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INFOGRAPHIC SERIES - Create a Folding Box/Package

1/9/2017

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Creating a box in Illustrator can be a bit daunting. Thinking and creating in 3D can bend your mind a bit. Here is a simple, easy-to-understand way of creating a 3D box – complete with folding flaps in any form you can imagine. Here goes!
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Create a rectangle or square. Add a fill and stroke. 
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Use the Direct Selection Tool to select one side of the shape.
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Use the Down Arrow to move the side of the box and shift it down to create a parallelogram.
​Create a duplicate of the shape. 

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Select the duplicate shape and RIGHT+CLICK on it, then choose Transform>Reflect. Reflect the shape vertically to create a mirror image of it. 
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With the duplicate shape selected, you can pull the shape to any angle or length. 
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Bring the two shapes together so they meet exactly at the edges. This leaves an odd tanget at the corners where the stroke edges overlap.

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To solve this overlap issue, opent the Stroke Panel and do either: Select a rounded corner on the stroke outline OR set the stroke alignment to Inside.
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Either of those options will solve the overlap issue. 
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Duplicate the right side of the box, choose Object> Arrange> Send To Back. Align the back panel to the edges. 

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Repeat the duplicate steps with the front panel and move it to the back side, then send that shape to the back. 
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To create flaps, duplicate the side panel, move it up to meet the edge of the side. 
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Use the Direct Selection Tool to move just the top edge of the flap outward. 

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Repeat the duplcate panel process around each side of the box. 
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The flaps can be set in any direction to make it appear partailly open or wide open. 
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Set the interior color of the flaps to be lighter to make it appear like the light is reflecting off them. 

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Flaps can be wide open.
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Or close all the flaps to make it look unopened. 
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To create labels on the box, duplicate the sides of the box, hold SHIFT and scale the duplicate panels, then add a different fill/stroke to the shape and this create a perfect label on the panels.
1 Comment
julius caesar and cleopatra link
1/15/2017 06:14:45 pm

Boxes are essential to all of us because they can contain anything and may protect these materials inside. A reading that will open up your mind to the things that we are not aware of. I am glad that I have seen this and it will be shared to my friends as well. Thank you for this reading.

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