IIn this post, we’re going to learn about a bit about Illustrator’s Mesh tool.It’s one of the hardest tools to master in Illustrator, but if you want to achieve a 3-D look in your illustrations, you have to really understand how to use this tool properly.We’re going to create a Super Mario-style mushroom in order to better understand how to use this tool using a real life example.

In this vector tutorial we will learn how to create an advertising billboard using 3D modeling and a few simple techniques such as shape building using the Pathfinder palette, defining the vanishing point by using the guides, filling an object with gradients and using the Blend Tool.