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How to Create a Yellow Submarine Icon with Gradient Meshes – Vector Premium Tutorial

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We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to use gradient mesh, pattern brushes and other advanced Illustrator tools to create a shiny submarine, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more about this tutorial at the jump!

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While spaceships, rockets and UFOs are all the rage in the icon world these days, submarines have been inexcusably neglected. Let’s correct this situation immediately by drawing a fun submarine using gradient meshes, pattern brushes, opacity masks and blending modes.

Tutorial Details

  • Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Estimated Completion Time: 2 hours
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  • Jonathan

    Your use of shading and lighting is brilliant. Nice job.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/24471966@N04/sets/72157604071054800/ Brent Nelson

    Excellent! Simply Excellent.

  • Theo Hodkin

    Very nice – great sense of 3D here, and the overall effect is very impressive

  • Theo Hodkin

    Very nice – great sense of 3D here, and the overall effect is very impressive

  • http://www.dsaportfolio.com.br Diego SA

    BEATLES!!!!

    Dude, excellent yellow submarine! Loved it so much!

    Too bad it’s plus…

  • Niek

    haha nice one!

  • http://www.behance.net/devdsine devDsine

    I don’t have a plus membership
    :(

  • Skunkie

    This one is awesome! Great job!

  • http://yeahidothis.com musam

    Yellow submarine! yeah! nice!

  • http://www.code-pal.com Sumeet Chawla

    Awesome Looking stuff.. Great Job man! Looking forward to more tutorials from you ;)

  • http://www.milkbottledesigns.co.uk Ben

    Thinking about becoming a memeber with quality tutorials like this

  • http://www.joaquinrevuelta.com Parkaboy

    The 3D looking you achieved is really awesome. Congrats and thanks for sharing!

  • http://www.PhilippineGlobalOutsourcing.com PhilippineOutsourcing

    impressive work.. thanks for sharing.. love it!

  • Jason Stevenson

    I dont know what all the rage is about. this submarine looks extremely amature. the shading is way off and the shape looks… well dumb. i wasnt a fan of the propeller. whatevz.

    • http://www.cutelittlefactory.com Andrea Austoni
      Author

      Jason,
      thanks for your “constructive” critique. I can see from your extended portfolio that you know what you’re talking about!
      I apologize for making such dumb submarines but I can’t help it.

  • kumaran

    This is very nice work well done!

  • asim

    Very Excellent wrok