Web Designer Pro Bundle - $500 of Site Templates, Stock Photos, Code, Graphics and more for only $20
Quick Tip: Create a Wedding Ring and Wristband Using Illustrator’s 3D Effects
videos

Quick Tip: Create a Wedding Ring and Wristband Using Illustrator’s 3D Effects

Cheryl Graham on Feb 23rd 2011 with 10 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program: Illustrator CS4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Length: 2:59 min

Easily turn a circle into a gold wedding band, or if that’s not your style, make a rubber wristband instead. It’s fast and easy with Illustrator’s 3D Extrude & Bevel effect. This is a great tutorial for beginners, let’s get started!

Once you’ve completed this tutorial, you can try making a more advanced wedding band with the intermediate level tutorial "Design Wedding Rings Using Adobe Illustrator"

 
Enjoyed this Post?

Subscribe to our RSS Feed, Follow us on Twitter or simply recommend us to friends and colleagues!

By Cheryl Graham

Rollover to read this author's bio or click through to see a full list of posts by this author.

Cheryl Graham trained as a traditional artist in drawing and painting. These days she spends more time in front of the computer than the easel. Her Illustrator work has been featured in the "The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book" and "Real World Illustrator CS5." She wrote the now-defunct Illustrator blog at freetransform.net.  

Plus Premium
 
 
Add Comment

Discussion 10 Comments

  1. ychty says:
    February 23, 2011 at 11:38 am

    Very useful as always! Thanks for this tip!

    Reply
  2. Sleeman says:
    February 23, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    Thanks Cheryl , all of your videos very helpful indeed.

    Reply
  3. Melody says:
    February 23, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    This would be a great for mock-up purposes for someone who wants to create their own rubber wristbands. Nice!

    Reply
  4. jajael says:
    March 1, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    How do you write on that surface?

    Reply
  5. Sajid says:
    March 11, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    I am your secret admirer, 1st of all You’re a very good artist and I really like Your tutorials, but all these things put aside, the reason I am writing a comment here is because I really like Your voice believe it or not my ears never get tired of it:)

    Reply
  6. Lydia says:
    March 30, 2011 at 7:24 am

    Great tutorial but how do you add the text to the band???

    Reply
  7. Big G says:
    April 11, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    Great tutorial. You would think the 3d tool would be on of the harder tools given the extra dimension but it’s usually dead simple. Great tutorial. This is extremely useful!!!

    Reply
  8. Angel says:
    October 16, 2011 at 7:33 pm

    Yeah … there are a few other people that already asked how you did the text, on the bracelet to make it ‘POP’ and look 3-D. Was really looking forward how to make a quick mock-up of bracelet ideas in different colors and wordings but … you didn’t explain that step at all. Did you just type what you wanted and changed the angle, or did you add accents to certain areas to make the lettering look 3-D?

    Reply
  9. Andy says:
    February 19, 2012 at 4:02 am

    Help..same problem..how to write on the wristband??..plz help :( :(

    Reply

Add a Comment