3D Concepts in Illustrator: Map Art on 3D Invisible Shapes
Monday, December 10th, 2007 running time 10:55
You've asked for help with 3D concepts in Illustrator: Bert's going to show you how to wrap an invisible 3 dimensional shape made in the 3D Extrude and Bevel tool with Map Art tool. Curled ribbons for campaign posters are just the beginning!
"Lot of viewers have requested a lot of things in Illustator" says Bert Monroy so he's gonna give you some tools and concepts to play with in this essential art tool.
In this episode, Bert walks you thru some basic 3D concepts in Illustrator: making an invisible 3 dimensional effect using the 3D Extrude and Bevel tool, then using the Map Art tool to wrap a Symbol he's created around the 3D shape.
What's he creating? Custom graphics, in this case, star covered curled ribbons, using some basic drawings.
"It's what we map onto that invisible 3 dimensional shape that becomes the final illustration" says Bert. (By clicking the Invisible Geometry button in Map Art, the 3D shape disappears, and you have the mapped graphics all by themselves.)
This is just the beginning: Remember: the best way to learn is to sit there and play!
Got a question for Bert? Email him! bert@revision3.com
Highlights
3-D
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1:43, 1:53, 1:43, 1:53
)
ribbons
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7:56, 9:30, 7:56, 9:30
)
Cylinder
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5:41, 6:08, 8:43, 5:41, 6:08, 8:43
)
constrain
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2:59, 3:33, 4:11, 2:59, 3:33, 4:11
)
3-D
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1:43, 1:53, 1:43, 1:53
)
ribbons
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7:56, 9:30, 7:56, 9:30
)
Cylinder
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5:41, 6:08, 8:43, 5:41, 6:08, 8:43
)
constrain
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2:59, 3:33, 4:11, 2:59, 3:33, 4:11
)
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" Pixel perfect is brought to you -- and godaddy.com. Hi and welcome to another episode of pixel perfect -- on our show where I show you all kinds of stuff back. But by those straighter. Very going to post up a little while and -- but illustrator. You requested a lot of things illustrated so it to a few of those next week. First let's talk about -- opens -- code then come. No way you can keep your personal information away from spammers. Hackers and you crazy ex roommate no one knows I have windows. Private domain registration and godaddy.com protects your privacy by keeping your address phone number and more. Out of the public database. At that -- from here. And if you enter the code that you see -- right there pixel four. When you check arguing that echoed annual -- an additional 15% on any order of ten by dollars and more. Some restrictions apply you know -- things work right. I -- so that talk about -- So reaganomics being right here -- theory has posted open however talk about the 3-D concept of -- and now. Quite a few weeks ago. Actually a few months ago at this point I -- a bunch of things on illustrator -- specialize in 3-D graphics. Created bottle. Who goblet and stuff like that well I would create a three dimensional effect today but the actual thing that would create -- of the invisible. What's back onto its gonna make these people that. The election year coming up in his country. I -- show is watched although although you guys have been what was going on his country that an election year coming out of -- election kind of thing. So right here real long. Loved box. The rectangle like that. And it's gonna have so that was the next blue collar it would make it does -- decide that. And then inside -- that. I'm glad oops I mean do that. I'd been inside that I'm going to -- does return my foreground and background to default. Hungry little star. Amanda start tool."
" And withdrawals are right in there just like that. I'm gonna duplicate -- on my option and command keys which would be alt and control on PC. And shift. To constrain and drag a copy of it right over to the right -- command. To do it many times it can animate it does it again there I've got this nice little strip just kind of close this side over to make it even. With the beginning to think that I think this whole thing. And and a group -- Okay it is group rate this little community which would be courts you know where it is please. Right now I -- duplicate this whole thing down. Straight down again all shift key to constrain it. To just about equal distance rate even though like that. And it again. That's not say about it at the wrong guy -- indeed that happened again and again and that's good. -- So now I'm gonna select all. Selected the whole thing right there and with my -- tool. -- feared or it's gonna log on and skewed these guys replaced the person right at the left edge. That theory I'm gonna screw. Rumors cue from. And come over here and to start to skew up all of my shift key to constrain it and notice from I'm doing this I have a preview of what I'm doing I'm gonna do is set -- I lined up. Right here you can see right -- affair here a little line up the edge says -- meaning the top. Right there about like that. That's kind of like wrapping itself right it is netware it and it off it needs. So I'd got this battle little stripes now -- stores in there so I'm doing I'm gonna go here to my symbols. And I drag it over. Then drag it into my symbols. Just like that and it will give us names -- quote. Stars. And -- There it is but I could go to. It don't need anymore what I want to do those little strips with stars and and so on is wrap them around that becomes a ribbon and we'll spiral. Senate over here and it's pivotal. A lips. -- perfect circle actually break here. I. Now I think that a circle and going to go into my treaty. Effects right here sweetie animate -- strong. And -- I preview. Is gonna