This tutorial will show you how to create a furry Christmas hat with Illustrator roughen effect.
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Required: Illustrator 9+
1. Hat
Start your hat by drawing 2 basic paths and filling them with
Linear gradient (red to darker-red).
2. Shadow
Make a path (shadow path) like the image on the left. Select the top part of the hat,
Copy &
Paste in Front (
Ctrl+F). Now, select the copied path and the shadow path, hold down
Alt key and select
Intersect shape areas in
Pathfinder pallate.
Your path should looks like the image on the left. Repeat this step
to make another shadow path for the bottom part of the hat. Then fill
these 2 shadow paths with
Linear gradient (red to darker-red), in your
Transparency pallate, select
Multiply.
3. Fur
With your
Pen Tool, roughly draw a path like the image on the left and fill it with grey color. Go to
Effect > Distort & Transform > Roughen
Roughen Options
In your
Roughen window, enter the following setting:
Size=8%,
Detail=95/in, select
Corner points. You may click on the
Preview check box to preview your result.
Make a copy of the grey path by holding down
Alt + drag (you may use
Copy & Paste
if you like) and fill it with white. Scale it down a bit and bring it
up slightly above the grey path. Select the top part of the hat and
its shadow, bring them to front by
Object > Arrange > Bring to Front (
Ctrl+Shift+]).
Use the
Ellipse Tool to make the circle and repeat the previous step to make the furry ball.
Final
Your final illustration should looks like the image shown below.
Have Fun
Now, have fun with your Christmas hat!
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