Infographic Series - Spray Can

Summer vacation so I took a week off of posting... and worked on all my cars. And then I thought an icon of a spray can would be just right, so here it is. AS always it is simple to build and looks great when you are done. Enjoy!

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Start with a rectangle. 8 pt stroke around the rectangle.

Select the rectangle and open the Stroke panel and set the Corner to a rounded corner.

Create a line above ad below the rectangle, round the ends.

To round the ends of the line, select the line then using the stroke Panel, add a rounded cap on the ends ( I call this hot-dogging).

Next, draw an oval.

Draw a rectangle over the oval so the top of the rectangle is in the middle of the oval.

Select both shapes, the use the Pathfinder panel and select the Minus Front Shape Mode to remove the lower half of the oval. 

This becomes the cap of the spray can.

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Draw a small rectangle on top of the oval. 

Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the top corners, then round the corners using the corner widgets and pull them in slightly. 

Set the 2 lines, the oval and the spray head to a light gray. Fill and stroke the main part of the spray can any color you choose.

Move the shapes together so they touch. Change the spray head to a darker or lighter color to create contrast.

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Add highlights to the can by drawing a line, stroke of white. Use the Arc tool to draw an arc for the dome of the can.

Cap the ends of the highlights by using the Stroke Panel and cap the elected ends.

Select the spray cap and choose Object>Expand the click OK to expand the fill and stroke. Use the Pathfinder panel to Unite all the new shapes into one shape.

Draw a circle and move it to one side of the spray head.

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Select both the spray head and the circle, then use the Pathfinder Panel to Minus front.

Draw a circle outside the spray head and match the color to the body color of the can.

Using the selection tool, OPTION + CLICK and drag the circle to duplicate it. 

Use COMMAND + D to duplicate it several times. Select all the dots then choose Object>Group.

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Select the group, then select the Rotate tool. OPTION + CLICK on the center of the left most dot. This will open up the rotate dialog box and set the point of rotation. Choose 10° then click COPY.
Repeat the process and rotate the first set -10° and click copy. 

This will give you 3 spray lines equally spaced. 

And here is the final spray can. Enjoy and pass it along.