Illustrator to draw a realistic speed dial tutorial

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Create a new document, add a simple background

Step 1

CTRL + N creates a new document, and the unit item selects pixels. 600 pixels wide. Click on the Advanced option, select RGB mode, resolution 72 pixels. Aligns the new pixel with the grid to the selected state. Are you sure.

Step 2

Select the Rectangle tool, set the foreground color (34,32,44), and right-click the pop-up rectangle setting box on the artboard. Width height setting 610px.

Next you need to align the shape to the center. Open to its Panel (Window > Alignment), select Align to artboard (if you cannot find the alignment to artboard options, click the Select Display option in the upper right corner of the alignment panel), and then align vertically horizontally.

Finally open the Layers panel, open the existing layer, double-click, modify the name "BG."

The main framework for creating a car meter

Step 1

Select the Ellipse tool to click on the artboard to open the Oval window. Creates an ellipse with a diameter of 260px.

Make sure the ellipse is selected, open the gradient window, angle: 90. The right color value is (64,62,74), and then set the left color value (123,160,117) to set this color value to 15%.

Use the tool to put this ellipse as to the center of the artboard. Change the layer name to "Mainback"

Step 2

Select MAINBAKC layer, open Appearance Panel, select visible file, open opacity panel set opacity to 50%

Return to the appearance panel to confirm that the file is still selected. Effect > Path > Displacement path. Enter the 10Px displacement value to determine. Effect > Blur > Gaussian blur. Enter 15, OK.

Step 3

Select "Mainback", return to the skin file, add new fills, as shown in the figure to modify the new fill gradient. Set transparency 15%, Effect > Path > Displacement path, 10px displacement, OK.

Step 4

Use the Ellipse tool to create a 260px circle with a color of (34,32,44). Center vertically horizontally and rename the layer to "Mainfont".

Step 5

Select Mainfont layer, the appearance panel selects all layers, effects > Styling > Inner halo. Enter the values shown in the following figure. Click OK. Effects > Styling > Shading. Enter the values shown in the following figure.

Step 6

Select Mainfont shape, and in the Appearance panel, select Add New Fill. Select this new fill to set the color to black, reduce opacity 10%, blending mode to multiply, Effect > Path > Displacement path, input -1px displacement. Effect > Art > Film particles, enter the value shown in the figure below.

Make Thin Line Index

Step 1

View > Display grid, Snap to Grid (View > Snap to Grid), as a beginner, you need a grid of 5px units. Edit > Preferences > Guides and grids, grid spacing is 5, the grid is 1.

Pen tool to create two vertical 10px paths, as shown in the illustration. Aligning to the grid will simplify your work. Add a 2pt stroke to the two paths. Sets the color (1,212,68). Select two paths and ctrl+g them together.

Step 2

Select this combination to effect > distort with distortion > disguise. Enter the parameters shown in the following figure.

Step 3

Select this combination again, object > Expand Appearance, Object > Road Strength > Stroke profile. Make sure that the final result group is a select state, Shift+ctrl+g ungroup. Use the selection to select the 11 groups shown in the following figure to delete them.

Step 4

Select one of the set of tick marks, select > Same > Appearance, when all tick marks are selected, the Pathfinder panel, click on the link set. Then the ctrl+8 (or Object > Compound path > Simplification) converts these tick marks into simple composite road strength. Rename this layer to "thinlines".

Create wide scale lines

Step 1

Using the Pen tool, create two vertical lines, 15px paths, as shown in the illustration. Add 4pt strokes, colors (1,212,68), and combine them ctrl+g.

Step 2

Select just the combination, effect > Distort deformation > Distortion. Enter the values shown in the following figure.

Step 3

Select this combination again. Object > Extension > Appearance, object > Path > Outer Stroke, then shift+ctrl+g two undo combinations. Using the Selection tool, select the highlighted three shapes, as shown in the figure, and delete them.

Step 4

Select the remaining 13 thick scales, click on the link in the Pathfinder panel, ctrl+8. Rename this layer to "thicklines"

Step 5

Select Thicklines to add a new fill in the Appearance panel. Select new Fill, fill Color (0,255,0)

Effect > Path > Offset path, enter -1px.

