Cool 3d Text effect tutorial Adobe illustrator (Text Effect 8)

An another tutorial of creating cool text effect in Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial i create a 3d text effect and use cool blue & pink color variant, Inner part of logo front have some curved kind of shade to give it a realistic kind of shine on logo, again some shining part highlighted with white transparent gradient lights, Watch the video till end, thanks.

Steps to create Cool 3d Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

Type anything you need to create effect.

Apply Effect – 3D – Extrude & Bevel

3D Extrude & Bevel values i choose
Custom Rotation
Vertical – 16°
Horizontal – 16°
Rotation – 0°
Depth – 60pt.

After creating into 3d, apply “Object – Expend Appearance

And then Ungroup it twice, because i want to select each curved part and apply gradient on every section.

Select all upper one main layers, Ungroup it once and group them.

Disable main upper layer, Select these shadowed parts and unite it from pathfinder.

Some of these layers in group, ungroup it, & Unite it from pathfinder.
Select each section one by one and apply it, as i marked below. Later we will apply gradient on each part.

Select main layer, (Front one) and convert it into a single layer
“Object -Compound path“.

Make 2 more copies of this layer, change color of anyone, so that we can see the difference and apply “Offset Path” in -4 or else on the upper-one.

First apply “Expend Appearance” on the upper-one, bow select these both layers & minus front from pathfinder it from back layer, it will create a border.

Make one more copy of the main upper layer.

Create this kind of curved shape with Pen Tool, place it behind copied layer mask it.

Come back to main layer and apply blue Gradient. I apply light blue in the middle of graphic, so that upper curved layer make a contrast.

Come to the Extrude layers & apply Gradient.

Few layers needs to change gradient proportions, to show more darkness or light areas. Like layers inside the text (Like “O”) needs bit more darker shade on the upper side.

A Gradient background.

Come to the border layer, apply Gradient on that layer also. I apply little more lighter pink on upper side of gradient.

Make a copy of back layer, place it on back, move slightly right & down. Give it a light color.

Make one more copy of front main layer & apply Offset path -8 or more if you need. We will use it for masking, later.

Make a box with black & white gradient, we will use it as a mask.
You can make it directly on the mask layer also. I make it here, cut and paste it into mask.

Select it and go to Object – “Expend Appearance“.
Make it white – Go to “Transparency – Make Opacity Mask:” & paste that gradient here.

We will adjust adjust gradient and make it looks like appear on the upper part of object.

Shining lights, i create it with masked gradient.

Place it on the different locations.

A Star kind of light.
– Make a copy,
– Reduce height, make it as a line.
– Copy it again, turn 90°.
– Copy both and paste again
– Rotate 45°.
– Transform height/width smaller.
– Group all these 4 layers.