How to create a 3D logo in Adobe Illustrator?

Question

In this site I found one logo which might be made in Adobe Illustrator:

It's a perfect 3D logo, how can this kind of logo be made with Illustrator?.

Answer 1

Adobe Illustrator isn't a 3D rendering program, so to create anything 3D in Illustrator requires that you simply draw it to look 3D.

How to draw something in 3D really isn't a topic specific to any particular drawing software, you just have to understanding some fundamentals of drawing...things like shading, color, shadows, gradients, highlights, etc.

Answer 2

I'm not good in illustrator, but I believe you can. I just drew an image almost the same as the one above using illustrator to prove that it's possible.

In the first three images, the sphere was achieved using gradient feature.

• Draw Circle
• Gradient tool (G) (be sure to select the object)
• Click Gradient (right side pannel along with the swatch/layers)
• Select Radial in the selection
• Change the desired color (at least 2 colors)
• Click again the Gradient tool (G) to move the shadow or adjust the depth (you will see a control that you can play with after clicking this again)

For the fourth image from the left, follow the steps above (just change the color to blue and apply shadow: Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow. Just play the x-offset and y-offset, be sure to tick "preview" to see actual change.

Now for the 3D objects using other method:

• Select the object
• Effect > 3D > Extrude & Bevel
• Make sure to tick the "preview to see effect immediately"
• Set the position (for that image, I think that was "Front"
• You can play with it's depth, surface, and perspective (you can just drag the image in the dialog box using your mouse to position your object's perspective.