Hey guys welcome back to another episode
of creatnprocess. Today we're gonna be
working on anotherr graphic design concept.
In today's tutorial, we'll be looking at
how to create a folding ribbon effect
inside illustrator. we'll be using some
new tools that will make our workflow
much faster. it's another great technique
that can be useful for your other
projects. so let's begin with the designing
process. open a new illustrator document.
first we'll create this dual folded
ribbon. so select the rectangle tool and
draw a rectangle. after that, fill it up
with blue color using the color
swatches, and remove the stroke color.
Next scale it down a little bit. And then
go to object > Envelop distort and
click on make with mesh. in this panel
keep the rows and columns two by two and
then click OK. next using the direct selection tool start adjusting the anchor points to
get the S shape. also adjust the handles to give a smooth curves.
After that select the bottom anchor
points and drag it toward the left side.
next adjust the handles to modify the
shape and to maintain the smooth flow. so
here is our first shape. next we're going
to be creating the other two shapes in
the same way. so select the rectangle
tool and create out the rectangle.
then go to object > Envelope distort
and apply Make with mesh. And set two
rows and two columns. now using the
direct selection tool adjust the points as per
the required shape. then adjust the handles in order to maintain the flow of the
previous shape. this way we'll continue
tweaking the anchor points and get our
shape. now repeat the same process with
the top anchor points and set the shape.
next create one more rectangle with a
rectangle tool and repeat the same
process, like we did with both the
previous shapes. after that, arrange the
first shape to the front and then have a
look at the merging points of each shape
and just that. In the next step, select the
line segment tool and create a line. then
apply the stroke color and set the
stroke thickness to around 3 points. And
take a copy aside by pressing the Alt
key and increase the stroke size. next
open the symbol panel and drag the
second line into that panel. then give a
name to that symbol. now repeat the same
process for the other line too. now we
can delete these lines. next create a box
with the rectangle tool. disable the
stroke and fill it out with light gray
color.
after that drag the line symbol from the
symbol panel and set it according to the
size of the rectangle.
then by pressing Alt key, make a copy. And
then, press command/control + D to
create multiple number of copies. next
make a copy of the rectangle by pressing
the Alt key and then drag the thick line
symbol, from the symbol panel. And adjust it according to the size of the
rectangle. now again press the Alt key
and make a copy. after that press
Command/control +D for multiple copies . Then select both the shapes and press Command/control +G
to group them. in the next step, take a
copy of the thick line pattern and place
it on the first shape. after that select
the shape and send it to back. now
select both shapes and go to object > Envelope distort and click on Make with
top object. this will automatically apply
the pattern to our S shape following the
curve flow without adjusting. in the same
way make a copy of the thin line pattern
and place it over the second shape. then
send it to back. after that select both
shapes and go to object > Envelop distort
and click on make with top object. Now
repeat the same process for the third
shape, with the thick pattern and then send
the third shape to back. here we can see
that lines are applied in a zigzag way.
so to fix these lines, pick the direct selection tool and adjusts the flow with the help of
handles. check the curves of the shape,
whether they are maintaining the flow of
the folding effect. after that, keep the
design aside and create a rectangle with
a rectangle tool. then go to object >
envelope distort and click on make with
mesh. Set 2 rows and 2 columns in a panel and click OK.
Now pick the direct selection tool and adjust the top anchor points, with the handles,
to give a smooth curvy shape.
then take a copy and click on mirror
tool and click ok. next rotate a copy to
merge it with the curve shape and set
the angle of rotation. after that take
the thick line pattern and place it on
the front shape. now select both the
shapes and go to object > Envelop distort
and click on make with top object.
here sometime we could get zigzag
shape with the lines. so to fix that adjust
the handles using the direct selection
tool. then adjust the flow of the second
shape according to the front one. next
take the thin line pattern and repeat
the same process to fix the lines in
that shape. after that place both the
shapes on the artboard. now we will add
shadows through the shape. so to add that,
create a duplicate of the a shape on top
and go to object > click on release in the
envelope distort. then we can see the
separated shape and the pattern. so
delete the pattern and select the shape.
we cannot apply gradient to the mesh
shape. so go to object > path and click on
offset path. In that panel keep the
offset values 0 and click OK. this will
create our outline shape. now delete the
mesh shape and select the shape with the outline. Apply gradient color to that
shape. then adjust the sliders and change
the blending mode to multiply.
now set the angular rotation of the
gradient according to the shape and adjust
the sliders. next decrease the opacity
to change it into lighter color. after
that, repeat the same process for the
third shape. And pick the same gradient
color from the previous shape using the
eyedropper tool. then delete the left
slider and adjust gradient from darker to
lighter color.
next increase the opacity now, to give a
feel of depth in the shadow. now repeat
the same process for the middle shape.
