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INFOGRAPHIC SERIES - Submarine under the Sea

4/1/2019

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Create a fun submarine under the water. add some waves and some water highlights to complete the undersea adventure. 
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Start the body of the sub with two circles, overlapping half way. 
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Use the Pathfinder Intersect Mode to make the eye shape. 
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Create a rectangle the same height as the eye shape. 

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Select both shapes and use the Pathfinder Unite Mode to create on shape. 
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Draw a rectangle over the end of the body. 
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Select both shapes and use the Pathfinder Minus Front Mode to remove the end. 

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Draw a square. Add a darker stroke.
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Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the two right edges and pull the Corner Widgets in. OPTION/ALT + CLICK on the Corner Widgets to cycle through the corner styles until you get to the flat corners. 
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Place the fins behind the body of the sub. Choose Object>Arrange>Send To Back. Add the same stroke to the body that was added to the fins. 

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Draw a rectangle on the end and use the Corner Widgets the on the outside end. 
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Draw a black line coming out of the body. Add caps to the line ends (hot dog the ends).
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To create the propeller, create two over lapping circles. 

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Use the Pathfinder Intersect Mode to make the propeller. 
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Use Corner Widgets to pull in the ends slightly. 
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Place the propeller blades on a a rectangle on the end of the black line. 

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Add circles for windows. Add a white stroke and a blue fill. 
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In the Appearance Panel, add an additional stroke by clicking on the stroke button at the bottom left of the Appearance Panel. Add a red stroke with a smaller stroke weight to the same circles. 
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For the top, create a square.

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Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the upper left corner. Pull the corner in and use the OPTION/ALT + CLICK on the Corner Widget to cycle through the corners. Add the shape to the top of the sub. 
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Add the shape to the top of the sub. ​
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Draw a line with rounded ends. 
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Use the Width Shape Tool and widen one end of the line. Outline the Stroke. Choose Object>Path>Outline Stroke. 

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Add the same fill and stroke to the fin. 
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Place the fin at the end of the sub before the propeller. 
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Create a rectangle for the periscope. Use the Corner Widgets to round one end. Place the periscope behind the sub. 

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Copy the periscope and create a right angle with the shape. 
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Select both shapes and use the Pathfinder Unite mode to create one shape. 
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Place the second periscope at the top of the sub.

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Create 2 rectangles. Fill one with white, 85% opacity.
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Fill the second rectangle with 10% black and set the Blend Mode to Multiply. 
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Select the top pod, click on the Draw Inside Mode at the bottom of the Tool Bar. Copy and paste the white and gray rectangles into the pod.
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Scale the rectangles to fit them into the pod to create a a highlight and shadow. Click on the Draw Normal Mode when done. 

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Repeat the Draw Inside on the tail fins, paste the highlight and shadow rectangles. 
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To create the shadow on the propellers. Copy the propeller and and fill the copy with 10% black and set the Blend Mode to Multiply. 
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Repeat the draw inside on the propellers and paste the gray prop shadows into the propellers. 

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Repeat the Draw Inside for the body of the sub. 
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Draw a line at the front of the sub. Use the Curvature Tool to curve the line. 
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Add a circle behind the sub, fill it with light blue. 

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Draw a line and add a Zig Zag effect to the line, make the corners smooth. 
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Place the line over the top portion of the circle. Expand the appearance the of the line under Object>Expand Appearance. 
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Select the line and the blue circle and use the Pathfinder Divide Mode. Ungroup the shapes. Delete the upper shape. 

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Create a line. Round the ends. 
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In the Appearance Panel, add an additional stroke by clicking on the stroke button at the bottom left of the Appearance Panel. Add a white stroke with the same stroke weight. 
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Select the White Stroke in the Appearance Panel and add a Transform Effect  (Effect>Distort & Transform> Transform. Move the line with a H & V offset of 6mm. 

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Copy the double lines created in the last few steps to create highlights in the water. 
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Add darker blue lines to the water and you are done!
1 Comment
Bilal
4/8/2019 10:03:16 am

Amazing work Jason. Question, I've created a vector of an iPhone 8 plus. I've rounded the outer rectangle's but when I scale up or down the entire shape of the iPhone, the roundness of the edges changes i.e. the edged bulge out when I expand, and vice versa.

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