Now you place our new shape on the top layer.īack in Step 5, I mentioned placing a copy of the sock shape outside the Artboard. Then apply Multiply blending mode to it and lower Opacity = 50%. Reselect the new shape we have created and go to Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the value as in the image below. Now we select both the shapes and go to Pathfinder and hit Minus Front With the shape still selected, go to Object > Path > Offset Path and set the values. Duplicate it and place a copy of the shape off to the side of the artboard, which we’ll use later.įill the copy with black color #000000. With the stitches still selected, go to Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow and set the values.Īnd we end up with a result like in this image below.īack in Step 3, I mentioned placing a copy of the sock shape outside the Artboard. Now we fill the stitches with this gradient. Open the Stroke palette and set the values, then go to Object > Expand Appearance. Pick the Pen Tool (P) and draw 2 lines like this Now we will create stitches for our sock. Apply Multiply Blending Mode to the copies with lower Opacity = 60% Fill it with black color #000000, then go to Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set the values as shown below. Next, we grab another copy of the toe and heel pattern and place in back. Apply Screen Blending Mode to the copy and lower Opacity = 30% Then we apply Sewage Disposal for the copies. In the Swatches palette go to Open Swatch Library > Patterns > Basic Graphic_Textures. Don’t forget to duplicate them and place a copy of the shape off to the side of the artboard, which we’ll use later. Now we grab the toe and heel pattern copy and place in front. With the toe and heel pattern still selected, go to Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow and set the values. Duplicate them and place a copy of the shape off to the side of the artboard, which we’ll use later. In this step, we will create a toe and heel pattern by using the Pen Tool (P) as shown in the image below. Apply Screen Blending Mode to the copy and lower Opacity = 10%. Place the copy shape in front of the sock and now we add the pattern to our copy shape. Reselect the shapes and go to Object > Blend > Blend Option > Make.īack in previous step, I mentioned placing a copy of the sock shape outside the Artboard. Select the resulting shape and place it as shown in the image below then change the color to #ED1C24. With the shape still selected, go to Object > Path > Offset Path and Enter a -30 px Offset and click OK. Pick the Pen Tool (P) and draw a shape as shown in the image below, then fill the shape with color #961A1E.ĭuplicate (Ctrl / Cmd + C, Ctrl / Cmd + V) it and place a copy of the shape off to the side of the artboard, which we’ll use later. Use the Rectangle Tool (M) to draw a rectangle and fill it with the gradient for our background. Make sure to set the dimensions to 600 x 600 pixels and the Color Mode to RGB.