How to Create a Stylized First Aid Icon – Screencast
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How to Create a Stylized First Aid Icon – Screencast

on Apr 20th 2010 with 16 comments

Create a stylized First Aid icon from a simple rectangle, is it possible? Ryan Quintal and Vectortuts+ brings you this screencast of the popular written tutorial.

" In this tutorial we’ll use a combination of craft and Illustrator’s 3D tools to create a first aid icon. You can use the techniques you learn in this tutorial to create realistic rounded box icons of your choice. This works well for complex icons at large sizes and scales down nicely. " – Simona Pfreundner

Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial Create a Stylized First Aid Icon in Illustrator and the video version is below.

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Edgy. Daring. Sometimes a little kooky. Graphic designers of all backgrounds turn to Ryan's QuintalDesigns.com for industry articles, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials, and a host of other fun information. A blend of strong experience, innovative design, and geeky background. Ryan's current gig is as a Designer in Massachusetts, while at the same time, attending college, where he is honing his skills for his design career.  

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  • http://twitter.com/michalkozak Michal Kozak

    Great video tut, Ryan. Liked it very much :). I enjoy your way of “talking through” the whole video.

  • http://newarts.at Drazen Mokic

    The best video tut on vector tuts for me. You have a very clean and nice voice, wanna see more of these!

  • http://www.evilonegraphics.com Trizicklo

    Great job, Ryan! I really like your first-aid kit a lot. Another option instead of masking the object is clipping it all the way to the edges just in case you need to show it or use it as an element of design at a larger scale where details would be very visible. ;)

    • http://www.quintaldesigns.com Ryan Quintal
      Author

      Thanks a lot everyone for the kind words, and Trizicklo’s totally right! Cool suggestion man, I’ll give it a shot!

  • mebbs

    I agree with both Michal and Drazen, a very clean and concise tutorial, fantastic, keep it up!

  • Thunderbox

    Great video, thanks! Good voice and flow..
    When I re-size my 3D objects the the 3D sizes/settings do not scale and I get an ugly shape. Any tips?

    • http://www.quintaldesigns.com Ryan Quintal
      Author

      Hey, Try to make your object bigger or smaller, the size i use in the video is about 250px wide

    • Ariel Venner

      In Illustrator’s preferences (cntrl + k, or cmd + k) go to > Strokes and Effects and check the “scale strokes and effects box”.

  • Alex

    Dude, this is one awesome video. You’re good at it. We want moar ^-)

  • http://designnocturne.com Matt

    Good stuff. It was really easy to follow, and turned out great! :-)

  • http://www.devignelements.com Dawn Yz

    That’s a real fun one! Nice job, one of the best Illustrator icon tutorials I have seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.pictureperfectmedia.co.ukv PP media

    There is no lighting for my 3d object I have cs5

    • Nellee

      open more options function

    • Nellee

      Tnx a lot. Perfect explanation ever! Discovered good new feature!

  • http://mbtdesigns.com matt

    Awesome tut. Clearly you know what your doing and it shows… I learn a lot. Thanks!

  • http://ducsu.com Duc Sue

    Thank you for screencast. Here is my stab at it. Learned quite a few method along the way.
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/duceduc/themes/first_aide_box.jpg