3D Graph Effects

CATEGORIES: Illustrator, Tutorials, Video Tutorials | Corey Barker | July 28, 2008

In this tutorial, Corey demonstrates how easy it is to create 3D graphs using Illustrator.

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Great tutorial, it’s very easy and so much helpful

Comment by Ruediger Fischer | July 28, 2008 @ 11:04 pm

hello
my english is not so good . so i have a question now . how to drag the box to another place and still keep the original box there ?
and also how to make many green boxes there . i tried buy i still dont know jow to do that .
thank you so much

Comment by brace | July 30, 2008 @ 1:51 am

You ROCK Cory…nice tut.

Comment by Celeste | July 30, 2008 @ 10:31 am

Great tutorial. I learned something new.

Comment by Kwasi Amankwah | July 30, 2008 @ 11:53 am

Great tutorial… only one problem, at the end, when i place an gradient layer (overlay mode) on top the solid background, i didn’t get the same effect, only a sold color.

Comment by Gen Yee | July 30, 2008 @ 12:13 pm

Fantastic tutorial, thanks Corey. Too bad this wasn’t here last week when I needed to do the exact same thing.

Comment by Ben Wasilewski | July 31, 2008 @ 10:44 am

Nice, but what if you need the graph to reflect actual data?

Comment by Bill | July 31, 2008 @ 4:40 pm

Its great!!

Comment by Avir | August 4, 2008 @ 8:03 am

Just graph your data in excel and copy paste into Illustrator. You can then trace graph into objects.

Comment by bk | August 4, 2008 @ 12:55 pm

Oh yeah you can also use the graph tool in Illustrator and put your data in there.

Comment by bk | August 4, 2008 @ 12:57 pm

Brace, you can drag a box simply select the rectangle tool and draw , inorder to keep it back right click — arrange — send it back . about many boxes this is the blend tool , double click on the blend tool from the tool bar or you can go from object– blend — blend options and then specify the steps and then select both the small and the larg box and go again to object — blend - make and there you go you will get a nice blended boxes hope it will help you

Comment by Dunya | August 4, 2008 @ 2:30 pm

tutorials

Comment by hitesh | August 5, 2008 @ 1:06 am

Loved the tutorial, only like Gee Yee, at the end when I put the gradient box to overlay mode I didn’t get the same effect as the tutorial, I got a solid box. Can anyone help!

Comment by Cindi | August 6, 2008 @ 7:35 am

Great tutorial. Helped with a class I am taking now on design. Thanks.

Comment by Jeff Langell | August 7, 2008 @ 7:57 pm

Great one.
Does anybody have a trick how to create a nice 3D arrow over/next to the graph?

Comment by Sapper | August 12, 2008 @ 9:40 am

nice one! great!! gradient only take effect by using RGB!!

tnx!

Comment by Feri Nicdao | August 17, 2008 @ 3:18 am

I’m trying to find a tutorial on how to create 3d gel like graphs.
Like the ones at http://www.presentationpro.com/flash_player.aspx?MURL=/presentations/PresentationMakeovers/MotionIndustries/MotionIndustries.swf

Comment by Patricia McDaniel | August 18, 2008 @ 9:34 pm

Nice overlay shortcut for the appearance, but to bring out that blue gradient in the background, it won’t work in CMYK mode which is really an important thing to know. I will definitely skip that overlay step if I’m illustrating in CMYK. To create those bars from large to small, he used a shortcut found in the object menu under blend called “Make.” Make sure you have the bars selected to make it blend of course. If I’m creating hundreds of graphs, WARNING - don’t do these manually like he did in the demo. Clients change these graphs like crazy unless you have tons of production help.

Comment by Mondo Planet | August 20, 2008 @ 1:43 am

I couldnt get the graigent overlay to work, it worked in multiply but not overlay. Must be in CKMY mode. I used the web color for the swatches, No big deal I made a new graident in the colors I wanted so I got the same effect just the long way around. Thanks Corey.

Comment by Adobefreak | September 30, 2008 @ 2:50 am