![]() Using the same technique, create the highlight for the left side of the gift box. In Blend Options dialog window, set Spacing to Specified Steps in the dropdown menu, then set the Spacing value to 35. Select both shapes and then go to Object > Blend > Blending Options to open the Blend Options dialog window. You can see that both shapes contain only three anchor points. Grab the Pen Tool (P) and draw the shape shown below, and then give it a linear gradient.ĭraw a half-moon shape around the shape above, and give the half-moon a diagonal linear gradient as shown below. Otherwise, your result won’t look very smooth. There is one thing you have to remember if you want to use the Blend Tool properly: When you are blending vector paths, you have to make sure that they contain the same number of anchor points. ![]() We will use Adobe Illustrator’s Blend Tool. Using the same technique, create white highlights on the top edge of the box.Ĭreate white highlights in the inner corner of the box as well. Just grab the Pen Tool (P) and draw the shape shown below. We’ll add a few highlights to some edges to make our surface details more intricate and accurate, as well as to support the three-dimensional appearance of our gift box. Repeat the previous process for the right side of the gift box. With the Direct Selection Tool (A), move the corner anchor points downwards, about 1px. Grab the Zoom Tool (Z) from the Tools Panel and zoom in so we can more readily see our anchor points. ![]() Now we have to move and modify a few anchor points. Since our gift box is for luxury gifts, we can make it look like it has a silky, cloth-like padding.ĭuplicate both upper sides by copying them (Ctrl/Cmd + C) and then pasting them in front (Ctrl/Cmd + F) and then apply a linear gradient to both inner sides. The inner part of the box will be a different color. Make sure to make this side of the gift box slightly darker, though, to keep our lighting as accurate as possible. Use the same radial gradient on the front side of the gift box. This side should be a bit lighter because the source of the light is on that side. Select the left side of the box and apply a radial gradient to it. Then, in the Pathfinder Panel, press the Divide button to split the upper part of the box into two. Select the line we’ve just created, as well as the upper part of the box. Grab the Line Tool (/) from the Tools Panel and create a line as shown below. We have to divide one of them (later on, you’ll see why). We should now have three objects that make up the 3D box. You might have to use the Ungroup command several times to completely ungroup the shape. After that, ungroup the box by selecting it and going to Object > Ungroup (Shift + Ctrl/Cmd + G). To be able to modify the 3D box, we need to expand it. Don’t forget to adjust the Perspective option so that we can angle our 3D box facing slightly to the right. Since the X and Y dimensions for the gift box was set at 100px, we have to set the value for Extrude Depth (Z dimension) to 100px as well to make a perfect cube. In the 3D Extrude & Bevel dialog window, we have to adjust the effect’s settings for our gift box. With the rectangle still selected, choose Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel. In the dialog window, set the value for Width and Height at 100px. Grab the Rectangle Tool (M) and click anywhere on the artboard to open the Rectangle dialog window. Let’s make the artboard 500x500px in size. Go ahead and choose File > New (Ctrl/Cmd + N). First step is to set up our Illustrator artboard.
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