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INFOGRAPHIC SERIES - TAPE OR PAPER ROLLS

2/21/2016

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A quick tutorial on making wrapped paper or tape effect look like it hangs or wraps around items. Better yet we can also make it look like a roll of ribbon or paper that is continuous. Have fun creating!
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Start with a rounded rectangle. While drawing you can adjust the corners using the UP or DOWN arrows.
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Use the Direct Selection Tool to delete the rest of the rectangle with the exception of the 3 points you see here. You'll need these!
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Duplicate the shape, hold shift and OPTION + DRAG  the shape to keep it in-line.
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Select both shapes, and do a COMMAND + J twice. This joins the two open ends, then joins the other 2 open ends creating a closed shape.

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Fill the new object and turn off the stroke.
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Duplicate the shape you just filled.
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Select the 2nd shape and use the Reflect Tool to flip it vertically on its axis.
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Move the shape so that they over lap at the tips.

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Take one shape and fill it with a darker or lighter color, you choose. Overlap them so they look like a curved unit.
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Next draw a circle and fill it. No stroke on this one.
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Choose Effect> 3D>Extrude...

Click the preview button in the 3D panel to see what is going on. Extrude it 450 pts. Rotate the "rod" so that it is parallel to the page.
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This is what it looks like. 
If you need to edit the angle, choose Window>Appearance and call up the Appearance Panel. Click on the 3D extrude... link and edit the shape
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Move the "curves" onto the bar. Send one of the curves to the back to make it look like the bar is int he middle.
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Duplicate the set to get a hanging effect.
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Here is another way to make a continuous ribbon. Use one of the curves from the first set and then shear it with the Shear Tool to get it skewed.
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Duplicate that shape and use the Reflect Tool to reflect the new shape over the vertical axis.

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Make the new shape darker or lighter, you choose.
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Take that new shape, duplicate it and rotate it 180°. Line it up at the end of the current shape.
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Take the very first shape, duplicate it and rotate it 180° and move it to the end of the ribbon.
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And here is your continuous tape or ribbon!

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