 

area on the artboard. The table data will appear. 

Fill in the x-axis and y-axis with your table values. 

Once confirmed, click the tick to create your 

graph. You can also leave out the word labels if 

you don’t need it. 

Once you have confirmed the data, it will generate 

a greyscale graph. You can then use Direct 

Selection Tool to select the shapes and change the 

color. 



Conclusion 

There are more things you can do to make your 

chart stand out. Some common techniques are 

applying 3D Extrude to pie or graph charts to make 

it 3D. Other than this, you can replace the bring 

grey bars with graphics 



Applying Live Paint 

With Live Paint, you can freely paint your artwork. It is like painting a kid’s coloring book 

where you have the line art and you start filling them will different colors. In this lesson, you 

will see how to break a star into different segments using Live Paint. 

Creating a Beveled Star using Live Paint 

I will show you an example of using Live Paint to 

draw a beveled star. Let’s turn on Smart Guides to 

make snapping of points easier. Go View>Smart 

Guide to turn on Smart Guides. 

Here is the final wireframe. 

Draw a star on the canvas. Select the Pen Tool and 

roll over the top anchor point. The anchor text will 

appear. Click once. 

Select all the shapes with Selection Tool. Next click 

the Live Paint and fill the first area with light grey. 

Click the second point at the bottom of the anchor 

to create the first line. 

Continue filling in different shades for all 

segments. 

Continue doing this for all opposite points. 

You notice the black stroke is still on. Select your 

star and click None for stroke. 



Once you are happy with it you can expand the 

shapes to break it into normal paths. 

Conclusion 

Imagine drawing this beveled star using Pen Tool 

only, you will have to draw 10 different triangle 

segments which will definitely take up more time. 

You may even have problems aligning the points. 

With Live Paint, this chore is made a lot simpler. 

This is our final beveled star. 



Masking using Clipping Path/ Opacity Mask 

With Clipping Mask and Opacity Mask, you can quickly mask away any unwanted areas you 

wish to hide. Let’s take a look how it works… 

Clipping Mask 

In this illustration I have 3 layers. The background, 

sunburst effect and the sun. I will need to mask 

the sunburst to a square. 

Next send the background to the back by pressing 

Ctrl+Shift+[ / Command+Shift+[. 

First, I will select both the sunburst and 

background and group it together. Select both 

with Selection Tool and press Ctrl/Command+G to 

group it. 

Editing Clipping Mask 

To make any changes to the clipping mask go 

under the group and select Clipping Path. You can 

rescale your clipping path in here. To remove the 

clipping path, go Object>Clipping Mask>Release. 

Draw a rectangle to decide the area you want to 

show. Make sure it is at the topmost layer. 

Select both the background and the path. Right 

click and select Make Clipping Mask 

(Object>Clipping Mask>Make). 

Opacity Mask 

Opacity lets your create transparency to your 

layer. The Intensity of black will determine the 

opacity of the layer. Black will be transparent and 

white will be opaque. 

Instead of drawing a square in our previous 

example, I'm now going to draw a circle instead 

and fill it with gradient. 



So now, I have an opacity mask that has the edges 

fading out. Opacity Mask is a very good way of 

blending edges to the background and it will prove 

useful in your illustrations. 

Now select both shapes and select Make Opacity 

Mask by clicking the Options icon at the corner of 

the Transparency Palette. 



Saving & Printing 

In this lesson, we will learn how to crop your artwork for exporting to JPG for website or 

printing. We will also cover about EPS file which is the universal format for saving vector 

graphics. 

Savings Files Using Crop Area 

When you try to export your file to a JPG, 

sometimes you may notice white areas around the 

image. This is due to the hidden images under the 

mask (see example below). Illustrator exports the 

bounding box of all the objects in the artboard 

regardless of whether it is masked away. To solve 

this problem, you will need to define a crop area 

to tell Illustrator this is the area to export rather 

than exporting the whole graphic. 

