today I have a step-by-step illustrator tutorial where we're going to design a
hyper-realistic vector speaker now it looks super clean and it's actually
probably easier than you think to make however it might not be perfect for
absolutely beginners to add a beulah straighter but do follow along and learn
some new techniques and processes for hyper-realistic speaker now for today's
vectors speaker design we're going to be working at the ability' and i recommend
using an RGB document as many of the blur and the gradient effects are going
to render a lot better on such a document I'm personally going to use a
are border of 2000 by 2000 pixels and like I said before I'd use igb and also
72 PPI for web based graphics now we're going to be making the vector speaker
using a whole lot of circles but we actually only need to make one circle
with the ellipse tool and that is a very first circle so press L for the ellipse
tool and then click and drag whilst holding down shift to generate your
circle is it just me or do most of my tutorials start with making a circle but
yeah anyway we're then going to need to add a gradient fill here and the
gradient for this first circle is pretty important
I must have only going to use grayscale for this and that's all done in the
grading window and you can simply click along the slider to add a new color this
circle might look a little bit weird or odd at the moment but do follow along
because as we build up the design the speaker is going to take more shape and
a more clean appearance so lastly for the outer base of the speaker copy it
with command or ctrl C and then paste a duplication right over the top with
command or ctrl F now to make things a lot easier for you
in your workflow I devised using the layers panel throughout the entire
design process so if you duplicated the first circle properly there should be
two circles now in the layers panel and I'm going to go ahead and give them
relevant names so things are organized throughout now if made the new circles
slightly smaller than the original one by holding down shift and the alts or
the option key at the same time and then clicking in word but on the original
circle which should be the bigger one behind the new one open the gradient
window and then remove most of the colors by clicking and dragging them
away leaving only two colors to make up your gradient click the smaller circle
and then copy with command ctrl C and then paste another duplication with
command ctrl F now like before resize this one down by holding shift and the
alt/option key at the same time press I for the eyedropper tool and carefully
sample the gradient from the largest circle that is behind all layers
in the gradient window we will change the gradient style of this circle to
radio instead of linear and then adjust accordingly now the outside base of the
speaker is pretty much done for now and rename the layers as you go in the
layers window and we're now going to make an effect that will create the
super neat and realistic appearance on the design so copy and duplicate the new
circle like we've done before in the tutorial and then add a color fill in
the palettes on the bottom left of your screen
have flicked the fill over to a stroke I
can actually lock the other three layers in the layers panel by clicking the
padlock icon and this is going to help so I don't select this layers throughout
the process on the new circle we've just made press C for their scissors tool and
then click on the left anchor point and then on the right one two afterwards
press V for this election tool and then click the bottom section of your circle
to now cut it in half and remove the bottom parts change the stroke color
over to a white and then apply the same stroke style as I'm going to use under
the top drop down menu this will give the line more thickness in the middle
which is what we want for the effect now increase the stroke weight of the line
to something similar to mine
you can also press shift and W on your keyboard to use the width tool and this
is going to allow you to click and drag to increase or decrease the thickness of
your line now when you have your line ready to go you can then apply a
Gaussian blur effect under the effects menu make sure you check the preview box
so you can see the changes in real time and you didn't want to add too much of a
blur to this part of the design just the right amounts now it's just a matter of
copying this line the command or ctrl C and then paste in a duplicate rotate the
duplication by 180 degrees and then position it below the idea is to
position these lines perfectly so it creates a kind of 3d effect illusion
making use of highlights around the rim of the speaker itself I personally
played around the positioning for quite a while and effects have adjusted it
many times before completed the design
so that's looking pretty neat and of course you can make sure to unlock the
layers again in the layers window and you do that by unchecking the padlock
icon now we're going to move on to the inner sections of the speaker so select
the innermost circle and then copy it and duplicate it as we've done before
so what we've done before how downshift and the adoption key at
the same time and then resized this new circle down a little bit from the
original and we're going to keep the gradient style the same which is a
radial gradient but only this circle is going to have more use of dark Gray's
almost black and appearance so in this new circle I'm going to add an effect
that will help the overall design look more realistic at the very end and to do
that you can open up the appearance panel and then click the effects button
here I'm going to add an outer glow effect but which uses black as the color
for the glow I want this effect to be quite subtle and not overpowering so I'm
not going to add a huge amount of outer glow so when you've done that copy and
duplicate the most recent circle and then again resize it down a tiny bit
