I will give you a detailed analysis of the Illustrator software to share with you the tutorials on the design of cartoon children's toys water gun.
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1. Create a new document
Press ctrl + N to create a new document. Select the unit of pixels, enter 600 in the width and height boxes, and click the Advanced button. Select RGB, the screen (72 ppi), and make sure that this check box is selected in the aligned object pixel grid, and then click OK. Enable grid (View> display grid) and align grid (View> align to grid ).
For beginners, you need to set the grid line interval to 5 pixels, so go to edit> Preference> reference line and grid, set the grid line interval to 5 and the sub-separator line to 1. It will ease your work, and you can easily enable or disable the grid by pressing ctrl + "keyboard shortcut. You should also open the information panel (window> information) to preview the size and shape position. Do not forget the setting of the measurement unit. Go to edit> Preference> unit> standard as pixel. All these settings will significantly improve your productivity.
2. Create a subject, handle, and trigger
Step 2
Select the rectangle tool (M), create a rectangle of 130X25 pixels, and set its fill color to R = 255, G = 200, B = 0. Select the yellow shape, go to effect> style> rounded corner. Enter 5 pixels in radius, click OK, and then go to object> extend appearance.
Step 2
Select the rectangle tool (M), create a 35*75 pixel rectangle, and set the fill color to orange. Switch to the direct selection tool (A) and select the two anchor points at the bottom of the rectangle to drag them 25 pixels to the right.
Select a rectangle, and choose effect> style> rounded corner. Enter 5 pixels in radius, click OK, and go to object> extend appearance.
Step 2
Re-select the yellow rounded rectangle, copy a layer (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F) at the current position, and then place the copy layer to the top layer (Shift + Ctrl +]). Select the orange shape and the copied copy, open the path finder panel (window> Path Finder), and click the minus top layer button.
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 40PX rectangle and place it on the top. Retain the selected status to bring up the appearance panel (window> appearance ). Deselect the fill color, set the stroke color to R = 189, G = 15, B = 4, and click "stroke" to open the stroke panel. Set the width to 8 pixels, and set the align stroke "align the inside of the stroke" button.
Switch to the direct selection tool (A), select the two anchors at the bottom of the red shape, and drag them 15px to the right. Make sure that the red shape remains the selected state, go to effect> style> rounded corner, set the radius to 5 pixels, click OK, and then go to object> path> contour stroke.
Step 2
Copy the yellow and orange shapes (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Set these copies to the front (Shift + Ctrl +]), make sure that the two shapes are selected, and click the union set on the path finder panel. Select the generated shape and red shape. On the path finder panel, click minus the top layer.
Step 2
Select the white rounded rectangle and go to object> path> offset path. Set the displacement to-5px, and click OK ). Select the generated shape and copy the copy (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Select a copy and move it up to 5 pixels.
Re-select the two shapes in this step, and then click the minus top layer button in the path finder panel. Fill the color of the new shape with R = 0, G = 104, B = 56, de-effect> blur> Gaussian blur. Set the radius to 5 pixels, and click OK.
Step 2
Select all water containers (except White, rounded rectangle) and group these shapes (ctrl + G ). Place the white shape on the top (Shift + ctrl +]), select it with the new group, and click the make mask button on the transparency panel (window> transparent.
If you are not a CC user, you can directly create an opaque mask on the transparent panel in the pop-up menu.
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 5*30 pixel shape and fill it with the linear gradient shown below. Select the new rectangle, and choose effect> style> rounded corner. Enter the 2.5px radius, click OK, and go to object> extend appearance.
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 10*20 px shape and fill it with a red fill. Switch to the direct selection tool (A), select the two anchors on the left, and set the corner to 2px. Select the red shape to go to the effect> deformation> arc. Go to the properties shown in the following figure, click OK, and go to object> extended appearance.