Go File>Export. Select JPEG as file type and click 

Save. The JPEG Options will appear. Depending 

whether you are saving for website graphics or 

printing, you may need to change the settings. 

For Website/Screen: 

Quality: 6-8 

Resolution Depth: Screen 

For Printing 

Quality: 12 

Resolution Depth: High 

Defining Crop Area 

Draw a rectangle to define the area your want to 

export. Select it and go Object>Crop Area>Make. 

The crop marks will appear. 



Saving As EPS File 

I have introduced you the Illustrator file .AI format 

in the first lesson. However, this file can only be 

read by Illustrator. There is also another universal 

format which Designers normally save for printing 

and exporting artwork to Indesign and 

QuarkXPress. This is the EPS file. Go File>Save As 

and select EPS for file type. When you save the EPS 

Options will pop up. Saving at default normally will 

work. However you may need to save to a lower 

version if someone else got problems opening 

your file. 

Version: Choose Illustrator 8.0 if you want it to 

make sure that all programs are compatible. 

However, transparency objects will be flattened. 

Preview: Embeds a quick preview for seeing your 

artwork when importing to other softwares 

Transparency Preset: Set it to High Resolution if 

you are printing and the artwork contains 

transparency 

Embed Fonts: Check this if you want to embed the 

fonts in the EPS so that the font will be available 

when someone else opens it. 



Tips and Tricks 

Dotted Lines in Illustrator 

You can get interesting dotted lines with your 

Stroke Palette. Open up your Stroke Palette from 

Window>Stroke. Draw a line and select it. Enter 

the dash and gap value as shown. Experiment with 

different dash and gap values for different effects. 

To create a square dotted line, make sure the dash 

and weight is the same value. 

So how about circle dotted lines? Here’s the trick. 

Select the Round Cap and make sure dash is set to 

0 pt. For gap enter a value twice the stroke weight. 

This will give you a nice circle dotted line. 

Repeated Patterns 

Do you have any idea how this repeated pattern is 

done in illustrator? If your answer is using 

Ctrl/Command+D to duplicate circles into rows, 

throw that idea away! Corey from Layers TV 

Episode will be showing his trick on created 

repeated pattern tiles easily using Effect>Distort & 

Transform>Transform. This is much powerful as 

you can make further adjustments under 

Appearance Palette. Here is a summary how it is 

done: 

- Create a single instance of the shape you 

want to use 

- Go to the Effects menu and choose 

Transform 

- Use the Transform options to create your 

pattern 

- You can see the effects of your option 

adjustments as you make them because this 

is a live effect 

- After you’ve made your pattern, apply 

another Transform effect to the entire thing 

- Go to Expand Appearance to turn the pattern 

into a regular group of objects 

- Use Free Transform with the Command/Ctrl 

key to distort the pattern 

- Draw a shape over the pattern, select both 

objects, and create a clipping mask 

Bonus Tip: To expand the dotted lines, you realise 

Object>Expand doesn’t work. Choose 

Object>Flatten Transparency to expand it. You can 

now fill each dot with different colors. 



Art Brush Direction 

Scaling Strokes & Effects 

Here is a quick tip to change art brush direction. 

Sometimes when you apply your custom art brush 

to your path, it goes in the wrong direction. So 

here’s how to swap the direction, using your Pen 

Tool, click one of the anchor corners again and it 

will swap the direction. Simple as that! 

Copying Text Styles with Eyedropper 

By default when you resize an object, the stroke 

weight remains the same. At times, you may wish 

to scale the stroke weight with proportion to the 

shape. This can be achieved by turning on Scaling 

Strokes & Effects. This can be found under 

Edit>Preferences>General. Check Scaling Strokes & 

Effects to turn on scaling strokes. 

Most people thought that the Eyedropper tool is 

used for picking colors or gradients in Illustrator. 

