Monday, August 20, 2007

Computer Display - Windows Vista Icon - Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

draw the monitor with the pen tool

You must have some experience with the Pen Tool before you do this tutorial. Everthing in the picture is done with the Pen Tool and the Ellipse Tool.

fill with gradient tool

Fill everthing except the highlights with the Gradient Tool. Give the highlights a blue/white gradient and put it on Screen.

use the selection tool

Select these object with the Selection Tool while holding shift. Go to Object -> Path -> Offset Path and use 1.5 px and Round. Select the new outlines with the Direct Selection Tool and use the Gradient Tool on them. The last thing you have to do is to select the highlights on the screen and go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur.

Computer Display Vista Icon

When you are done you should have a Computer Display Windows Vista Icon that looks something like this.

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