You are welcome. Glad it was communicated and understood well! Thanks for the feedback!

It's perfect for your situation then! Glad this was helpful!

Cool! Glad you liked it so much.

I think so too!

Yay! Glad to hear it!

Thanks! I have some Dimension tutorials too if you're interested. It's nice to have options though. Being able to do everything you need in one software program can be advantageous.

Too kind! Thank you!

I did one for a wine bottle as well, my most recent video. Check it out and leave me a comment on it if you are interested.

Thanks! I've been working on doing some VO work as of late. Check out caryvo.com.

You are welcome. Thanks for taking time to give me some feedback!

Thank you! I've actually been training to do more voice over work, hopefully starting early in 2020, so I appreciate that comment in particular.

Thanks! Obrigado is the only Portuguese word I know! I waited tables for a family from Portugal once, and they taught me that.

Thank you!

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

You're welcome. Thanks for leaving a comment!

Thanks a lot! I appreciate the positive feedback.

Thanks for the feedback!

Awesome! Go get it!

Let me know how it works out for you!

Glad you enjoyed it!

So true. Thanks Cary

Awesome! Happy to help you out!

Awesome! I'm happy to hear that.

Thanks!

Thanks so much!

Thanks! I have another similar one on building a wine bottle. Also, I just made a video showing how you can do the same thing using Adobe Dimension. If you have the creative suite, it's worth a look.

I've used Blender too. Blender has more options overall, and it's also more difficult to use imo. Illustrator is great for these quick products that aren't very complex.

What praise! Thanks a ton for the encouragement! Welcome to the channel.

@@CaryHawkins Question: At 7:30, you somehow highlight half the cup and delete it. Mine deletes the entire object every time. How are you getting it to only delete the lower half? I’ve watched over and over and can’t figure out what you’re doing differently than I am. Then again, mine didn’t make straight lines to start. It was all those curves I had to mess with. Does it have something to do with that? I couldn’t figure out how to make plain straight lines without that annoying curve thing coming up though. I couldn’t easily just lower the path either. Things always look so easy on the tutorials. Then you try it and nothing works right. LoL.Thanks for any help you can give.

I just use the direct selection tool to delete. You might be using the selection tool instead? For straight lines, hold shift.

@@CaryHawkins Thanks so much for your response. Unfortunately, Illustrator got upset with me for having it open along with Premiere, Photoshop, another video application, three Excel documents, two Word documents, and three web browsers all at once with multiple video & creative projects going. It said I didn't have enough RAM. Go figure. I'm sure you're as shocked as I am. But I may try this from scratch sometime again just for fun, especially since it's so quick and I just found it so neat. I might still be too green with Illustrator though. Nonetheless, still a very cool tutorial regardless.

Princess Chan I'm no princess like you though!

You're welcome!

Very kind of you!

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know!

Check out my Adobe Dimension tutorials too. There are some cool, fast ways to create mockups in there too.

I want to understand why you have to create a custom mockup? There are already thousands of mockups available for free, on different sites

If you can't find one that fits your needs. Free is not always good.

You're welcome! Thanks for commenting.

Thank you, glad to have you as a subscriber!

Welcome! Thanks for the feedback.

You're welcome!

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Most welcome

Thanks! Glad it still works for cs6.

Thank you!

Thanks!

How'd it turn out?

@@CaryHawkins sir I was asked to prepare paint bucket, i searched but i dint find, tan saw your video , it some how look relevant so I prepared although i am new in these filed I started these year.. it came out a bit ok.. and thanks for replying. Waiting for more videos

Glad you found it useful.

High praise! I'm blushing...☺️

No problem!

Sometimes you just have to adjust it visually. In this video, I stretched mine out a bit so it would look natural. Illustrator isn't a 3D software, so it's a little limited.

Thankey much

Thank you! Any subject you'd like to see me tackle in a future video?

@@CaryHawkins At the moment no, but I do have a question: would it be possible for me to do a gradient colour on the cup?

@@moonbeam0124 gradients and 3D objects don't mix well in Illustrator. You could make the 3D object, expand it, then paste a copy of the parts you want to the front, add a gradient that, and then play around with transparency settings. Multiply or hard light would probably be good places to start. You might try swapping which object is in front too. It could look like this, ordered front to back: gradient layer set to multiply, original 3D layer, OR original 3D layer set to multiply, gradient layer. Play with the percentage of transparency to get it to look how you want. Let me know if that gets you the desired effect.

Aww, such nice text, thanks!

Duck tape would be easy enough. A cow in Illustrator is a little beyond its capability. You need a true 3D program for stuff like that. Simple shapes and easy mockups are best for Illustrator.

:)

I don't think so, but I haven't tried in a while, so maybe.

Yes, you can export as .obj (as long as you haven't expanded appearance)

Good to know.