However, not much people knows that the 

eyedropper can be used for picking character 

styles and appearances. To do this, select the text 

you want to change and select the Eyedropper 

tool. Using the Eyedropper tool, pick the text style 

you want to copy from and it will set you current 

text to that new style. You can also set the options 

you want to pick by double clicking the eyedropper 

to display the Eyedropper options window. 

This applies to the Scale Tool too. Double click to 

open up the options and make sure Scale Strokes 

& Effects is checked. When you use the Scale Tool 

to scale, the strokes will scale together. 

Aligning to objects 

Here is a very quick tip to align shapes to an 

object. For this example, I want to align the 2 red 

crosses with the white button without moving the 

white button. To do this, select the 3 objects and 

click the white button again. This will set the white 

button as the object to align to when you align 

horizontally and vertically. 



Colorful Waves 

Stitched Text Effect 

Here is a very quick trick to create a stitched text 

effect using strokes in the Appearance Palette. 

First, type your text and go to the appearance 

window. Set the Fill to white and Stoke to green. 

Drag your Stroke properties below the Fill. Open 

up your Stroke Palette and set weight to 2pt and 

remember to tick Dashed Line to create the dotted 

effect. Next, set the dash to 2. 

This is a common trick to produce abstract colorful 

waves in illustrator. First you draw a curve line 

using the Pen Tool and drag a copy of it by holding 

Alt/Option. Select the Blend Tool and click the first 

line and hold ALt/Option while you click the 

second line to show the Blend Options. Change 

Spacing to Specified Steps and set it to 5. 

Select the Direct selection Tool and edit the curve. 

Make sure the 2 lines intersect each other to 

create a nice wave. Change one of the line strokes 

to a darker color to see it blend into a colorful 

wave. 

This technique can be used to create nice colorful 

waves for background deign. Try blending 3 lines 

of different color to make it even more attractive. 

Now, we will add another thick stroke around the 

dotted lines. Click the options in the Appearance 

window (the triangle at top right corner). Select 

Add Stroke. Drag it under the dashed stroke you 

have created just now. Set the Stroke to 8 and 

change it to grey color. And now you will get the 

stitched text effect as shown above. Have fun! 



Transparency & Knockout Group 

You can do this with the multiple objects as well. 

It often happens that, we have couple or more 

shapes/objects overlapping each other with 

varying transparency & for some reasons we don’t 

want them to show through each other. 

It is worth noting that you either have to Group 

the objects or select the Layer for the Knockout 

group behavior to take effect. 

Also, the Knockout Group has 3 states, as shown in 

the image below: 

The solution for this is pretty simple. Just select 

the shapes, like in the above example both the 

rectangles & Group (Object>Group) them & from 

the Transparency palette click on the Knockout 

Group so that a checkmark is On & poof now the 

object don’t show through each other! 

The on & off states are pretty explanatory, you 

may use the neutral state when you want to group 

objects without interfering with the knockout 

behavior determined by the enclosing group or 

layer. 



Transform Pattern 

In this simple but very time saving and useful tip, 

we will see how we can transform pattern fill in 

Illustrator without transforming the object on 

which the pattern fill is applied. 

For example, if you have a pattern fill applied on a 

square or rectangle shape like this: 

And, if you want to transform the pattern without 

transforming the square shape itself. Select your 

shape and go to Object>Transform>Rotate. in the 

resulting dialog box, uncheck the Object option. 

keep the Pattern option checked and specify the 

angle of rotation. Click on preview and you will see 

the changes as shown in the image below. You can 

see that the pattern is rotated at 45 degree while 

keeping the square sitting in its place. 

Of course you can do this with other Transform 

options like, Move, Scale, Shear etc. as well! 

Likewise you can also choose to transform just the 

object and not the pattern or you can choose to 

transform both. 

Also, to quickly transform the pattern, hold down 

the tilde key (~) while dragging the pattern filled 

shape with move, rotate, scale or shear tool. 

