Tuto Illustrator : draw a tin can

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Drawing of a tin can is very easy with Adobe Illustrator. I will try to show it in a few clicks with the "Effect-3D-Revolve" tool. The final result is shown below:

 

The most difficult is to make the label!
For this, I went looking on the net to find a duck picture and I found it:

 

So I reproduced and then I colored it with a gradient mesh as below:

 

Then I added the text (imaginary) of the label:

“cassoulet with duck confit” (I am not sure of the translation)

 

And finally, I put a background with a gradient of 5 colors (angle 0 °) like this:

·         Location 0%, RGB = 121, 110, 97
·         Location 39%, RGB = 165, 130, 86 (Distribution: 59-41%)
·         Location 60%, RGB = 213, 178, 141 (Distribution: 48-52%)
·         Location 80%, RGB = 229, 180, 114 (Distribution: 54-46%)
·         Location 100%, RGB = 196, 154, 108 (Distribution: 50-50%)

 

For more information see the post "notation for gradients of colors".

The label is now complete; the tin can is a piece of cake...
For this, draw a path corresponding to the half profile of the tin can with a color RGB = 254, 205, 142 as below:

And use "Effect-3D-Revolve" with the following options:

·         Position = Before
·         Angle of Rotation X, Y, Z = 0°
·         Perspective = 50°
·         Angle of Revolve = 360°
·         Offset = 0 pt. From left edge
·         Surface = Plastic Shading
·         Light Intensity = 100%
·         Ambient Light = 50%
·         Highlight Intensity = 75%
·         Highlight Size = 90%
·         Blend Steps = 25
·         Shading Color = Noir

 

 I add a path to raise the top of the box with a gradient of 4 colors (angle 0 °) as follows:

·         Location 2%, RGB = 136, 95, 60
·         Location 24%, RGB = 106, 75, 44 (Distribution: 54-46%)
·         Location 60%, RGB = 213, 178, 141 (Distribution: 50-50%)
·         Location 100%, RGB = 165, 130, 86 (Distribution: 54-46%)

 

Finally, I "glue" the label on the box and apply an “Effect-Warp-bulge” with 10% horizontal blend:

And the final result is shown above!