Step 2
Disable the alignment grid (View> align to grid), then edit> Preferences> general, and ensure that the increment on the keyboard is set to 1 pixel. Change the fill color of the red shape to the fill color of the linear gradient and the rounded rectangle of 5 × 30px.
Select this part to change the fill color and copy two copies (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Select the copy at the top and move it 1px to the right. Reselect two copies and click the minus top-level button in the path finder panel. Fill the new shape with white, reduce its opacity to 30%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Step 2
Re-select the shape that is connected to the rest of the pistol (one edited in the previous step), go to effect> stylized> shadow. Go to the properties shown in the following figure, and click OK ).
Step 2
Enable alignment grid (View> alignment to grid), and switch to grid line separated by 1px. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 10 * 54px shape and fill it with the linear gradient shown below. Select the new rectangle, switch to the direct selection tool (A), and set the corner to 2px.
Step 2
Disable alignment grid (View> align to grid ). Select the yellow rounded rectangle and copy two copies (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Select the copy at the top and move it 1 pixel to the right. Select two copies again, and then click the minus top-level button in the path finder panel. Fill the new shape with black, reduce its opacity to 30%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Step 2
Select the yellow rounded rectangle and copy two copies (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Select the copy at the top and move it 1 pixel to the left. Select two copies again, and then click the minus top-level button in the path finder panel. Fill the new shape with black, reduce its opacity to 30%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Step 2
Step 2
Select the yellow rounded rectangle and copy a copy (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ).. Select the copy, move it 1 pixel to the right, and copy it (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Select the new copy and move it 1 pixel to the right. Reselect the two shapes in this step, and then click the minus top layer button in the path finder panel. Fill the new shape with white, reduce its opacity to 70%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Step 2
Enable alignment grid (View> align to grid ). Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 2 * 3px shape, fill it with the linear gradient shown below, and place it in the magnifier shown below.
5. Add shadows and highlights
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 2 * 15px shape and fill it with black. Select it, reduce its opacity to 30%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Create a 1 * 15px shape and fill it with black. Select it, reduce its opacity to 50%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Select the two newly created rectangles and group them (ctrl + G ). Select this group, go to effect> distortion and transformation> transformation, select symmetric X, enter 1 in the copy box, move 68px horizontally, and click OK.
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 1*50 pixel shape and fill it with black. Select it, reduce its opacity to 25%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Create a 3x50 pixel shape and fill it with black. Select it, reduce its opacity to 15%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Select the two newly created rectangles and group them (ctrl + G ). Select this group to remove effects> distortion and transformation> transformation. Set the properties shown in the following figure, and click OK ).
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 1*20 pixel shape to make the fill black. Select it, reduce its opacity to 15%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Create a 2*20 pixel shape and fill it with black. Select it, reduce its opacity to 15%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Select the two newly created rectangles and group them (ctrl + G ). Select this group to remove effects> distortion and transformation> transformation. Set the properties shown in the following figure, and click OK ).
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 2*20 pixels and 1*20 pixels shape, fill them in black, select them, reduce the opacity to 15%, and change the blending mode to soft.
Create a 2*15 px and a 1*15 px shape, fill them in black, select them, reduce the opacity to 15%, and change the blending mode to soft.
Create a shape of 2*20 pixels and 1*20 pixels, fill them in black, select them, reduce the opacity to 10%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Step 2
Select all shapes and copy them (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Select all shapes and click the union button in the path finder panel. Fill the new shape with the following colors: R = 245, G = 160, and B = 0.
Step 2
Select the orange shape in the previous step and place it at the bottom layer (Shift + Ctrl + [). Then, add a 1 pixel black stroke to reduce its opacity to 5%, in the stroke pop-up panel, set the alignment panel to the outer alignment. Return to the appearance panel, select an existing fill, and choose effect> style> shadow. Go to the properties shown in the following figure, and click OK ).
Congratulations! Success!
The following figure shows its appearance. I hope you like this tutorial and can apply these technologies in your future projects.