You can also transform pattern or object or both 

from Transform Palette. 



Final Projects 

1. Designing a Logo 

Designing a logo is a common task in Adobe 

Illustrator. In this final project, we will sum up 

what we have learnt so far in Illustrator to create 

your own custom logo. I will show you the process 

in drawing a logo and hopefully you have more 

confidence after this tutorial. 

To draw the antennae, I use an oval and draw a 

thick line using Pen Tool connecting to it. 

Drawing the Honey Farm Logo 

First scan the sketch of your logo and save it as a 

jpeg. 

Next, we need import it to Illustrator. Go 

File>Place and select your picture. Make sure 

Template is checked to place it as a template. 

When you open your Layers Palette. You will see 

that it is locked and the colors are faded out. This 

makes it perfect for tracing. 

Next, draw 2 ovals and rotate it to form the wings. 

Select the bigger wing and press Ctrl/Command+C 

to copy. Press Ctrl/Command+F to paste infront. 

Now, hold Shift and select the small wing. Open up 

your Pathfinder (Window>Pathfinder) and hold 

Alt/Option as you select Subtract from shape area. 

We will start with the bee’s body. Draw an oval 

shape. Edit the points using the Direct Selection 

Tool to form the body of the bee. 

The overlapping part of the wing will be 

subtracted. 

Next, draw a cirlce shapes for the head. Edit the 

points to make it slightly pointed. 



We will move on to create the body stripes. Draw 

2 rectangles with the height of the stripe 

thickness. 

Select all 3 polygons and swap it to black fill. Then 

group it by pressing Ctrl/Command+G. 

Select both rectangles and go Effect>Warp>Arc. 

Set Bend to 23% to bend the rectangle. Go 

Object>Expand Appearance to expand the effect. 

We will now crop away the overlapping areas of 

the polygons. Select the bee’s body and go 

Object>Path>Offset Path and set the Offset value 

to 10pt. Send the new path to the top by pressing 

Ctrl+Shift+] / Command+Shift+]. 

Rotate the stripes and place it over the bee. Copy 

the the bee’s body by pressing Ctrl/Command+C. 

Then paste it infront by pressing Ctrl/Command+F. 

Select the body’s copy and stripes and right click to 

select Make Clipping Mask. This will hide the 

extruding areas. 

Select both the offset path and polygons and open 

up your Pathfinder (Window>Pathfinder). Hold 

Alt/Option as you select Subtract from shape area. 

Select the Polygon Tool and hold Shift as your drag 

a polygon on the canvas. Hold Alt/Option and drag 

the first polygon to make another copy of it. Do 

this until you have 3 copies of it. 



Final Touch ups 

Finally, we will add in the text for our final logo. 

Notice I have increased the strokes for the bee’s 

body to make sure that the line doesn’t fade out 

when printing. Also zoom out to see whether it 

still looks clear and sharp when it is small. Print out 

a copy at different sizes to see how it will look in 

letterheads and continue tweaking until you are 

satisfied. 

Select the paths of your bee that are made 

contains line strokes and go Object>Expand and 

click OK. We will need to expand it to maintain the 

same stroke thickness or else the proportions get 

distorted when we rescale the logo. 

Cleaning up the Logo 

Once I am happy with my logo, I will start cleaning 

up my logo. Save a copy of your logo so that you 

still have the original copy to work with if you need 

to make any adjustments. Now select your text 

and outline it by pressing Ctrl+Shift+O / 

Command+Shift+O to convert it to paths. This will 

prevent missing fonts on other computers. 

After we expanded the bee, hold Shift and select 

the bee stripes. Go Pathfinder and hold Alt/Option 

as your select Add to shape area. This will combine 

the bee shapes together. 

Next, select the bee stripes and go Pathfinder and 

select Trim to trim away the edges. 

Finally, we will add in the colors for the logo and 

we are logo is done. 



