Illustrator Tutorial: 3D Illuminated Buttons

In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how to create vector pressed buttons with Adobe Illustrator. This exercise is a good example of how you can use gradients to create appearance of depth and reflective light. The buttons are illuminated with neon light to indicate whether they are on or off. I’ll be demonstrating how to create both variations.
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Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

[@bjolly7722]

This is probably the best, clearest tutorial I've watched about anything. Great job.

[@pritchs7889]

Nicely done! This is just what I was looking for. AND, no annoying background music repeating endlessly. Thank you especially for that!!

[@jimmygarden_studio]

This was awesome, really. Thank you very much. I really enjoyed working through it. I don't have Illustrator but your instructions were clear enough that I was able to create it in Pixelmator Pro. It really was a delight to do. Very gratifying to see the final results.

[@SALMANSAYEED]

Thank you for this amazing tutorial. Your each and every videos are bestest of tutorials. Amazingly explained.

[@CristyChamps]

increíble, muchas gracias amigo, eres el mejor!!

[@marcoolinho]

This is awesome and precise. Thank you.

[@haithamahmed8747]

It's pretty awesome, thanks alot for this toturial

[@syedsaadrahman7925]

Thanks a lot for this amazing tutorial

[@namratasinghchandelchandel6480]

I have done 20 logos by watching video in inkscape by you......Love you from India

[@mehrdadhaghighi5140]

Awesome and so simple. Subscribed!

[@Deejk13]

Very impressive and interesting tutorial!

[@chasebros4948]

Nice tutorial. You can also achieve the same result with just one circle. Just create multiple gradient fills for the beveled parts and two gradient strokes (aligned to the outside) for the two highlights. Use the offset effect on each fill and stoke to get them the correct size and make sure they are stacked/ordered correctly in the appearance panel. The advantage of doing it this way is you can make it a graphic style and apply it to any shape later on.

[@leonardopinheiro6693]

Very good video! Thank you!

[@CarlWade]

great tutorial I was able to use it to create one in Affinity Designer!

[@ashwidanwar5905]

Amazing work!! Would love to see more of these in inkscape😭

[@DesignMadeSimple]

Thanks Ashwid. I did a tutorial about this for Inkscape a few years ago. It's on my channel if you want to look it up.

[@tounsi007]

wooow !! this is nice !! thank you

[@asher4898]

Great tutorial

[@muhammaddin6212]

Amazing skill

[@vailethmachumu9412]

i like it! good job

[@learning.process]

This is amazing

[@frayedsanity]

That Dark brushed metal is sexy!
Also I had no idea you could do that profile thing with text! I will be using that on my project for sure!

[@salaudiinahmmad568]

It was Very impressive Video man 🙏🙏🙏
I saw your video first time. I subscribed,

[@numairbaig]

amazing bro

[@wwetime8022]

awesome awesome awesome tutorial sir...love the way you teach .......please give ur courses resource in detail...if possible i can buy ur tutorials...

[@naitikkathiriya]

so so so attractive it was, u made it so clearly simplidfied and so relative one to the audience... it's very nice creation.. thnx for this inspiration!✨✔

[@eugenequincy8122]

pro tip: you can watch series on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies these days.

[@kamarileland7116]

@Eugene Quincy definitely, I've been watching on Flixzone} for years myself :D

[@danialanani2033]

Can you tell me what format I should choose when I finish.

[@mdshakibhossen182]

nice bro

[@wallofchaos]

I Really appreciate the time you put into this Tutorial. Great for some. Not for me. This was one of the hardest tutorials ive followed yet. And half time time I'm watching Indian speaking fellows that are extremely hard to understand or no speech at all. but yet. This tutorial was nothing but frustrating for me. I can see others really getting it. I'm still not real familiar with Ai. I couldn't Rotate the things half the time. I was non stop selecting the wrong things and not getting anything to line up correctly. when I was finished it looked not much like this button at all. :( I really appreciate the tut non the less. I just personally couldn't get it to look similar. rotate this this way.. and you know what. lets rotate it the other way instead.. I was LOST!

[@rajeshbahadur1988]

Good

[@venkateswarans1012]

How do I save that button as SVG

[@spondoolie6450]

Does "convert to outlines" do the same thing as "expand appearance"?

[@oharappro6581]

can you click on the image later?

[@teckbugz1278]

Take all my money!!!!

[@Y3qii]

What the key u press at 8:50, plz I want to know.

[@mohand-saidchalal2670]

Same for me please

[@chasebros4948]

He aligned the shape to the horizontal and vertical center of the art board using the alignment panel.

[@neilgyverabangan6989]

I have designed this using Affinity..

[@oharappro6581]

sir, is it wearing Ai sir, does it use Ai and what category does it fall into ?

[@logiccool]

for god's sake just change the angle of gradient 😁😇

[@behpinghang4123]

nice try vincent

[@bananaboy8055]

NICE TRY VINCENT

[@ambrxhographics1811]

sorry wilson

[@samjordan1434]

copy link paste it to meeting