Fill it with black, lower its opacity to 70% and go to Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Pick the Ellipse Tool(L), create a 160 by 30px shape and place it as shown in the first image. Now take another look at your masked shape and the pixelated edges should be gone. Remove the color from the stroke then select the white shape along with the shape created in the previous step, open the fly-out menu of the Transparency panel and click on Make Opacity Mask. This will add the default properties (white fill and black stroke) for your shape. Select this copy and hit the D key on your keyboard. Next, select the shape created in the previous step and make a copy in front (Control + C > Control + F). Take a closer look at the shape edited in the previous step and you’ll notice that the edges are a bit pixelated. Lower its opacity to 50%, change the blending mode to Color Burn and go to Effect > Artistic > Sponge. Select the shape created in the previous step and fill it with the linear gradient shown below. ![]() Select this new group, go to Object > Expand Appearance and click on the Unite button from the Pathfinder panel. Reselect the group created in the previous step and make a copy in front (Control + C > Control + F). Again, enter the data shown below and click OK. Enter the data shown below, click OK and go to Effect > Warp > Arc Upper. Select this new group and go to Effect > Warp > Arc Lower. Select all the shapes created so far and group them (Control + G). Open this new group, select the sharp shape and fill it with R=88 G=89 B=91. Make a copy of this group (Control + C > Control + F) and drag it down as shown in the second image. Select all the shapes created in the last three steps and group them (Control + G). This should add a bit of sharpness to your shape. Focus on this squeezed circle, pick the Convert Anchor Point Tool (Shift + C) and click on the left and right anchor points. Pick the Ellipse Tool(L), create a 47 by 2px shape, fill it with R=209 G=211 B=212 and place it as shown in the following image. Fill the resulting shape with the linear gradient shown in the final image. Select this circle along with the copy of the rounded rectangle and click on the Intersect button from the Pathfinder panel. Pick the Ellipse Tool(L), create a 165 by 30px shape and place it as shown in the second image. Reselect the rounded rectangle created in the previous step and make a copy in front (Control + C > Control + F). Fill the resulting shape with R=35 G=31 B=32. ![]() Reselect both copies and click on the Minus Front button from the Pathfinder panel. Select the resulting shape and make two copies in front (Control + C > Control + F > Control + F). Enter a 3px radius, click OK and go to Object > Expand Appearance. Fill it with R=45 G=45 B=46, place it as shown in the first image and go to Effect > Stylize > Rounded Corners. Pick the Rectangle Tool and create a new 136 by 5px shape. Reselect the group edited in the previous step, duplicate it (Control + C > Control + F) then place these two groups as shown in the following image. So once again, go to Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid and enter 1 in the Gridline every box. ![]() Move to the bottom shape, select it and fill it with the linear gradient shown in the second image.įor the following step you will need a grid every 1px. Open the group created in the previous step, select the top shape and fill it with the linear gradient shown in the first image. Move to the Layers panel and you will find a new group with two simple shapes. Select this horizontal path along with the rounded rectangle created in the previous step and click on the Divide button from the Pathfinder panel. Once again, the Snap to Grid should ease your work. Make sure that it cuts the rounded rectangle created in the previous step in half. Grab the Pen Tool(P), draw a simple horizontal path and place it as shown in the following image. Then go to Effect > Stylize > Rounded Corners. Pick the Rectangle Tool(M), create a 136 by 5px shape, and fill it with a random color. So, go to Edit > Preferences > Guides & Grid and enter 0.5 in the Gridline every box. ![]() For the following step you will need a grid every 0.5px. Re-enable the Snap to Grid (View > Snap to Grid). And on we roll with the rest of the tut! Step 19
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