At the end of the tutorial, the above is how Illustrator draws a cartoon child toy water gun. Have you learned it? Thank you for reading this tutorial!
Select the yellow shape, open the gradient panel (window> gradient), click the gradient thumbnail, and add the default linear gradient from black to white.
In your gradient panel, set the angle to 90 degrees. Move to the gradient color, select the slider on the right, set the color to R = 255, G = 230, B = 30, and then select the slider on the left to set the color to R = 245, G = 160, B = 0. Add a new slider and set its color to R = 245, G = 160, and B = 0. The position is set to 15%. Remember, the blue number represents the slider position. Add five new slide in sequence, and set the color and position as shown in the following figure.
Step 2
Select the orange shape and change its fill color to the gradient fill shown in the following figure.
Step 2
Select the handle shape. On the appearance panel, use the add new color button. Add a linear gradient as shown in the following figure. Remember, the blue number indicates the percentage of the position, and the yellow indicates the percentage of opacity.
Step 2
Select the handle shape, on the appearance panel, and use the add new color button. Click opacity to open the opacity panel. Reduce the opacity to 5%, change the blending mode to soft light, and then add the linear gradient shown in the following figure.
Step 2
Select a red shape and set its fill color to the radial gradient shown in the following figure. (Note: In this step, add a shadow to the handle, for example, the projection operation in step 1)
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 35 * 40PX rectangle. Select the shape, go to the effect> style> rounded corner, enter a 3px radius, click OK, and then go to the object> extend appearance. Change the fill color to the linear gradient shown in the following figure.
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 35 * 10px rectangle, set the fill color to white (R = 255, G = 255, B = 255), and reduce its opacity to 20%, change the hybrid mode to overlay.
Step 2
Go to edit> Preferences> reference line and grid> the grid line interval is set to 1px. Use the pen tool (P) to create a 10px vertical path, select the path, unfill, set the stroke to 5 pixels in dark red, and click "stroke" to bring up the panel, set the endpoint to the endpoint of the circular header.
Switch to the direct selection tool (A), select the anchor at the bottom of the path, move it 8 pixels to the right, then go to the effect> deformation> arc, set the attributes shown in the following figure, click OK ). Go to object> path> contour stroke.
Step 2
Select the red shape, change the fill color to the linear gradient shown in the following figure, and then remove the effect> stylized> projection. Set the properties shown in the following figure and click OK ).
3. Create a pipe, nozzle, and water tank
Step 2
Go to edit> Preference> reference line and grid> gridline interval, and set the gridline interval to 5 pixels. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 5 * 15px rectangle. Switch to the direct selection tool (A), select the two anchors on the right of the shape, and set the corner to 3px on the top menu bar.
This function is only applicable to CC users. The best solution to this effect is the corner plug-in, which can be found in this article: "AI corner plug-in! Help you design the Xtream Path1.4 installation guide faster. Save it to your computer and return it to AI and select the direct selection tool (). Select the anchor and go to the File> script> other scripts. Open any rounded corner script of the circle, enter the 24PX radius, and click OK ). The final result may seem a little different.
Select this shape and replace the existing fill color with the linear gradient shown in the following figure.
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a rectangle of 5*20 pixels. Switch to the direct selection tool (A), select the two anchors on the right of the shape, and set the corner to 3px on the top menu bar. Fill in the gradient as in the previous step. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 10*20 pixel rectangle, fill it with the same linear gradient, and place it in the position shown in figure 3.
Step 2
Go to edit> Preference> reference line and grid> gridline interval, and set the gridline interval to 1 pixel. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 25*12 pixel rectangle, fill it with the linear gradient shown below, and place it at the bottom.
