Gradient Mesh Tutorial

Quick gradient mesh tutorial video.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• illustrator
• cs5
• gradient
• mesh
• tutorial
• vector

[TheSchrani]

how do you get the box transparent? if i convert my box to gradient mesh it fills it automatically to white?

[Omicron91]

@TheSchrani You can't make the box transparent, you have to fill it with the background colour(s)

[maddthelinband]

i cant make my box transparent.

[iningg]

@TheSchrani You change the opacity to 0% on the top left.

[uhltron]

is the box method easier than drawing all the individual lights and shadows. It does'nt look exact (the mesh),but it's an acceptable illusion. i mix both gradients and drawn shadows and light.

[iLoveGRaFiX]

im havin trouble as soon as i try and grab my points it wont let me it just grabs the entire box

[zbaluba]

@TheSchrani Ctrl Click on the layer's eye, or press Ctrl Y on the keyboard. That will give you an outline view and you can see the layers below.

[rectify2003]

Cool Video, I like the way you make it sound simplistic.. Thanks

[CameronSpence82]

You are god send!!! I have an assignment due tomorrow and I totally under estimated how long this was going to take.

Ps another handy trick for the "floating" highlights and lowlights like reflections etc. Is to create a separate mesh over the top and blend it by reducing the opacity of the points on the edge of the overlying mesh to between 0-10%.