To give you illustrator software users to detailed analysis to share the creation of the black Tape Jukebox icon effect of the tutorial.
1. Create a new file and set the grid
CTRL + N Create a new document for 600px*600px, RGB mode, screen (72ppi), and make sure that "Make new object Snap to pixel grid" is not checked, click OK.
Enables the grid (View > Display grid) to snap to the grid (View > Snap to Grid). First, set the grid line interval to 5px, the secondary split line value is 1 (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids), open the Information Panel (window > information), and preview the shape's size and position in real time. Do not forget to set the unit to pixels (Edit > Preferences > Units). All of these options will greatly improve your productivity.
Select the Rectangle tool (M), create a 250px square, and set its color to r=196,g=154,b=108 (Snap to grid will lighten your work).
Next, open the Alignment Panel (Window > Alignment), set the alignment artboard (open pop-up menu to display options, as shown in the following figure). Select the square you created, click the Horizontal center alignment, and align the center vertically to the button. Finally double-click the layer in the Layers panel, rename it to "main", and then lock the layer to make sure you don't accidentally select/move it (Window > Layer).
Set the fill color to white and select the Ellipse tool (L). Create a 180px positive circle, and then click Horizontally centered on the alignment panel, vertically centering the button (remember to align the artboard OH). Rename to "Vinylshadow" and then lock the layer.
In this step you need to set the grid line spacing to 1px (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids). In the lower-left corner of the Brown square, use the Ellipse tool (L) to create a positive circle with a diameter of 24px, as shown in the following illustration. Double-click the new graphic on the layers panel, name "Knobshadow", and then lock.
Continue in the upper-right corner of the square and create a second positive circle with a diameter of 24px, as shown in Figure 2. Rename it to "Armshadow" and lock it.
Set the grid line interval to 5px again (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids). Create a 160px positive circle with the Ellipse tool (L), and then click Horizontally centered on the alignment Panel to center the button vertically.
Select the new graphic, open the Gradient Panel (window > gradient), apply the default gradient value, select the radial gradient, the right slider is set to Black (r=0, g=0,b=0), and the left slider is set to White (r=255,g=255,b=255). Make sure the graphic is selected, set the object > expand, and click OK.
Move to the layers panel and you will find a new group. Select it, ungroup (shift+ctrl+g), Alt+ctrl+7 (Object > Clip Mask > Release) to release an existing mask.
In the layers panel, you will find a 160px positive circle with no padding and no effect set, select it, delete (keyboard delete); then you will find a simple grid, select the grid and open the Transform Panel (Window > Transform), and click on the "constrain width and height ratio" button, in the wide (or high) Enter 160px, continue to select the grid, and set its fill color to yellow (r=255,g=221,b=23).
Using the Pen tool (P), create a straight line with a length of 170px, and select the horizontal center alignment on the alignment panel, and the Vertical Center alignment button. Make sure that this simple path is selected on the Appearance Panel (Window > Appearance).
Delete the fill color, select the stroke, set the color to black, reduce opacity to 15%, and then enter the following values (shown in the figure) in the effects > Distortions and Transformations > transformations, click OK. Lock it on the layers panel. You just have to use it as a guide.
Disable Snap to Grid (View > Snap to Grid). Select the yellow grid with the Grid tool (U) to add only 12 grid points, as shown in the following illustration, using the previous step as a secondary. After the grid point setting is complete, you can delete the auxiliary line from the previous step.
Select the tool directly (A), select the grid point, and compare its color to the image below. When you are done, double-click the grid in the layers panel to rename it to "vinyl".
Select the "Black Glue" grid (vinyl), replica (ctrl + C > ctrl+f). In the Layers panel, double-click the grid copy, rename it to "Vinylsupport", lock the "black glue" grid, return to the artboard, select the grid point of "Vinylsupport" with the direct selection tool (A) and replace it with the corresponding color (as shown in the figure).
Select the Vinylsupport grid, and enter the width (or height) of 170px in the transform panel. Move to the layers panel, and drag the vinylsupport grid below the vinyl grid (ctrl+[).
Enable grid alignment (View > Snap to Grid). Using the Ellipse tool (L), create a 160px positive circle, and select the horizontal center alignment on the alignment panel, and the Vertical Center alignment button. The fill is set to none, the white stroke is added 1px, and the stroke is inside-aligned. Continue to select graphics, object > Path > Path offset, enter -45px offset, click OK.
