Photo-Real Vector Corkscrew

Made with: Adobe Illustrator CS4

This was a college project at Full Sail University. The assignment was to create a photo-real mechanical object using only vectors in Adobe Illustrator CS4.

I stayed up for 3 days and nights straight working on this, then got 1 hour of sleep, and stayed up for 2 more days and nights. We were just introduced to Illustrator last month, and only learned the basics. So over my week long spring break, I spent one day partying, one day with family, and five days on my project.

This piece primarily uses the pen tool, gradients, and blending modes.

Corkscrew used in this piece: [link]