How to Create 3D Typography from Scratch, Part 1

[@bluelaugh07]

You can blend same color to color. You open your blend options and it has a menu on how many steps you wish to blend. That solves the one blend step problem.

[@EveryTuesday]

+bluelaugh07 True, but if your step count isn't high enough, it's easy to get jagged edges after you expand and merge. Using a smooth blend, I know every time I'll have those straight lines ;)

[@devvvvvvvvvvvv]

That blend technique is slick. I've always just used the pen tool to meet the points. Nice one.

[@EveryTuesday]

+Devin Chaves Thanks! One of my fav little tricks :)

[@jrclanton69]

had no idea you could use the blend tool to make 3D text. love it

[@EveryTuesday]

+jonathan clanton yay! Thanks for watching!

[@gabblegook1142]

Awesome! Did not think you can use negative signs with the offset path. Thanks!

[@ankvts]

Nice tutorial! I like the way you did the shadow :)

[@EveryTuesday]

+Ankvitius Thanks! I love new ways of incorporating the blend tool :)

[@erikagrishchenko8140]

Great! Teela, thank You.

[@EveryTuesday]

+Erika Grishchenko yay! Thanks for watching! :)

[@glennwhittington7783]

Thanks for the Blending trick! That bevel tool is a pain...

[@EveryTuesday]

+Glenn Whittington agreed! Thanks for watching! :)

[@desireehenderson19]

Thanks so much for this video! This is my first time using Illustrator. I was able to follow every step in the video, except after I use the bled tool I went to expand and found that I was unable to click it. Do you know why?

[@desireehenderson19]

+Desiree Henderson I figured it out. I don't know why but after hitting Expand on the Pathfinder for each individual path before blending, I was now able to hit Expand in the drop down menu after.

[@SarahVBel]

I'm studying graphic & digital design, all those creations seems so much fun as is my study. But I'm just getting started and I wondered. Do you ever get tired of it? It is a desk job and I'm scared that I would get bored fast. Any tips?

[@EveryTuesday]

+Sarah V. nope! I honestly never get tired of creating things on a daily basis! You do sit in front of a computer, but you collaborate, go on location to see your artwork, go to events, creative talks, meet ups, etc. so it's a lot less monotonous than you might think! There are always opportunities to push yourself further, so it's up to you what you'd like to get involved in :)

[@rafaelschwenk932]

Waiting for the part 2 :p

[@EveryTuesday]

+Rafael Schwenk yay! Thanks for watching!

[@devvvvvvvvvvvv]

Anybody else not getting the blend technique to work? Even with different colors I get the one step in the middle.

[@EveryTuesday]

+Devin Chaves Hey Devin! Did you convert your text into outlines first? Also, if the colors are too close in similarity it could cause an issue too. Hope that helps!

[@devvvvvvvvvvvv]

+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday) i.imgur.com/jm9jFG6.png >_

[@EveryTuesday]

+Devin Chaves try two different colors, like red and green instead of black + white ;)

[@devvvvvvvvvvvv]

+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday) uh oh i.imgur.com/6hFEIcS.png

[@EveryTuesday]

+Devin Chaves it's happening since you have more than one letter - if you have a full word, you'll need to make it a compound path before you apply the blend to it (with your word selected, go to object > compound path > make). Make sure both of your words are compound paths before you blend. That should do the trick!