Create a shiny camera lens illustration

Posted in Illustrator by Alex

on August 10, 2008

In this tutorial, we’ll create a detailed camera lens similar to the one used as the logo for Apple’s Aperture photo-editing software. A camera lens is good for a software icon, logo, or just as a graphic for use in any design. Although, the image appears detailed, the process of creating it involves little more than simply layering objects with different fills and gradients to give a three-dimensional illusion.

The end result will look like this :

Create a shiny camera lens illustration