Step 2
Select a rectangle of 25*12 pixels. On the appearance panel, use the add new color filling button. Fill in the gradient shown in the following figure, change its blending mode to soft light, and move it to the existing fill color. Remove effects> distortion and transformation> transformation. Drag to move, set the vertical movement to 10px, and click OK. (Small Editor Note: The transformation should be placed on the opacity)
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a rectangle of 1*12 pixels and set the fill color to black. Select this rectangle to reduce its opacity to 30%, change the blending mode to soft light, and then remove the effect> twist and transform> transform. If the movement level is 2 px, enter 11 in the copy box and click OK.
Step 2
Set the gridline interval to 5 pixels. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 70 * 10px rectangle and fill it with the linear gradient shown below. Select this shape and add the second fill color to the appearance panel as R = 128, G = 130, B = 133. Change its blending mode to color deepening. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 70*5 pixel rectangle, fill it with the same gradient as the first rectangle, and place it in the position shown in figure 2.
Step 2
The gridline interval is 1 px. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 10 * 19px rectangle and fill it with the linear gradient shown in the following figure. Select this rectangle, switch to the direct selection tool (A), and enter 2px at the corner of the top menu bar.
Step 2
Disable the alignment grid (View> align to grid), then edit> Preferences> general, and ensure that the increment on the keyboard is set to 1 pixel. Select the red rounded rectangle and copy two copies (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Select the copy at the top and move it 1 px to the right. Select two copies again, and then click the minus top-level button in the path finder panel. Fill the new shape with white, reduce its opacity to 30%, and change the blending mode to overlay.
Select the red rounded rectangle and copy two copies (Ctrl + C> Ctrl + F ). Select the copy at the top and move it 1px to the left. Select two copies again, and then click the minus top-level button in the path finder panel. Fill the new shape with black, reduce its opacity to 30%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Step 2
Enable alignment grid (View> align to grid ). Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 3*5 pixel shape that fills in blue. Switch to the direct selection tool (A), select the two anchors on the left, and set the corner to 2px.
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 3 * 10px shape and fill it with blue. Reselect directly select tool (A), select the two anchors on the left, and set the corner to 2px.
Step 2
Re-select two blue shapes and use ctrl + 8 (or go to object> composite path> make) to make it a composite path. Select the new shape to fill in the linear gradient color with the same red shape next to it.
Add the second layer fill color to the new shape as black and change its blending mode to soft light. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 1 × 15px shape, fill it with black, reduce its opacity to 50%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
4. Create a water container
Step 2
Set the gridline interval to 5 pixels. Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 130*50 pixel shape and set the fill color to R = 57, G = 181, B = 74. Select a green rectangle, and choose effect> style> rounded corner. Enter 25 pixels in radius, click OK, and go to object> extend appearance.
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 90 x 10px shape and set the fill color to R = 161, G = 218, B = 103 ,. Select this rectangle, switch to the direct selection tool (A), and set the corner to 5 pixels.
Step 2
Double-click the hybrid tool on the toolbar to open the hybrid options window. Select the specified number of steps from the drop-down menu. The value is 100. You can click Alt + Ctrl + B to create a new mix. Finally, it should be shown in figure 2.
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 90*5 pixel shape and set the fill color to white ,. Select this rectangle. In the appearance panel, select the existing fill and change its blending mode to overlay, and the opacity to 10%. Go to effect> stylized> rounded corner, enter the 2.5px radius, and click OK ). Go to effect> blur> Gaussian blur, enter a 10px radius, and click OK ),.
Return to the appearance panel, add the second fill color to white, and select it. The opacity is reduced to 10%, and the blending mode is changed to overlay. The effect is removed> stylized> rounded corner. Enter the 2.5px radius and click OK ).
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 100*25 pixel shape and fill it with a linear gradient shown in the following figure ,. Select this rectangle to reduce its opacity to 50%, change the blending mode to soft light, and then remove the effect> stylized> rounded corner. Enter the 12.5px radius and click OK ).
Step 2
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 130 * 50px shape and set the fill color to white. Select the new rectangle and switch to the direct selection tool (). Enter 25px at the corner of the top menu bar.
Effect chart
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