INFOGRAPHIC SERIES - Fire Hydrant

Create a fun fire hydrant icon with a dramatic shadow. 

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Start the body with a red rectangle. 

Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the top corners, and pull the corner widgets in toward the center. 

Create a rectangle at the base. Fill with a darker red. 

Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the corners, and pull the corner widgets in toward the center. 

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Duplicate the base rectangle at the base of the arc. 

Add darker rectangle, one on each side. 

Create a circle in the middle of the base. Add a darker circle inside this circle. 

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Draw a rectangle. Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the corners, and pull the corner widgets in toward the center to round the ends. 

Copy the shape. Click on the Draw Inside Mode at the bottom of the Tool Bar. Paste the shape, change the color and move it to the right. Click on the Draw Normal mode when complete.

Duplicate these shapes across the face for ridges. Add a hex shape using the Polygon Tool. Fill it with gray. 

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Add a gray rectangle to the side rectangles.

Duplicate the shape, make it half as tall, fill it with a darker gray and place it over the light gray rectangle. Group the two gray rectangle together. 

Duplicate the gray rectangle and put on on top, and one on the other side of the hydrant.

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Select the entire hydrant and duplicate it. Use the Pathfinder Unite Mode to create a solid shape. Fill it with gray. 

Draw a rectangle over half of the shape. Select both shapes and use the Pathfinder Minus Front Mode. 

This will leave you with half the hydrant. 

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In the Control Bar, click on the Opacity Link, open the Opacity window and set the Mode from Normal to Multiply, and the opacity at 50%. 

Place it over the left side of the hydrant and you are done! Fire hydrant with a darker shadow on the side.