come right in showed me what I've done I'm gonna go ahead an extra dude this guy who really deep depth. That's going further negative long cylinders -- really long cylinder. Like that. So now. I'm gonna go in here and map art. That button click on that and appear we see that we have seven sides to this thing. Then click on those until I see exactly where one has shown me that red symbol telling me where I'm about to map something from the keep clicking on select find. The part of my eight. Cylinder that I want to work on and here it is right there. Let's see what else we have we have the top and the other side and so on -- the that could be inside it could be outside unfortunate -- you it is to the number there that's just assume that this is this here okay it felt. And go find my symbol. And right here at the bottom of the stack here's my new stars. Right there which are not going to enlarge or economic shift enlarge them so it'd go from edge to edge. Of my little shape there now I've not seen them on there I'm not seen them. Why am I -- because. It looks like this is the wrong -- So that's just -- another edge let's go down here and let's see it is edges going to show. And they are now we see them in our preview so now it's a large to us. Just so there goes from edge to edge of my shape. -- And -- over here. The theater meeting along the -- that there it is so now here's the key. Right here -- says invisible geometry. -- Jonathan is excellent but right now for the big black. Pole with a -- bottom -- it well I think invisible geometry. My take on that you see what happens tonight the ribbon it became. Wrapped around itself here now there is a geometry on the other side of this thing so let's go over here to this one and throw that one away. What I want -- way that we don't have that second. -- going on. Just think this guy out of here. And we click okay. Yeah we see our ribbons and Alec empire around this driven until we have -- just the way we want it. If they want like this and we can twirled it around with twelve minutes to say we do an old school here with two. -- He -- right there okay you're done -- site looks pretty good at work. And we can even give a little perspective. Increased to perspective sort of start to get smaller as it gets further away and so -- that click okay. And there's my of the ribbon now don't want to do this. I can really give that three dimensional look. I'm going here and expand the appearance that expanding appearance then kick that shape and turning into individual shapes. So now I'm gonna select the original. Cylinder which we don't need anymore and -- it. Get rid of its time. I've got rid of it is a piece of it sort of way. --"
" So like multiples so like this one and that one and and see what's the other one. We've got this guy's actions at the moment that was that this one. This one here. That when there. That on there and that when there and goes -- unchanged at the end of going to or get a much deeper view but -- that maybe even deeper."
" Click okay and everything that we had these nice little ribbons in back and we have little spiral about -- stars and stripes. It's a three dimensional shape the shape is gone it's what we've mapped on that shape it became the final restoration. Things that went on there. The way you manipulate them what you do what objects to use what shape objects what. Images get mapped on the object. Are you gonna make a big difference questions sitting there playing with this. Sit and play. There's something and I sure how to do something you've been. Kind of messing with for awhile I can't figure it out sending me an idea -- through dot com and I'll try to answer for you radio show. Now on check any email every day so they know a lot to answer like I went to a bunch emails yesterday -- a lot of people so -- what -- a few weeks. I can't answer every day but I will answer as many things and I don't answer them votes both -- do you on the show. Popular something from this number to play as prisoners to sit there and play. -- next week."
" Pixel perfect is brought to you -- and godaddy.com. Hi and welcome to another episode of pixel perfect -- on our show where I show you all kinds of stuff back. But by those straighter. Very going to post up a little while and -- but illustrator. You requested a lot of things illustrated so it to a few of those next week. First let's talk about -- opens -- code then come. No way you can keep your personal information away from spammers. Hackers and you crazy ex roommate no one knows I have windows. Private domain registration and godaddy.com protects your privacy by keeping your address phone number and more. Out of the public database. At that -- from here. And if you enter the code that you see -- right there pixel four. When you check arguing that echoed annual -- an additional 15% on any order of ten by dollars and more. Some restrictions apply you know -- things work right. I -- so that talk about -- So reaganomics being right here -- theory has posted open however talk about the 3-D concept of -- and now. Quite a few weeks ago. Actually a few months ago at this point I -- a bunch of things on illustrator -- specialize in 3-D graphics. Created bottle. Who goblet and stuff like that well I would create a three dimensional effect today but the actual thing that would create -- of the invisible. What's back onto its gonna make these people that. The election year coming up in his country. I -- show is watched although although you guys have been what was going on his country that an election year coming out of -- election kind of thing. So right here real long. Loved box. The rectangle like that. And it's gonna have so that was the next blue collar it would make it does -- decide that. And then inside -- that. I'm glad oops I mean do that. I'd been inside that I'm going to -- does return my foreground and background to default. Hungry little star. Amanda start tool."
