The effect has a lot of options, but, unfortunately, this way to create aīevel effect is not ideal. Then, in theĭialog box you would select the Front for Position preset, Classic Bevel, set the Select it, then go to Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel. The first thing that comes to mind is to apply the 3D Extrude &īevel effect to create a bevel on the editable text. Let's get started! Creating bevel effect using the 3d effect Letterpress effects for editable text using native Illustrator'sįeatures.
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After some positioning, I hit the “Ok” button.Īnd viola, my pattern has been mapped to my shape!įrom this shape I created the rest of my zeppelin Kickstarter reward design adding in other elements for the zeppelin.Īfter I finished the design in Illustrator, I was then able to have it laser cut into 100 wooden pendants.In this tutorial we will talk about how to get the Bevel & Emboss and
If I select preview I will then see how and where the pattern will be placed on my object. I can then navigate to Symbol and select the Fibonacci Spiral Pattern. I will then click on “Map Art” and make sure “Invisible Geometry” is selected. After selecting my shape I’ll navigate to Effect > 3D > Revolve. Now that I have my basic egg shape I can wrap the pattern around it. I dragged the top point up to create more of a tapered shape.
First I created an oval, then using the pathfinder I cut the oval in half. Now I need to create the basic 3D zeppelin/blimp shape which I was asked to make slightly egg shaped. I’ll save just the Fibonacci Golden Spiral pattern as separate file, in case I want to make changes to it later.
This is what will be used to “map” the pattern to the 3D object: After highlighting the entire pattern I can drag it into the symbols pallet. I now have my Fibonacci Golden Spiral pattern. I made the stroke a dashed line and chose rounded corners, and made the stroke taper at the ends: Since these spirals were going to represent the strands of lights on the zeppelin I wanted the lines of the spirals to be dots. I wanted intersecting spirals so I grouped the spirals, duplicated them and by right clicking on my grouped objects, reflected them: To duplicate the spiral I simply pressed command + D and I had a circle of Fibonacci Spirals: I wanted ten spirals to make up a circle so I made the angle 36 degrees (360/10). I clicked on the center or “start” of the spiral for my center point, and held down the alt key to bring up the rotate dialogue box. To start with, I downloaded a template from here for Illustrator.Īs there would be multiple strings of lights, I needed multiple spirals so I used a simple step and repeat process in Illustrator using the rotate tool. Here’s the tutorial on mapping a pattern to a 3D object in Illustrator. I took a straightforward approach and decided to create a Fibonacci Golden Spiral pattern and apply it to a 3D construction of the zeppelin blimp in Illustrator. Sticking with the design brief, my direction was that the lights would be strung on the blimp in a spiral, emulating the curve of the Fibonacci Golden Spiral. Since it was going to be for a wooden pendant and laser cut, the original design had to be significantly adapted and simplified. One of our rewards needed to be a laser cut pendant with a design based off my original zeppelin art car concept art: We had a Kickstarter and I was in charge of designing all the rewards. I spoke a little about my creative process in Get off the Computer for a project I was working on over the summer.
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