Double-click the Blending tool (or go to Object > Mix > Mix options). Select "Specified steps" from the Drop-down menu and enter "15".
Select two white strokes (in the previous step) on the Layers panel, alt+ctrl+b (or go to Object > Mix > Build) to create a simple blend (as shown in the second picture). Select the newly generated blend to reduce its opacity to 40% and the layer mode to overlay.
Using the Ellipse tool (L), create a 160px positive circle, set the fill color to r=255,g=222,b=23, and select the horizontal center alignment on the alignment panel, and the Vertical Center alignment button. Select this yellow circle, object > Path > Path offset, offset value set to 2px, click OK, and then return to the Layers panel.
Select the newly generated shape and drag it below the vinyl grid. Select this yellow circle, first, fill it with r=20,g=15,b=15, add four shadow effects (Effects > Styling > Projections), set the values as shown below, add a 1px black stroke, align the stroke outside, reduce the opacity to 30%, and change the blending mode to soft light.
Select another yellow circle, fill the radial gradient to replace the existing color (shown below), reduce its opacity to 15%, change the blending mode, and select Object > Path > Path offset, set to -1px offset value, click OK, and then select Effect > Art effect > Film particles, enter the following figure to display the value, click OK.
Return to the Appearance panel, add a 2pt stroke to the circle, align the stroke outside, and set the color to R=20,G=15,B15.
Using the Ellipse tool (L), create a 70px circle, set the fill color to r=255,g=222,b=23, and select the horizontal center alignment on the alignment panel, and the Vertical Center alignment button. Select the yellow shape, replace the existing fill color with r=15,g=10,b=10, reduce its opacity to 70%, change the blending mode to soft light, select the offset value of the effect > path > Offset path input-1, and click OK.
Go back to the Appearance panel to add a second new fill for the new Circle (the blue arrow in the following figure). Select the new fill, and the color is set to r= 180,g=20,b=35, choose Effect > Path > Offset path to enter a 5px offset and click OK.
Select the red circle, add a third new fill, select the new fill, set the color to r=190,g=30,b=45, select the effect > Path > Offset path, enter the offset value of 8, and click OK.
Go back to the Appearance panel, add a fourth new fill, select it, add a linear gradient (as shown in the following illustration), and select Effect > Path > Offset path, enter the offset value of 23px, and click OK.
Continue to select the red circle and add the fifth new fill. Select this fill, set the color to r=25,g=20,b 20, then select "Affect > Path > Offset Path", enter the offset value of 28, click OK, then select "Effect > Stylized > Projection" to enter the value shown in the following figure, click OK; return to the Appearance panel , select red Circle, add sixth fill, color set to black, reduce its opacity to 3%, change blending mode to overlay; then select Effect > Path > Offset path, set offset value to 5px, click OK, select Effect > Art > Film particle, Enter the values shown in the following figure and click OK.
Continue to select red Circle, add seventh new fill, select it, set color to r=185,g=185,b=185, select Effect > Path > Offset path set offset value to -32px, click OK; return to Appearance panel, add eighth new fill, select it, set color to R =115,g=115,b=115, select Effect > Path > Offset path to set offset value to -33px, click OK; go back to the Appearance panel, add the last fill, select it, set the color to white, and continue selecting the effect > Path > Offset path. Set the offset value to -34px and click OK.
Go back to the layers panel, unlock your "vinyl" grid, and select it and the "vinylsupport" grid so that it is grouped (ctrl+g). In the Layers panel, double-click the new group and rename it to "vinyl".
In the Layers panel, open your "vinyl" combination, select the "Vinylsupport" grid and create a copy (Ctrl + C > ctrl+f). Select this copy, drag it to the top of the layers panel, double-click the new grid, and rename it to "Armbase". Select the new grid, click on the transform panel, input 20px width (or high), now the effect and the third picture is very similar. Re-select the Armbase grid and drag to the position shown in Figure four.
Switch to Grid line spacing of 1px (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids). Select the Armbase grid, using the Ellipse tool (L), to create a 14px positive circle, set the fill color to r=25,g=20,b=20 (as shown in the following image), select the new graphic, and add three new shadow effects (Effects > Styling > Projection) numeric settings as shown in the following figure.
Go back to the grid line interval of 5px (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids). Using the Pen tool (P), create a simple path, as shown in the following illustration. Color fill is none, add 4pt stroke, color set to r=255,g=222,b=23.
