Hold them, and press Shift, and then drag across, which will duplicate the elements. Using the Selection tool (L), select everything except the perfect circle.

Don’t forget to include a straight line on the right, because we’re going to be reflecting this side later for the rest of the illustration.Īgain using the Pen tool (P), draw the following contour (which will be one of the white dots) on the mushroom head, staying in perspective.Ĭreate the face of the mushroom with the Pen tool (P), again to allow it to be reflected.įinally, using the Ellipse tool (L), draw an ellipse, and adjust it with the Direct Selection tool (A). Using the Pen tool (P), make this mushroom head shape. Using the Ellipse tool (the shortcut is the letter L), draw a circle (hold down Shift to make the circle perfect). Make the rulers visible (Command/Control + R), and then draw one down the y axis. Let’s start on the left side of the canvas. Let’s open Adobe Illustrator and create a canvas that is 25 × 11 cm (9.84 × 4.33 inches), in RGB, and at 300 DPI. And do let us know if you ran into any trouble along the way. When you get to the end of the tutorial, please share your results with us.

We’re going to create a Super Mario-style mushroom in order to better understand how to use this tool using a real life example. It’s one of the hardest tools to master in Illustrator, but if you want to achieve a 3-D look in your illustrations, you have to really understand how to use this tool properly. In this post, we’re going to learn about a bit about Illustrator’s Mesh tool.

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