2. Creating Disco Ball 

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. With the Rectangle Tool draw a grey square 

with a 1pixel white stroke. You realise it will snap 

perfectly to the grid while drawing. Using the 

Selection Tool, select the grey square and hold 

Alt/Option as you drag to the side. This will 

duplicate a new square. 

With the Selection Tool, select a square. Hold Shift 

and randomly select a number of different squares 

and fill it with a shade of teal color. Repeat the 

steps until you have a range of 5 different shades 

all spread out. Select all the squares and duplicate 

by holding Alt/Option and drag it to the right side. 

Now open your Symbols Palette by going to 

Window>Symbol. Create a new symbol by 

dragging all the square into it. And we are done 

with our texture. 

Press Ctrl/Command+D to duplicate a row of 20 

squares. Select the whole row of squares. Hold 

Alt/Option and drag below to duplicate a new row 

of squares. Repeat this by pressing 

Ctrl/Command+D. Do this until you get a 20 by 20 

rows of squares. 



2. Create a 3D sphere 

Now draw a circle with the Circle Tool. Hold Shift 

as you drag to create a perfect circle. Next, draw a 

rectangle that overlaps the circle in the middle. 

Select both shapes and open up your Pathfinder 

Palette. Hold Alt/Option and click Subtract from 

shape area. This will create a semi-circle. 

Under 3D Revolve Options, select No Shading for 

Surface and turn the Preview option on. Spin the 

cube to create the angle of the disco ball you 

want. Click Ok to confirm. We are done with our 

disco ball. 

3. Add sparkles and glow 

Draw a circle and fill it with Radial Gradient. Open 

up your Transparency Palette and set the Normal 

to Screen. This will create a glow on the disco ball. 

With the semi-circle still selected, go 

Effect>3D>Revolve. Choose Map Art and select 

the texture we created under Symbol. Click Scale 

to Fit to fill up the whole sphere. Press Ok to 

confirm. 

We will need to add in more sparkles. Select the 

Star Tool, click and drag to create a basic star. 

Without releasing your mouse, press Arrow Up 

key to increase the number of points. Hold 

Ctrl/Command and drag to adjust the radius until 

you get the shape below. Next, we draw a Circle 

and fill up with a Radial Gradient as shown below. 

Align both in the center and set them to Screen 

under Transparency Palette. Select both and 

duplicate a few with different sizes to add sparkles 

to the disco ball. 



Duplicate a few of the reflections and spread them 

around. Select all the reflections and group them 

by pressing Ctrl/Command+G and go 

Effect>Warp>Fisheye. Play around with the 

options until you find something you like. Go 

Object>Expand Appearances to expand the warp 

after that. 

4. Disco Ball Reflections 

Let’s begin to do the disco reflection. Create a 

black solid circle. Select it and press 

Ctrl/Command+C to copy it. Paste it to the front 

by pressing Ctrl/Command+F to paste in front. 

Hold Shift and grab to corners to resize it smaller. 

Fill it with white after that. Select the Blend Tool 

and click the white circle once then hold 

Alt/Option and click the black circle. The Blend 

Options will pop up. Set a value of 6 steps and 

choose Specified Steps for it. Expand it by going to 

Object>Expand to break them into individual 

circles. 

Next we create a new rectangle above the 

reflections. Give it a Radial Gradient from teal to 

black color. With the Gradient Tool we can click 

and drag in the gradient to create the gradient 

below. Open up Transparency Palette and set it to 

Multiply. 



Here’s the final disco ball. Hope this tutorial has 

helped you have a better understanding of using 

the Map Art in 3D Revolve. 

Finally we will create a faint glow for the disco 

cube. Draw a circle and fill it with Radial Gradient. 

Go to the Layers Palette and move it behind the 

disco ball and your done! 

Bonus Tip: We can further make changes to the 

disco ball by going to Window>Appearance and 

double click 3D Revolve (Mapped). 

Thank You 

Hamdi Kandil

Manual-Illustrator

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