Select the yellow path, replace its stroke color with r=109,g=110,b 113, and then set the path to a round head endpoint in the Stroke Panel (Window > Stroke).
Select the gray stroke path and add a new stroke in the Appearance panel (the blue arrow in the following figure). Select this new stroke with a stroke weight of 3pt, color set to r=167,g=169,b=172, and then select Effect > Distort and Transform > transform. Set the values below, click OK when you are finished, return to the Appearance panel, third stroke, set the color to r=230,g=231,b=232, 1pt thickness, select Effects > Distort and Transform > transform, set the values below, and then click OK when the settings are complete.
Select the path to the step above, select Effects > Styling > Fillet, enter a radius of 10px, and click OK.
Re-select the "Armbase" grid, create a copy (Ctrl + C >ctrl+f), and drag it to the top (shift+ctrl+[). Select this copy, enter the 15px width (or height) in the transform panel, and return to the layers panel to rename the new grid as "Armbasefront".
Switch to Grid line spacing of 1px (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids). Select the Rectangle tool (M), create a 10*20px shape, fill the random color as shown in the first image, select the new Rectangle, object > Transform > Rotate, set the value to 45 degrees, click OK, and then fill the new rectangle with the linear gradient shown in the following illustration.
Select the rotated rectangle and add a second fill to the Appearance panel. Select it, color set to white, change its blending mode to soft light, "effect > Path > Offset path", offset value set to -1px, click OK; go back to the Appearance panel, add a third fill, add a linear gradient as shown in the following illustration, " Effect > Path > Offset path, offset value set to -1px, click OK, Effect > distort and Transform > transform, numeric settings as shown in the following figure, click OK.
Back to the Appearance panel, select the entire rectangular path, the effect > Styling > Fillet radius value is set to 2px and click OK.
Switch to the grid line interval of 5px (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids). Re-rectangles, stylus paths, and "Armbasefront" grids are selected and grouped (ctrl+g). Select this new combination to add three shadow effects (Effects > Styling > Shading) numeric settings as shown in the following figure.
Select the stylus as well as other stylus components to make it grouped (ctrl+g). Move to the Layers panel, double-click the new group and name it "arm."
Using the Ellipse tool (L), create a 20px circle, set the fill color to r=15,g=10,b=10, and other settings as shown in the following illustration.
Switch to Grid line spacing of 5px (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids). In the Layers panel, open your "arm" grouping, select the "Armbase" grid and create a copy (Ctrl + C > ctrl+f). Select this copy, drag it to the top group of the Layers Panel, double-click the new grid, and name it "knob." Back to the artboard, now the picture is shown in the third image. Select the new grid, and enter the width (or height) of 18px on the transform panel. Now the fourth image looks very much alike.
Select the "Knob" grid and create a copy (Ctrl + C > ctrl+f). Select the new copy, enter 16px wide (or high) on the transform panel, then go to object > Transform > Rotate, set to 90 degree angle, click OK.
Re-select the knob grid, add three shadow effects (Effects > Styling > Shadows), and the values are set as shown in the following figure.
Using the Pen tool (P), create a 3px vertical path, as shown in the first image. Add a 1pt stroke to the path, set its color to r=255,g=222,b=223, copy the vertical path, as shown in the second image, and select two paths to group (CTRL+G). Select the new group and choose Effect > Distort and Transform > transform. Set the value as shown in the following figure, click OK, select Object > Extended appearance, and then select Object > Path > Contour stroke.
Select a combination of yellow shapes, select "Shift+ctrl+g" two times, select 17 yellow shapes as shown in the second picture, delete them, and next, select Five yellow shapes, as shown in the third picture, and make them into a compound path by ctrl+8 (Object > Compound path > Build); Select the new compound path to change the color to =152,g=98,b=55.
Select the top yellow shape, the color is set to r=35,g=30,b=30, and then select the last yellow shape, and the color is set to r=180,g=20,b=35. Select all the compound paths in this step and group (CTRL+G). Select the group, select the effect > Styling > Projection value setting as shown in the following figure, click OK, select new groups and other shapes, and group the knob grid and new groups (CTRL+G). Move to the layers panel and name the new group "knob".
6. Add shadows, layers and meticulous textures
Go back to the grid line interval of 5px (Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids). Unlock "Vinylshadow" on the layers panel. Select the white circle.
