The same amount of points in objects which are included to the blend save us from artifacts. This gives us the opportunity not to create new points on the path during its deformation. Take the Warp Tool and change its settings a little bit by turning off Detail and Simplify options. To change the form of the shadow, lock dark-grey form included to the blend object and select the white form in the Layers panel. Usually, edges of torn paper don’t uniformly adjoin to the surface, that’s why the shadow won’t look as even as it looks now. In order to make the shadow from the torn paper vector semitransparent on any background apply to the object the Multiply blending mode in the Transparency panel. I think that for our purposes 30 steps will be enough. Select the dark-grey and white object then go to the Object > Blend > Make then to the Object > Blend > Blend Options and set the number of steps. Recolor the new object into white and move the copy a bit lower by using the Down Arrow key. On the figure below the visibility of two upper forms is turned off for our convenience.Ĭopy the last form and paste it back. Recolor the lowest object into dark grey. Keep the upper form selected and without changing the Warp Tool Options settings, move its lower edge a little bit up.Ĭopy the lower form and paste it back ( Cmd/Ctrl + C Cmd/Ctrl + B). Fill the upper form with vertical gradient which consists of two shades of grey or any other color if you want to have a colorful torn paper vector. To open the Warp Tool Options dialog box click twice on the tool’s icon on the Tools panel or press Turn/Enter key.Īnd now deform the lower edge of the rectangle giving it arbitrary wavy shape.Ĭopy the received form and paste the copy to the front ( Cmd/Ctrl + C Cmd/Ctrl + F). The settings of this tool on this stage of work are indicated on the figure below. Next for this torn paper vector, create a rectangle with the help of the Rectangle Tool (M) with light-grey fill and with no stroke. The torn paper that we’re creating will work equally well in the RGB and in the CMYK color modes.

To begin this Torn Paper Vector tutorial, open your Adobe Illustrator and create a new document ( Cmd / Ctrl + N). Topics Covered: Warp Tool, Wrinkle Tool and Blend Tool.Program: Adobe Illustrator CS3 – CC2014.Tutorial Details: Torn Paper Vector Effect With a deep understanding of the settings of the tools, exact sequences of actions, and practice will allow you to create a similar style in just a few minutes! In this tutorial we’re going to learn how to create a torn paper vector effect only with the help of tools of distortion and blend object.

Ripped paper effect