Create Super Glossy 3D Typography in Illustrator and Photoshop
Step 1
Open Illustrator and create a new RGB document, 1000px
by 800px, 72 DPI, and write your text in a nice big font. I’ve used
Marketing Script size 234pt.
Step 2
Next,
with you text selected, go to Object > Expand, and hit ok on the pop
up window. Our text is no longer editable as text, instead it’s a
series of paths that we can edit with the direct selection tool.
Currently,
our letters are separate objects grouped together, we want them to be
one single compound path. We can do this using the Unite button on the
Pathfinder Palette. If you don’t see the Pathfinder Palette, go Window
> Pathfinder to show it, and with our paths selected, click Unite.
Step 3
With
the Pen Tool (P) selected, draw a new path starting from the last flick
of the last letter s, and swirling its way down underneath our type.
I’ve also changed the color of the text to a lighter grey just so I can
see what I’m doing better.
Change
the Stroke Weight of our new path to a size that matches the width of
the text path that it will be joining. In my case the Stroke Weight is
12pt.
Step 4
Duplicate
this path by dragging the Group’s thumbnail (in the layers palette) to
the New Layer button. Switch off this duplicate by clicking the ‘eye’
next the group thumbnail in the Layers Palette. We’re doing this because
wherever our elements overlap we need them on separate layers in
Photoshop for when we add shading.
With the Direct Selection Tool
(A) select the two bottom-right Anchor Points of our path, hit Delete
and name this group "swirl 1".
Turn
this "swirl 1" group off and turn on the duplicate that we made, name
it "swirl 2" and delete the following Anchor Points. We’re doing this
because when we extrude our shapes into 3D, we don’t want our paths to
intersect, we want one to pass in front of the other.
Step 5
Switch
all our groups back on now and you should have the complete original
path, only it’s broken up onto two different groups. With both of these
Groups selected go to Object > Expand, and press OK on the pop-up
window. Now we want to make our swirl a bit more interesting by
adjusting the width in certain places. To do this we’re going to zoom in
and move some Anchor Points manually.
Now zoom in to the end of our swirl and add two Anchor Points as shown below, then move them slightly up and to the right.
Now with the Convert Anchor Point Tool (Shift + C), adjust the two new Anchors to round off the corners.
Step 6
Next
we need to tidy up the area where our text will join our swirl. Zoom in
to that area and adjust the swirl path so it flows out nicely from out
text
Step 7
OK,
before we Extrude this shape, this is your last chance to adjust your
swirl so now’s the time to make any final tweaks, it’s worth spending
the time here to get your line work just right. When you’re happy with
your design, change your object so they’re all the same color, a medium
grey, then with all of them selected go to Effect > 3D > Extrude
& Bevel.
Then with all our objects selected, go to Object > Expand Appearance.
You’ll
notice that in some areas our objects don’t quite line-up as they
should, reposition them slightly now, but you wont be able to get them
perfect yet, that will take a bit of path editing, we’ll do that in a
moment.
Step 8
Now
turn off the two swirl layers, so you’re just left with the text.
Select the text and Right-Click > Ungroup, then once more,
Right-click > Ungroup. Now select the front surface of our text, and
turn off this layer. You should now be left with the darker 3d elements.
Click
and drag to select all of these remaining elements then click the Unite
Button in the Pathfinder Palette and name this group "3d 1". If you
don’t see the Pathfinder Palette, go to Window > Pathfinder. Uniting
these objects joins them all as one Compound Path; it should also get
rid of those little white lines. Repeat this process for the two
elements that make up the swirl, naming then "3d 2" and "3d 3".
Step 9
You should now have six groups –
"text", "3d 1", "swirl 1", "3d 2", "swirl 2" and "3d 3"
Before
we export this file to Photoshop, we just need to clean up the line
work around where our text meets "swirl 1". Zoom in on that area with
the Direct Selection Tool (A), edit the Anchor Points and their Handles
to make the two seamlessly join together.
Now
we’re ready to export this file to Photoshop as a Layered PSD. To do
this go to File > Export and make sure you select Photoshop as the
Format.
Step 10
Open
the exported file in Photoshop and go Image > Canvas Size and enter
3000 x 2000px and press OK. Resize our layers (Cmd/Ctrl + T) while
holding Alt + Shift, make them a comfortable size within the document.
Name
and arrange your layers as follows, so we have three “base” layers
(these are the light grey layers that make up the front face of our
object), and three “3d” layers (the darker grey 3D elements).
Now
group (Cmd/Ctrl + G) our three pairs of layers into individual groups
named “1″ “2″ and “3″, so “1″ contains our text layers (“base 1″ and “3d
1″), “2″ contains “base 2″ and “3d 2″ and “3″ contains “base 3″ and “3d
3″.
Step 11
Create
a new layer and place it below group "3", name it "bg" (for background)
and fill it with white. Then create a new layer on top of "bg" and name
it "bg2". Set your foreground color to grey #767676 and select the
Gradient Tool (G). Choose a foreground to transparent gradient and draw
our gradient from the top of the document down to the middle and set the
layer transparency down to 30%.
