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Glossy Hard candy

9/22/2019

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Here is a fancy and easy way to create a cool look of a glossy hard candy. Take simple stripes, make them into a Symbol and map the to a 3D object. Enjoy!
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Create a line, hot dog the ends of the lines in the Stroke panel. 
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Using the Width Shape tool, pull on end wider to create a taper.
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Duplicate the line.
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Flip the line and line up the ends. 

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Duplicate the lines to keep the spacing the same between them. 
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Create several sets of the lines. 

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Open the Symbols panel from the Window Menu. Drag the lines into the Symbols panel. Name the Symbol and set the Expert Type to be Graphic. 
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The new symbol will appear in the Symbols panel. 

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Create the candy by starting with a circle, filled with white. 
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Choose Effect>3D>Revolve. Click the Preview button to see the effect. 

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This will give a donut effect. 
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Click the Map Art button at the bottom of the 3D effect panel. Choose the Symbol from the Map Art dropdown window. 

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The artwork will show in the window. Click the Scale to Fit button to scale the Symbol to the 3D Artwork. Click OK. 
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Back in the 3D window, rotate the 3D cube so the blue face is not facing front. 

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This is the effect of the tapered line Symbol on a 3D object. 
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To edit the Symbol that is mapped to the 3D shape, open the Appearance panel and click on the 3D Revolve Link to open the 3D effect panel.

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To create different colored stripes, drag the green lines from the Symbols panel onto the artboard. There is be a + sign in the middle of the graphic indicating it is a Symbol.
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Right-click on the symbol and choose Break Link to Symbol. This allows you to edit the shapes.

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Change the colors or features of the lines.
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Drag the newly edited lines back into the Symbols panel and name the new Symbol.

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Apply the Symbol in the 3D Revolve > MapArt panel.
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To change the color of the candy, select the shape and choose a fill color to change the color of the candy. The color of the stripes can only be changed by editing the symbol in the Symbols panel. 
2 Comments
Eric Wiley
3/13/2022 06:58:53 pm

Always an amazing Illustrator, to the point,
Hot Dog. Thanks.

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