Once you are done click “OK”.Ĩ - Go back to the “Appearance Panel” but this time click the “Add New Fill” button on the Bottom-Left side of the panel and choose Medium Blue shade from the “Swatches Window”. Make sure that the “Align Dashes to Path Ends” is selected.ħ - Then, click on the “Effects Menu” on the Bottom-Left side of the Appearance Panel and navigate to 3D > Extrude & Bevel… and use the following values. In the “Stroke Panel”, set the “Weight” to 2 px, check the “Dashed Line” box and input 3 px in the first “Dash” box and 8 px in the next one named “Gap”. Make sure the “Fill” and “Stroke” are set to “None” in the “Swatches Panel”.Ħ - Head to the “Appearance Panel”, click on the “Add New Stroke” button on the Bottom-Left side of the panel and choose a Dark Brown from the “Swatches Window”. Or use the same options in the “Align Panel”. 1 - In Illustrator, create a “New Document”.Ģ - Select the “Rectangle Tool” (M), draw a Rectangle that covers your entire Canvas and fill it with a Medium Brown from the “Swatches Panel”.ģ - “Lock” it using the small “Padlock” icon on the left side of its Thumbnail and then create a “New Layer” by clicking on the small button at the bottom of the “Layers Panel”.Ĥ - Select the “Type Tool” (T), choose your font (we used “Myriad Pro Bold Italic”) and type your text.ĥ - Center it using the “Horizontal and Vertical Align Center” options on your Top Menu and make sure that “Align to Artboard” is selected.

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