For my first ever blog and tutorial post I will try to share my experiences with creating 3D icons and logo’s in Adobe Illustrator. Even though I am a minimalist when it comes to design(especially branding), I think these techniques can be useful for creating icons whenever you’ll be needing them. The post is basically for everybody wanting to get to know Illustrator’s tools a little better.
Since this is the first time I’ve ever done such a thing, I’d appreciate any feedback for a better tutorial post in the future. Thanks and enjoy!
What will we be making?

We will be making a simple enough 3D logo/icon. We will be doing a green earth themed icon for an imaginary event/company named ‘Earth After Eight’.
While the endresult is pretty simple, the techniques you will learn in this tutorial will hopefully help you to make your own cool 3D icons and logo’s.
You will get to know the Pathfinder tool, learn to make a simple original shape and turn it into a shiny 3D object.
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