First, replace the white with a linear gradient, as shown in the figure. Next, select the existing gradient fill, "Effect > Path > Offset path", with an offset value of 15 pixels, click OK; Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur ", the fuzzy radius is 15, click OK."
Select Vinylshadow, add a second fill to the Appearance panel, select it, add the linear gradient shown in the following illustration, then select Effect > Blur > Gaussian blur, Blur radius 15, click OK.
Select Vinylshadow, select the top fill, and copy the fill (blue arrow in the image below). Deletes the existing Gaussian blur effect of the newly added fill and reduces its opacity to 30%.
Select the Vinylshadow shape, add a black stroke 1px to the appearance panel, inner alignment, change blending mode to soft light, and reduce its opacity to 15%, "Effect > Path > Offset path", offset value 1px, click OK.
Unlock the "Armshadow" shape on the layers panel. Then, copy the nature of "Vinylshadow" to this "Armshadow". On the right side of the layers panel you will notice that each shape has a small gray circle, called the target icon. Alt-click the target icon, and the appearance of the "Vinylshadow" shape is dragged onto the "Armshadow" target icon. Select "Armshadow" to open the Gaussian blur effect in the first fill at the bottom, set the radius at 5px, and then open the offset of the path offset effect set to 3px. Move to the next fill, open the existing Gaussian blur effect, and set a radius of 3px. Finally, open the path offset for the stroke and set the offset to -1px.
Unlock the "Knobshadow" shape on the layers panel, then duplicate the appearance properties of the "Armshadow" target icon and paste it into the "Knobshadow".
Using the Rectangle tool (M), create a 220px rectangle, set its fill color to black, as shown in the first image, move to the layers panel, and hold the new rectangle under the "vinyl", "Arm" and "knob" group. Select this black shape, reduce its opacity to 40%, change blending mode to overlay, "Effect > Styling > Fillet" input radius of 10px, click OK, "Effect > Art effect > Film particle", the numerical settings shown in the following figure, click OK.
Unlock the shape of "main" in the Layers panel. Select this brown square, add a second fill in the Appearance panel, and drag it below the existing fill. Select the new fill, add a linear gradient as shown in the following illustration, and select the effect > Path > Offset path offset to 3px, and click OK.
Check "main", add a third fill to the Appearance panel, select it, set the color to black, reduce its opacity to 5%, change the blending mode to overlay, "Effect > Path > Offset path" Offset is -2px, click OK; then select "Effect > Sketch > Pen" The values are set as shown in the following figure and click OK.
Select Main, add a fourth fill to the Appearance panel, select it, set the color to r=196,g=154,b=108, the effect > Path > Offset path offset is-10px, click OK; Effect > Styling > Inner Glow Effect "Set the value as shown below, click OK;" Effects > Styling > Projection values are set as shown below, click OK; Effect > Styling > Outer Glow Effect "Set the value as shown below, click OK;
Select Main, add a 2pt stroke to the Appearance panel, set the color to r=232,g=210,b=185, and align inside the stroke. In the Appearance panel, add a second stroke with a stroke weight of 1pt, the color set to r=169,g=124,b=80, and the Inner stroke aligned.
Select ' Main ' to add a third stroke to the skin panel. Select it, set the color to black, the thickness of 1pt, so that the stroke inside alignment, change the blending mode to overlay, reduce its opacity to 15%, "Effect > Path > Offset path" Offset is-10px, click OK; The third stroke, select it, set the color to black, the thickness is 3pt, make the stroke inside alignment, change the blending mode to overlay, reduce its opacity to 5%, the effect > Path > Offset path offset is-10px.
Select the main shape, select the entire path, the effect > Styling > Fillet radius is set to 20px, and click OK.
Select the main shape, select the entire path, and add five shadow effects (Effects > Styling > Projections) as shown in the following illustration.
7. Add a simple background
Using the Rectangle tool (M), create a 610px rectangle, set the fill color to r=65,g=60,b=60, select the horizontal center alignment on the alignment panel, and align the vertical center button. Select the new shape, move the layer down (ctrl+shift+ [), add a second fill to the skin panel, set the color to black, reduce its opacity to 10%, change the blending mode to overlay, "effect > Art > Film particle" Set the value as shown in the following illustration, and then click OK On the line.
congratulations! You ' re done!
This is the final look, I hope you enjoy this tutorial, you can apply these techniques to your future projects.
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