Create
a new layer on top of "bg 2" and name it "bg 3". Select the gradient
tool and press D to set our foreground and background colors to black
and white. With a foreground to background gradient selected draw a new
gradient at the bottom of our document and change the layer to 10%
Opacity. Group these three new layers and name the group "background".
Step 12
Now
select “base 1″ layer and apply a Gradient Overlay Layer Style (Layer
> Layer Style > Gradient Overlay) using colors #c81d61 and
#d3347b.
Right
click on "base 1" layer and select Copy Layer Style. Now select "base
2" and Cmd/Ctrl + Click on "base 3" so we have both layers selected,
then right click on of the two and select Paste Layer Style. Double
click on the Layer Style of "base 3" to open the Layers Palette and
Reverse the gradient.
Step 13
Now
we’re going to add a simple Color Overlay Layer Style to all our “3d”
layers. Select “3d 1″ and apply a Color Overlay (Layer > Layer Style
> Color Overlay) and use color #797979. Then copy this Layer Style
(Right click > Copy Layer Style) and then paste it to “3d 2″ and “3d
3″.
Now create a new layer within group “1″ and name it “shine”. Our layers should now look like this.
Set
white as your foreground color, select a foreground to transparent
gradient and draw this gradient from the middle of the document up to
the top of the text.
Cmd/Ctrl + Click on the “base 1″ layer thumbnail (this will load a
selection based on that layer) then go to Select > Modify >
Contract and use 2px as the amount.
Set
this "shine" layer to 30% Opacity, then with this selection active and
with our "shine" layer selected, click on the Add Layer Mask button
located at the bottom of the Layers Palette.
Step 14
Now
with the Layer Mask selected and your foreground color set to black,
take a medium sized, hard edged brush and mask out more of the “shine”
layer.
Create
a new layer called “shine” and place it in group “2″ and draw another
white to transparent gradient this time in a diagonal direction.
Cmd/Ctrl
+ Click on the layer thumbnail of "base 2" (to load a selection based
on this layer) then Cmd/Ctrl + shift-click on the layer thumbnail of
"base 3" (this will add a selection of "base 3" to our current
selection). Once again we need to contract this selection by 2px, we do
this by going Select > Modify > Contract > 2px. With our new
"shine" layer selected, click the Add Layer Mask button in the bottom of
the Layers Palette again to apply our selection as a mask. You should
have something like this.
Turn
this new “shine” layer down to 50% Opacity and then with a variety of
hard and soft edged brushed, we’re going to mask more of this layer.
Step 15
Create
a new group within group “1″, name it “3d shading” and place it above
layer “3d 1″ and below “base 1″. Now Cmd/Ctrl + Click on the layer
thumbnail of “3d 1″ and click the Add Layer Mask button to apply the
selection to the new group as a mask.
Create
a new layer inside this new group and name it “shading 1″, then with a
small soft brush set to 80% black, shade in any areas that would be in
shadow according to your light source.
Then set the layer’s blend mode to Overlay, 50% opacity.
Create
a new layer above “shading 1″ and call it “shading 2″, then with a
small soft brush set to white and 50% Opacity, paint any areas that
would be lit up by our light source.
Set “shading 2″ to 50% Opacity with Blend Mode – Overlay.
Create
a new layer in this group and name it "shading 3". Then with a small,
soft black brush set to 100% Opacity, paint more shadow in the small
areas along the bottom of the text that would be receiving no light.
Step 16
Now
we’re going to repeat this process for group “2″. Within group “2″,
create a new group above “3d 2″ and below “base 2″, name it “3d shading
2″, then Cmd/Ctrl + Click on the thumbnail of “3d 2″ and apply that
selection as a mask to “3d shading 2″. Then create a new layer called
“shading 1″ within this group and with a medium sized, soft black brush
paint in some shadow. Lastly, change the Blend Mode to Overlay.
Create
a new layer in this group and call it “shading 2″. With a medium, soft,
white brush, paint a highlight on the left corner and change the
layer’s Blend Mode to Overlay.
Step 17
Now
we’ll do the same for group “3″. Create a new group called “3d shading
3″ and place it in group “3″ between layers “base 3″ and “3d 3″.
Cmd/Ctrl + Click on layer “3d 3″ and apply the selection as a mask to
“3d shading 3″. Create a new layer called “shading 1″ within this new
folder and set the Blend Mode to Overlay. With a large black brush paint
some shadow along the bottom edge.
Create a new layer called “shading 2″ and with a large white brush paint a highlight as follows.
Switch the Blend Mode to Overlay.
OK at this stage this is how your image, and your layers should look.
Step 18
Now go back to group "1" and duplicate "base 1" by dragging it to the New Layer button at the bottom of the layers palette.
Open
the Layer Styles window for this duplicate layer by double clicking on
Gradient Overlay Effect. In the Layer Style window, uncheck the Gradient
Overlay and add an Inner Shadow with the following settings.
Right
click on the effect itself in the Layers Palette and go to Create
Layer. This will separate the effect from the layer, so it will cease to
be a layer style and will be a pixel image on a layer of its own. Name
this layer "highlight 1."