" And withdrawals are right in there just like that. I'm gonna duplicate -- on my option and command keys which would be alt and control on PC. And shift. To constrain and drag a copy of it right over to the right -- command. To do it many times it can animate it does it again there I've got this nice little strip just kind of close this side over to make it even. With the beginning to think that I think this whole thing. And and a group -- Okay it is group rate this little community which would be courts you know where it is please. Right now I -- duplicate this whole thing down. Straight down again all shift key to constrain it. To just about equal distance rate even though like that. And it again. That's not say about it at the wrong guy -- indeed that happened again and again and that's good. -- So now I'm gonna select all. Selected the whole thing right there and with my -- tool. -- feared or it's gonna log on and skewed these guys replaced the person right at the left edge. That theory I'm gonna screw. Rumors cue from. And come over here and to start to skew up all of my shift key to constrain it and notice from I'm doing this I have a preview of what I'm doing I'm gonna do is set -- I lined up. Right here you can see right -- affair here a little line up the edge says -- meaning the top. Right there about like that. That's kind of like wrapping itself right it is netware it and it off it needs. So I'd got this battle little stripes now -- stores in there so I'm doing I'm gonna go here to my symbols. And I drag it over. Then drag it into my symbols. Just like that and it will give us names -- quote. Stars. And -- There it is but I could go to. It don't need anymore what I want to do those little strips with stars and and so on is wrap them around that becomes a ribbon and we'll spiral. Senate over here and it's pivotal. A lips. -- perfect circle actually break here. I. Now I think that a circle and going to go into my treaty. Effects right here sweetie animate -- strong. And -- I preview. Is gonna come right in showed me what I've done I'm gonna go ahead an extra dude this guy who really deep depth. That's going further negative long cylinders -- really long cylinder. Like that. So now. I'm gonna go in here and map art. That button click on that and appear we see that we have seven sides to this thing. Then click on those until I see exactly where one has shown me that red symbol telling me where I'm about to map something from the keep clicking on select find. The part of my eight. Cylinder that I want to work on and here it is right there. Let's see what else we have we have the top and the other side and so on -- the that could be inside it could be outside unfortunate -- you it is to the number there that's just assume that this is this here okay it felt. And go find my symbol. And right here at the bottom of the stack here's my new stars. Right there which are not going to enlarge or economic shift enlarge them so it'd go from edge to edge. Of my little shape there now I've not seen them on there I'm not seen them. Why am I -- because. It looks like this is the wrong -- So that's just -- another edge let's go down here and let's see it is edges going to show. And they are now we see them in our preview so now it's a large to us. Just so there goes from edge to edge of my shape. -- And -- over here. The theater meeting along the -- that there it is so now here's the key. Right here -- says invisible geometry. -- Jonathan is excellent but right now for the big black. Pole with a -- bottom -- it well I think invisible geometry. My take on that you see what happens tonight the ribbon it became. Wrapped around itself here now there is a geometry on the other side of this thing so let's go over here to this one and throw that one away. What I want -- way that we don't have that second. -- going on. Just think this guy out of here. And we click okay. Yeah we see our ribbons and Alec empire around this driven until we have -- just the way we want it. If they want like this and we can twirled it around with twelve minutes to say we do an old school here with two. -- He -- right there okay you're done -- site looks pretty good at work. And we can even give a little perspective. Increased to perspective sort of start to get smaller as it gets further away and so -- that click okay. And there's my of the ribbon now don't want to do this. I can really give that three dimensional look. I'm going here and expand the appearance that expanding appearance then kick that shape and turning into individual shapes. So now I'm gonna select the original. Cylinder which we don't need anymore and -- it. Get rid of its time. I've got rid of it is a piece of it sort of way. --"
" So like multiples so like this one and that one and and see what's the other one. We've got this guy's actions at the moment that was that this one. This one here. That when there. That on there and that when there and goes -- unchanged at the end of going to or get a much deeper view but -- that maybe even deeper."
" Click okay and everything that we had these nice little ribbons in back and we have little spiral about -- stars and stripes. It's a three dimensional shape the shape is gone it's what we've mapped on that shape it became the final restoration. Things that went on there. The way you manipulate them what you do what objects to use what shape objects what. Images get mapped on the object. Are you gonna make a big difference questions sitting there playing with this. Sit and play. There's something and I sure how to do something you've been. Kind of messing with for awhile I can't figure it out sending me an idea -- through dot com and I'll try to answer for you radio show. Now on check any email every day so they know a lot to answer like I went to a bunch emails yesterday -- a lot of people so -- what -- a few weeks. I can't answer every day but I will answer as many things and I don't answer them votes both -- do you on the show. Popular something from this number to play as prisoners to sit there and play. -- next week."