however make sure to open up the appearance panel and they remove the
appearance so that the outer glow effect is not active on the new circle this
circle is going to be another blur effect acting as a highlights so shift
the fill over to a stroke and then use quite a thick line for this one as we
previously did use the scissors tool to cut a circle in half remove the bottom
half and then change the stroke style so the line is thicker in the middle
I am going to add a different effect on this line and that is to click the
gradient button on the stroke in the bottom left of the screen and then
change the stroke so that both sides of the gradient are white in color using a
minus 90 degree orientation for the gradients I can then go ahead and bring
the opacity of one side of the gradient to zero this is gonna help blend in the
line into your design at each end of the stroke path so again naming your layers
throughout the entire process or something I suggest you do and it can be
annoying but it's also really helpful
okay so for this line add a Gaussian blur as you previously did making sure
you can add too much of a blur repeat the process of copying this line
rotating 180 degrees and then positioning it below so as you can see
the speaker is taking some nice shape but copy the most recent circle and then
duplicate it with command or ctrl F precise it down again and then come into
the gradient window
change the gradient from a radio over to a linear has ruined the circle to go
from a light to careí at the bottom to a darker grittier a top but don't make the
dark grade too dark has that's gonna blend it into the background and we
didn't want that to happen now you can spend some time repositioning your blend
highlights and changing air pay city as they are crucial to making the final
design look hyper realistic and clean I personally spent quite a while doing
this off of camera so okay we're going to now add some color to the better
speaker so copy and duplicate the smallest circle and if it has a blur
around the edge clear the appearance in the appearance panel
now this next step is a bit tricky but it's essential to get a nice color
gradient on your speaker so follow along step by step make sure the circle is
only a stroke in the color palettes and that the stroke is a gradient now open
the gradient window and use a radial gradient seen here but also use the
apply a gradient along the stroke setting here too now we're going to make
a custom gradient and it's absolutely essential that both ends of the gradient
have the exact same color now I'm going to make a dark almost gold or brown
color at both ends but the important step here is to come into the RGB
settings and copy the hex color code with command or ctrl C now the colors in
between the two ends of the slider can be lighter in color but make sure to
paste in the color code on the other side of the gradients with command or
control V
now because we use the apply a greeting along the stroke setting watch what
happens when I jack up the stroke weight of the circle now as you can see we have
a very neat and realistic metallic appearance and that is achieved by
having each side of the gradient nigger's acts in color now resize it
down and we're ready for the final steps in today's tutorial now copy the color
circle and paste in the duplicates and then scale it down ever so slightly
smaller and then rotate it around the little bits this will give a nice edge
to this part of the vector speaker design now if you have any rendering
issues on your screen don't worry that's most likely just on the screen
but when you export the design to say a JPEG you're not going to be able to see
that as long as you have both ends of the gradient the same hex color code you
can always expand the appearance of these color shapes so that they remain
the same size at any scale so as you can see guys the vector speak is looking
super clean and also needs but let's finish it off locate the layer that is
the thick black border and then copy it and duplicate it then bring the
duplication to the front of all layers and by holding down both the alt/option
key and shift resize it down something like mine you should have the outer glow
effect on this duplication and that's good because we want to add that here
too now duplicate this layer by copying it and pasting over the top
but you're going to want to remove the appearance of this layer as it also has
the outer glow effect on it now turn the circle over to a white stroke only and
I'm gonna skip forward to save us some time today but you just need to repeat
the process of cutting the circle in half adding a Gaussian blur look we've
actually done twice in today's tutorial if you've been following along you
should know how to do that by now also I've added a circle here with a linear
gradient light great at the top and that gray at the bottom and again you should
know how to do that by now finally I'm gonna copy this circle and remove any
appearance on it in the appearance panel
precise the new circle down and then make sure it has a dark appearance it
needs to be a tiny bit smaller than the original one and then copy this circle
again but distort its shape to an oval because this is going to be the final
touch of a blur highlights this gradient goes from light at the top to dark at
the bottom so that it blends in nicely
and then go ahead and add a Gaussian blur to the oval which is going to
represent the highlight in the middle of the speaker and actually I've decided to
remove the inner gray circle in the middle here because I feel it looks
better without it but yeah there you go guys one hyper-realistic vector speaker
design in the debut illustrator I know this tutorial has been somewhat more
advanced for some of you out there but if you do follow along step-by-step and
pause it and then go back when you need to you can probably end up with a decent
looking design whatever your skill level in Illustrator if you want more content
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