Let's give you a detailed analysis of the Illustrator software and share the tutorial on creating a texture battery icon.
Tutorial Overview:
Final effect
Let's start learning the production process:
STEP 1
Create a new document and set the background to black. You can set it to any size. My options are 600px multiplied by 400px. We will first create a metal cap at the end of the battery. First, draw its shape, as shown below. The transition color is gray, white, and black in 90% Gray. In addition, we need to render the object 1px and adjust the transparency to 75%.
STEP 2
Copy (ctrl + C) the object and paste it directly to the front (ctrl + F ). Then press the right arrow to move it 1 px. Its gradient is 80% gray, black, 80% gray. Then adjust the transparency to 100%. Drag the appearance to the following small waste bin to remove the appearance.
STEP 3
Add some highlights on both sides, and fill them in white with two following shapes, then adjust the transparency of the above highlight to 75%, and adjust the highlight to 25%. Similarly, give them 2px feathers.
STEP 4
It may not be obvious. It looks like nothing, but we still need to add reflection to the metal. Draw the following shape with a pen. The top is white, the bottom is 90% gray, and then 1px is also indicated. The reflection below draws another shape according to the following figure. The gradient color is white to black, 1px is feather, and then the transparency is reduced to 50%.
STEP 5
Now we start to make the clear part of the battery. First, use a pen to draw the shape of the figure below. Then fill it in white to reduce the transparency to 50%. Tip: A simple way to draw a shape is to first draw a half of the open path, then copy and paste it, flip the shape, and create the other half. Finally, we can connect these shapes, which ensures that the image is symmetric.
STEP 6
Now, we can fill this shape with a simple black-gray gradient, but we need to replace it with an opaque mask, so that we can do well, change the background at will. Create a mask, copy and paste the shape to the original one. Adjust its transparency to 100%, and then adjust its transparency to the following figure. The slider on the left is 50% gray, and the right is black.
STEP 7
Select the two shapes, and then select the opacity mask from the "transparency" drop-down menu. in this way, you may not be able to see any changes, but you will see the changes when you change the background.
STEP 8
Now we add some reflection to make the glass look more transparent. Draw two shapes, fill them with white, and then the transparency is 75%. The shape above is 2px, and the feather below is 3.5px.
STEP 9
We also need to add a mask to the reflective bar above. copy and paste the copy to 100% transparency and remove the appearance. fill in the gradient shown in the following figure, from gray to black. finally, create an opaque mask as we did before.
STEP 10
Now let's add another reflection to match the one above the metal. Draw a shape like this below. Fill in white, 2px feather, transparency 50%.
STEP 11 then add the mask as above. The mask is gray from 15% to 85%.
STEP 12
Similarly, an opaque mask is created. Once a mask is created, the mixed shape pattern must be adjusted to a filter color.
STEP 13
Now you should know how to draw reflection. Now the shape in the drawing is filled with white, transparency 40%, and feathers 2px.
STEP 14
It is also an opaque mask, with 50% gray to black.
STEP 15
Create an opaque mask
STEP 16
Last reflection. Draw the following shape, fill it in white, transparency 50%, feather 2px.
STEP 17
Copy and paste the shape, and use an opaque mask from white to black.
STEP 18
Creates an opaque mask.
STEP 19
Add a metal cap at the other end. because it is consistent with the left side, you only need to copy it. select an object> transform> image. select the copy axis symmetry button in the dialog box. drag to the other end of the battery.
STEP 20
Next, create the anode of the battery. just select the metal cap and paste it in front. because the center must be consistent, hold down alt and drag the handle to the appropriate size. After that, move them to the back (ctrl + shift + [), then send the previous layer (ctrl +]). if it is correct, it should be directly behind the metal cap.
STEP 21
Add the two batteries. draw two Ovans (or draw another copy ). the right side of the ellipse is white with a transparency of 25%. black on the right, transparency 50%. in addition, the elliptic hybrid mode on the left is adjusted to overlay. at last, all of them were feathers 3.5px.
STEP 22
Now we will draw the battery power, draw a shape similar to the following, any length and color can be. I chose about 2/3 full, green gradient.
STEP 23
After confirming the "fuel", move it to the end and move it forward twice so that it is in front of the basic transparent material, but behind the reflection.
STEP 24
Finally, copy the black oval, drag it to the edge of the fuel, and fill it with white.
STEP 25
Before completing the design, add some highlights. Draw an elliptical shape on the metal material and fill it with white. Add feathers and reduce their transparency.
STEP 26
In addition, the external light is added to the "pigment" shape (effect> stylized> external light ). make sure that the mixed mode is "color filter ". the highlight color must match the battery color. I used the #19ff00, opacity 75%, and feather 11px.
OVER!
All right, the above information is the detailed tutorial on creating texture battery icons for Illustrator's users, as you can see, we believe that you are now very clear about the production method, so you can follow the tutorial to make it yourself.