Add some paths to tick marks

Step 1

Shadow hidden grid, undo alignment to Grid option. Using the Ellipse tool, draw a 225px-sized circle, centered vertically horizontally. Appearance panel, fill color is none, add 5pt stroke, color (1,212,68). Effect > Path > Offset path, input value -2.5px. Object > Extension > Appearance.

Step 2

Select the stroke you made in the previous step, Object > Path > Add anchor points. Using the direct Selection tool, select the anchor points shown in the following figure and delete them. Objects > Paths > Outline Strokes

Step 3

Select the Thicklines compound path, object > Path > Offset path, and enter a 2px offset. Place this path at the top (shift+ctrl+]). Then select with the path that you created previously, the Pathfinder > minus the front.

Convert the resulting shape to a compound path (ctrl+8) and rename it to "intervals"

Step 4

Select the intervals compound path, the Appearance panel > Add new fills, and set the color (24,22,34). Effect > Path > Offset road strength. Enter -2px.

Add text

Step 1

Type tool, hit "km/h" using "Moolboran" font, size 20pt

Step 2

Add the text as shown in the figure. Size 18pt. Combine all text. Named "Text"

Make the drive gauge dial support point

Step 1

Use the Ellipse tool to create a 30px circle. Add a gradient to him as shown in the following figure. The disposal level is centered.

Step 2

Edit > Preferences > General, set the keyboard increment unit to 1px. Select a 30-pixel ellipse, object > Path > Offset path. Add -1px. Duplicate a copy put in front (ctrl+c>ctrl+f)

Select a new copy, move down 1 pixels, select Copy and original, path finder > Subtract front. Fill the new gradient with the settings shown in the following figure. Blending mode for soft light

Step 3

Select the 30 pixel circle again, and copy two copies (Ctrl+c>ctrl+f>ctrl+f). Select the top level and move down 1 pixels. Select two replicas, Pathfinder > Subtract front, fill result path to white lower opacity 25%, blending mode soft light.

Step 4

Select 30 pixel circle, appearance panel, select Fill Layer, Effect > Styling > Inner Glow, enter the parameters as shown in the following figure. Add the shadow again. The parameters are as follows. Add a shadow again. Then add it for the third time.

Step 5

Select a circle of 30px. Appearance > Add new fills. Add a gradient as shown in the figure. Effect > Path > Offset path. Enter the offset of the -10px. Are you sure. Effects > Styling > Shading, enter the following parameters. And then add the shadow again.

Step 6

Select the 30px circle. The skin adds a 1-pixel stroke. Sets the color black. The outer stroke. Blending mode for soft light, opacity 10%.

Step 7

Select the 30-pixel circle and the path highlighted on the way group (CTRL+G). Change to "support" on the layers panel

Creating pointers

Step 1

Restore display grid, Snap to grid, Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid, enter 1 pixel size per grid.

Use the Rectangle tool to create a 10*105 pixel size shape. The fill color (39,170,225), as shown in the illustration. Use the direct selection tool. Select the left anchor point to move 3 pixels to the right, and the anchor on the right to move to the left 3px.

Use the Ellipse tool to create a 4-pixel circle with a fill (39,170,225). Placed as shown in the following figure. Select all the paths created in this step to click on the Union set on the path finder. renamed to "Needle".

Step 2

Move "needle" under "support" to confirm that the blue layer is selected. Appearance, fill color (249,41,27)

Next, add the new fill color to the path, as shown in the gradient. Effect > Path > Offset path. Enter -3px, confirm.

Step 3

Select the needle path using the Rotation tool. Grasp the point as shown in the figure, and then rotate it as shown in the second picture.

Step 4

Select the "needle" layer and add a four-layer shadow to him as shown in the figure.

Add a subtle shadow

Step 1

Use the Ellipse tool to create a 260-pixel circle, and use the gradient fill shown in the figure to reduce transparency by 35%.

Center vertically horizontally, name the layer "shading"

Re-coloring

Step 1

Select "Thinlines", "thicklines" and "intervals" compound paths, fill (1,212,68) and (144,195,221) and (0,255,0) and (0,255,255)

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