lllustrator Mesh Grid effect help

[MindGackt]

http://oxygenetic.org/4/img/full/1123453411_Artificial_Intelligence_by_116.jpg

I know there's a way in illustrator to make those 3d gridline effect. I cant seem to to find a tutorial for it. Help plz?

[mlk]

I can think of two ways of doing it.

a) use the distort tool; select your grid/lines, group them and use Edit>Enveloppe Distort> Make With Mesh

Choose a low mesh control for smoother flow control (one and one is fine)

Use the white arrow to distort the enveloppe, adn when you are done go back to the edit>distort menu and chose expand

example:
http://mlkdesign.online.fr/dump/a.gif

b) Create the effect using the Tranform again tool (CTRL ALT SHIFT + D):

Create a nice curve select it and hit CTRL ALT SHIFT + D, modify the options (x y distance, rotation, size) and hit the 'copy' button. You hsould have something similar to:
EDIT: you need to hit ctrl-d several times after that to continue copying curves!

http://mlkdesign.online.fr/dump/b.gif

Hope this helped =)

mlk

[fasterthanlight™]

Coooooooooool

[AgentFitz]

yooo....killer tip mlk -- thanks 4 that.

[MindGackt]

Cool thx that helps a lot. O and btw, you made the gridlines by just using define pattern rite?

[AgentFitz]

Cool thx that helps a lot. O and btw, you made the gridlines by just using define pattern rite?

I personally made them using the rectangular grid tool (underneath the line tool) -- as you drag out your shape, you can add and subtract lines using the arrow keys.

[mlk]

i use either agentfitz's method or create a line, alt drag it to either left/right top/bottom and then hit ctrl-d several times (it duplicates itself with an offset)

=)

[DDD]

nice tip man.....!