And pick the same gradient color too,
using the eyedropper tool. then edit the
angle where we need shadows on the shape.
after that go on with the same process
for the second shape. And adjust the gradient
angle up to the shadow area, on the shape. next open Photoshop and create a new
document, then drag the shapes from
illustrator to Photoshop. now scale both
the shapes according to our requirement
and then double-click on the bottom
layer and set a color overlay under the
layer style panel. here give light cream
color. Next select both of vector shapes and
create a copy. then rename the layers as
shadow1 and shadow. after that double
click on the shadow layer. this will open
the layer style panel. here apply color
overlay, choose voilet color for the
shadow part. now to apply the same effect
to the second shadow layer.  press the Alt
key and drag the effect to the shadow
one layer. this will give the same color
tone. next select the layers one by one and
right click, then click on rasterize
layer. And then rasterize layer style.
this will convert Both the layer to
rasterize image. now select the shadow1
layer and press on command/ctrl + T. and
then right click and select wrap option.
now drag the shape to add a drop shadow.
now repeat the same process for the
second shadow layer. Using the wrap
option we can modify any shape after
that go to filter > blur > and select
Gaussian blur. Set the blur value around 19
and click OK. next change the blending mode to multiply. And then go to image >
adjustment and select curves. here adjust
the curve to give darker tone and
decrease the opacity level. now press the
shortcut key E for eraser and erase out the
unwanted shadow region. next repeat the
same shadow blur process for the other
shape, with the suitable values and the
opacity levels.
then apply some Hue and saturation, to
bring some color variation in the
shadows. after that select the elliptical
marquee tool and create a circle with a
light brownish fill color. then take a
copy of this circle and decrease the
size. now select the first circle and go
to layer style panel, in that apply drop shadow
and edit the angle, distance ,size and
opacity. after that select the bigger
circle and go to filter, and add some
little noise on that. next adjust some
brightness and contrast adjustment layer.
then in Hue & saturation adjustment
layer, switch on colorize and then edges
some colors. next decrease the opacity of
the color. in the next step take a new
layer and rename it highlight. after that
change the blending mode to linear
dodge, then choose a light cream color
using the color picker panel. now to
apply the highlights only to your design,
we will make a selection of the region. so
click on the thumbnail of the smart
object layer by pressing the control key,
and then start applying the brush
strokes where you want to add highlights.
after that make a selection of the other
ribbon area by clicking on the thumbnail
and apply the highlights. now clip the
hue and saturation adjustment layer to a
smart object with the alt pressed. then
make a copy of it for the down layer by
pressing the Alt key. then with the alt
pressed, clip the layer to the second
ribbon shape. after that drag  the shadow on
the layer, below the second vector shape. then select the three layers and scale up
their size. move the small circle a little
bit aside, then after adjusting
everything. Now press T for the type tool
and type out some text, like fold. And now
scale up the size and apply a suitable
color.
next set the font style for the text and
edge the placement. Here in case if you
want to change the color of the ribbon,
then double click on the smart object
and it will open in illustrator. and then
select the shape and go to object>
envelope distort and click on release.
then select the line pattern and ungroup
it. now select the box shape and apply
some orange color.
here you can choose any color then
select both shapes and go to object > Envelope
distort and click on make with top
object so that we can get our color on
the shape including the patterns. now go
to file and save the work. And hence
it will be updated automatically in the
Photoshop file. now select the first
vector shape and repeat the same process,
change its color
and save it. And it's updated in
Photoshop. finally we have complete
creating a Folding ribbon effect inside
illustrator. we have used some new
techniques and tools that have reduced
our work time. I hope you enjoy tutorial.
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