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Premium Tutorial: Light Bulb

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In this tutorial, we will illustrate a “Bulb”. Drawing a “Bulb Illustration” will fall in the “Technical Drawing” category. We will use Adobe illustrator to create the Illustration. This will be compatible to any version above CS4.

Pre-requisite for the tutorials: It has been assumed that the reader has the preliminary knowledge and efficiency on using the software Adobe Illustrator. Specifically with using the Pen Tool and other Basic Drawing Tools; Basic Colouring Tools like Colour Pallets, Colour Swatches, and Gradient Tool & Mess Tool.
Remember that in all the positions wherein we are drawing using the Pen Tool, you can alternatively choose to use a Digital Pen-Tablet to draw the required lines, curves, shapes etc. or the Pencil Tool or Brush Tool (with appropriate settings).

Difficulty: Easy
Requirements: Adobe Illustrator

What will you get?

    • Instant download of PDF e-book (13 pages, 35 steps)
    • Comes with Ai file for easy reference
    • Detailed step by step tutorial to draw a nice realistic light bulb

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22. Select the Holder Bottom layer. Draw these shapes using Pen Tool and use Fill Colour as shown below.

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23. Apply Gaussian Blur on the shapes and decrease the Opacity.

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24. Draw the white shape below it using Pen Tool.

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25. Assemble the shapes in the previous step to create the below shape.

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26. Select the Holder Upper layer. Draw these shapes using Pen Tool and use Fill Colour as shown below.

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27. Apply Gaussian Blur on the shapes and decrease the Opacity.

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28. Draw the white shape above it using Pen Tool.

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