Adobe Illustrator Skillshare Bonus Tip - Realistic 3D Inflate in 5 minutes using live text!

We’re excited to share our newest Skillshare class, revealing the Adobe Illustrator tricks of the trade we employ to create unique styles, easily editable, non-destructive elements, and develop a fast and efficient workflow! This video features a free bonus tip on using the new 3D Inflate tool in Illustrator.
For 10 MORE tips available exclusively on Skillshare, check out the class here or join Skillshare with a free trial: skl.sh/3ph1uvn
In this class you’ll get a peek behind the curtain to see how DKNG works inside their actual project files. Whether you work with clients or develop your own work, or like us do a combo of the two, it’s so much faster and easier to work with live, easily editable files since you never know what curveballs a client might throw your way, or what changes you might want to make as you near the end of a project.
We’ll take a step-by-step look at some of the newest features in Adobe Illustrator, and the tools we use most often to create our signature styles.
A basic understanding of Adobe Illustrator is recommended, but not required. Checking out our previous Skillshare Illustrator classes is a good primer before jumping into this latest class.
The skills used in this class can be applied to a wide variety of projects - some techniques are used to achieve specific looks and styles, while others have more to do with workflow and efficiency. Because each lesson deals with a standalone tool/topic, you can easily come back to revisit just specific techniques as you find the need for them in your own workflow.

[@GuardianBarrierServices]

This blew my mind. Thanks for the tip!

[@designgraphique]

Excellent.

[@mingsirakowit3316]

Thank you so much

[@user-qg1vo7fk4p]

love this

[@isabellapichler2398]

Amazing video, thank you!! :)

[@JoshFryer]

I never would have thought to do this in Illustrator! I would have immediately hopped in C4D, unnecessarily! Cool walk through, Dan! Thank you!

[@DKNGstudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vanillarice24]

I been playing with this feature for a bit but this is hands down the best tutorial I've ran into. Thank you!

[@DKNGstudio]

Glad it helped!

[@ecelop]

Hello
please tell me how to save these effects in eps.10 vector file!?

[@pedromunoz3445]

Love it! What are your CPU specs?

[@DKNGstudio]

We work off of an iMac Pro that's fully loaded, so luckily the 3D effects fair well with our processor (2.3 Ghz 18-Core Intel Xeon).

[@marys.5050]

Thanks for the great video. Best I've seen on this feature. Do you have any idea what specs are needed for doing this with ease. I have two designers who both are experiencing long rendering times, one up to 15 minutes. Thanks so much. I'm considering getting one of them a new computer to do this, but want to be 100% sure we get something that will work.

[@DKNGstudio]

Good question! We have iMac Pros that are pretty decked out in terms of ram, and we're not seeing too many lag issues. But it's probably likely you will see some slow rendering if you have an average processor speed. I would recommend working in "Real Time Preview" to make things go faster... and when you want to see things fully rendered switch to "Ray Tracing" sparingly.

[@dipaklingayat8490]

​@@DKNGstudiohere all users are on Intel core2duo ..
Can we render this ???

[@erikaumali]

Hi! How do you save it as png/jpg without compromising the quality?

[@DKNGstudio]

We typically use png-24 setting by using "Save for Web"

[@yellej3314]

how did you get the gold thats in the thumbnail?

[@DKNGstudio]

I changed the text to yellow! I’ll also changed the light source near the bottom to red so that it picked up a little of the reflection of the background.

[@Githma]

Hi Dan, as an Illustrator user I have been a fan of DKNG for a long time. I was just wondering. What kind of mouse are you using im this video. It caught my eye :)

[@DKNGstudio]

Thx! It’s actually not a mouse at all, it’s an Apple Magic Trackpad.

[@Githma]

@@DKNGstudio Ah, now I see it. And that's an arm rest you're using too. I have been thinking about trying a trackpad. You would recommend it for use in Illustrator? And I'm curious about your new Skillshare course and will check it out soon. Your artworks always amaze me. Thanx for replying!

[@DKNGstudio]

@@Githma If you are use to using a trackpad on a laptop, then it's a great tool. However, I would recommend using whatever is most comfortable for you.

[@TetsuNovoa]

I dont see the light source option only the presets for lighting

[@DKNGstudio]

You should see some dots floating over a sphere, those dots are the light sources that you can alter and move.

[@ashproeditz]

What is the font ?

[@DKNGstudio]

It's called Gigalypse

[@tutorialsartandvids7136]

Can I use variable from an excel sheet with this

[@DKNGstudio]

Microsoft Word / Adobe Illustrator collab!?

[@tutorialsartandvids7136]

@@DKNGstudio Microsoft excel and ai

[@user-vc4sh2jc7q]

Which laptop do you have for this speed?

[@DKNGstudio]

We use an iMac Pro actually!

[@morojenoe]

where is your mouse?)

[@DKNGstudio]

I use an external trackpad actually

[@ogunleyemark4069]

hello any site to download free 3d mockups like this

[@DKNGstudio]

Not off the top of my head, but we're more showing how it can be created from scratch.

[@relindisbusse247]

I have illustrator 2021 and it has extrude and bevel instead of extrude and material. Thus I can't inflate my logo

[@DKNGstudio]

The inflate tool is part of the newer 3D tools provided in Illustrator CC, so you'd have to upgrade to a newer Illustrator to make this work.

[@JihanHussien]

I love do 3D shapes in Illustrator but my PC get crash every time!!!!!

[@DKNGstudio]

I hear ya. We often stay in "real time preview" mode as long as possible. Once you Ray Trace, it will move/update much slower (but also gets super realistic)

[@tamaramosley5483]

🌷 *promosm*