Now
you can delete the "base 1 copy" layer. Nudge "highlight 1" 1px left by
pressing the left arrow key, then Cmd/Ctrl + Click on the thumbnail of
"base 1" and apply that selection to "highlight 1" as a layer mask by
pressing the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the Layers Palette.
The
with the layer mask in place, nudge the layer 1px up and 2px left using
your arrow keys. This is to position the highlight right over the
corner of our lettering – where the light would be reflecting from. You
should now have something like this.
Group
the "highlight 1" layer (Cmd/Ctrl + G) and name the group "highlight".
Give the group a Layer Mask by clicking on the Layer Mask button. We
could work on "highlight 1"s layer mask, but this way it will be easier
to correct errors and fine-tune the mask.
With
the layer mask selected, using a medium soft, black brush, mask out
areas of the highlight folder. Mask any areas that are not on a top-left
edge. Here’s how it should look.
Step 19
Repeat
this last step for groups "2" and "3" – duplicating the "base" layers,
applying the Inner Shadow, then creating a layer from the style then
masking it necessary.
OK,
we’re getting there, now we want to add some more colors. Create a new
folder at the very top of all our layers/groups, and name it "color
overlay". Create a new layer within this new group and call it "overlay
1". Set your foreground color to #7c21c8 and select the Gradient Tool
(G) with a foreground to transparent, circular gradient. Add a large
radial gradient in the bottom right corner, and then set the layer Blend
Mode to Color.
Step 20
Now
create a new layer called “overlay 2″ and draw another gradient in the
top right corner with the color #fee409. Again switch the Blend Mode to
Color.
Step 21
Now
we want to load a selection that includes all our "base" layers. We do
this by Cmd/Ctrl + clicking on "base 1", Cmd/Ctrl + Shift-clicking on
"base 2" and Cmd/Ctrl + shift-clicking on "base 3".
Now apply this selection as a layer mask to the group “color overlay” by clicking on the Add Layer Mask button.
Step 22
Now
we’re going to add color to the "3d" layers. Create a new layer within
the group "1", name the new layer "color 1" and place it directly above
the group "3d shading 1". Select the Gradient Tool and create a
three-color gradient using colors #a53c3d, #c52366 and #b22d9d. On the
new layer, draw a linear gradient across the length of our image and
change "color 1"s Blend Mode to Color.
Step 23
Now
we want to mask this new gradient layer in the shape of our "3d"
layers, minus the shape of some of our "base" layers. This might seem a
complex series of clicks but its necessary to get the right selection,
so it’s important that you follow these clicks correctly, and remember,
you need to click the layer thumbnail, not the full layer.
First,
Cmd/Ctrl + click on "3d 3", then Cmd/Ctrl + alt-click on "base 2",
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift-click on "3d 2", then Cmd/Ctrl + Shift-click on "3d 1",
finally Cmd/Ctrl + Alt-click on "base 1". When you’ve got the
selection, apply it as a layer mask to "color 1".
Step 24
Next,
create a new layer inside of, and at the top of group "2" and name it
"shadow". Cmd/Ctrl + click the thumbnail of "base 2" and Cmd/Ctrl +
shift-click the thumbnail of "3d 2" and apply that selection as a mask
to "shadow" layer. On that layer, with a medium, soft, brush set to 30%
Opacity black, paint in a small shadow where the top of our swirl
disappears behind the text. This will create the illusion of distance
between those two elements.
Now
we need to do the same thing further down the swirl where it overlaps
itself. Create a new layer inside of, and on top of group "3" and name
it "shadow 2". Cmd/Ctrl + click the thumbnail of "base 3" the Cmd/Ctrl +
Shift-click the thumbnail of "3d 3" to load the selection and then
apply it as a mask to "shadow 2". With a medium, soft brush set to 30%
black, paint in a small shadow on the swirl that’s beneath.
Step 25
OK
we’ve just about finished now, just a small shadow and reflection left
to add. If you collapse all your folders now, you should be left with
five main groups. Select all of them apart from "background" and drag
them to the New Layer button to duplicate them. With all the duplicate
folders selected hit Cmd/Ctrl + E to merge them into one layer, name
this layer "reflection". Free Transform this layer (Cmd/Ctrl + T) then
right click > Flip Vertical. Move this layer down the page and add a
layer mask.
With
black and white as your foreground and background colors, draw a
foreground to background linear gradient on the mask, from the bottom of
your reflection to the top, then switch the layer Opacity down to 10%.
Step 26
Finally,
create a new layer, just above our “background” group and name it
“shadow”. With black as your foreground color, select the Gradient Tool
(G) choose a radial gradient and draw a large foreground to transparent
gradient in the middle of our image.
Free Transform this layer (Cmd/Ctrl + T) and drag it with the top and bottom anchors to reduce its height as shown
Before
you release the Free Transform, right click and select Perspective.
Drag the top right anchor in towards the left (the left will mirror
this) and press return.
Conclusion
Turn the layer Opacity down to 30% and thats it!
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