I'm not familiar with solidworks. Adobe has Dimension software which is good for mockups in 3d. It's not a full blown 3d software, but I have a recent tutorial showing how to use it.

You might see if your graphics card is being used to render the cup. If memory serves, it's under view at the top somewhere. I'll write back if I got that wrong.

@@CaryHawkins Thank you for this video. Actually i have same question like @Noel. When i saved image in png or jpeg (300 resolution), edges are Jagged. some white pixel type lines are there on top of this cup. Will you Please explain this.. Edit:- View : GPU Preview . This looks perfect on Illustrator but after save in jpeg format i face that problem.

@@CaryHawkins what a great tip

Thanks!

Not sure. Have you tried bringing the ai file into Photoshop to see if it does it there?

I have a tutorial for changing car colors. That one might have some useful tips in it for you.

Right click > make selection

Obrigado!

I only ever use the paid for version.

That kind of package would be better suited for Adobe Dimension. I think it has a chip bag standard model too. I have a few tutorials on how to use it if you need.

@@CaryHawkins Yeah i would love to use it coz thats the only area im finding difficulty

Glad I could help!

Thanks!

Select the parts you want to delete with the direct selection tool (hotkey A), then press delete.

I just copy the path and delete what I don't need. For the lid, just delete the anchor points that make up the main part of the cup. You can use the direct selection tool or the minus anchor point tool.

I used the direct selection tool (hotkey A) to select the points I didn't want, hitting the delete key to remove them. Does that help?

Welcome to the channel!

I don't know. Try it and see? I'm not an After Effects guy at all.

Why not!?!

I made a copy of the entire shape, then double-clicked the top copy to go into isolation mode. Next, I deleted the lid from the copy and exited isolation mode.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm pretty new to it and don't get a lot of requests for it from clients, but hopefully I can put more together.

@@CaryHawkins btw are you professional graphic designer?

I have been since 2005!

@@CaryHawkins wow amazing

It should. Under 3D revolve, you mean? I have the latest update v24.2, and it's there.

Karin Yiu what are you hung up on? I'm not sure how to help you without some more specifics.

Cary Hawkins hi I followed your video to draw the 3D coffee mug and every step I couldn’t figure out how you split the kit and cup.

Karin Yiu I watched it again, and I seem to cover every part of that section thoroughly. At what point are you confused? Once I make the full coffee cup/lid shape, I make a copy of it. On one copy, I delete the section that is the cup part. On the other copy, I delete the lid section. Then I bring the lid forward - arrange > bring to front. Let me know if you're still hung up.

It should still be selectable. Adding mapping should not affect this. You might see if you have locked the object or the layer it is in.

​@@CaryHawkins I don't know what I did, many child objects got created in that 3d object. I created a new 3D object and as you said it is selectable.

Do you have the right symbol selected, and are you on the right plane of the shape you created? I'm guessing it is one of those two things.

i did & i am! it never did work with this specific object i was doing but it worked with another one. oh well, i gave up, thank you though!

Was it a very complex object?

not really, it was a wine bottle. it shouldn't have been this hard to work on it & i never figured out how to put the map art

Did you see my latest tutorial? I did a 3D wine bottle. I wonder if it might help you to see someone else do it. Let me know!

You probably have something else selected. Click off the object first. Then only click the line segment between two anchor points. If you click an anchor point, it will move that. If you just click the line segment between two anchor points, it should move that segment with the anchor points on either end of it.

Yes, direct selection tool. Hotkey A.

@@CaryHawkins Thank you so much sir. New subscriber here.

It may be on a different surface. Try something other than 6.

@@CaryHawkins It is on 6 .. when I move it around, it moves around in the preview .. but I can only see it while disabling geometry. I'm confused :/

I don't know. Maybe try a different symbol and see it you get the same issue. If you don't, then maybe there is an issue with the flower symbol.

Adobe Illustrator

and what illustrator version do you use? thanks a lot

Latest version

What do you mean by rounded path?

the way you rounded the side of the lid sir, by using direct selection tool, there's a point next to anchor point that you can drag to make it round. In my illustrator there's no point next to anchor point. is it because the different version of software? Im using illustrator ver. 17

Sometimes that rounding cursor doesn't appear. You might try messing with your object. If there are actually too many points, maybe right next to each other, then you might not be able to see it. Try recreating the shape and see if it appears. You might also try removing any curve between points. Under the pen tool area of your toolbar, there is an upside down looking V. Use that tool to straighten the curve of the point you want to round. Hopefully something in here does the trick.

Use blender or Cinema 4D. Too complicated for Illustrator.

Yes, try scrolling through the different planes of the object. There should be several.

I'M SUBSCRIBING ! You replied so promptly.

I try!

@@CaryHawkins Hate to bother.. I tried cycling through all the planes. Followed step by step and cant figure out how to add the Map Art.. Any other suggestions? - Please and Thanks

Try making it again from scratch? It should show up on one of them.