

Note: Instead of digging through your hard drive searching for the file you have just saved (or file you have opened via Open Recent Files menu command) use Doc Revealer Tool* to quickly locate your document in Finder (mac users), Explorer (win users) or Adobe® Bridge®.


Adjust your path as required to make it smooth and good-looking. Like this:



Once again, select the curve, go to the Appearance Panel > Hit Add New Stroke button:

The new stroke has been created. Change its Color to white RGB 255, 255, 255 and its Weight to 14pt. Finally, move it to the very top:

The result should be like this:


Repeat the above for the Gray Stroke:

This should give you::





Create copy of your curve and move it to the shadow layer:

Select the shadow-curve > go to Appearance Panel > set Stroke Color to RGB 179,179,179 and Stroke Weight to 16pt:

Now, adjust its shape so that it looks like the real shadow. For example:


Do the same with the shadows:


Make sure that bkgnd_solid is your current layer, go to Rectangle Tool and start drawing the rectangle so that it covers the whole artwork area. Set its fill color to white RGB 255, 255, 255:

Prepare your own image file or download one from http://designinstruct.com/free-resources/free-water-color-dripping-textures (Watercolorfall Texture 03):



Go to Transparency Panel > Set Blending Mode to Color and Opacity to 100%:

Now activate bkgnd_paper layer , go to File > Place… > and select the texture image. Scale it as required:

Go to Transparency Panel > Set Blending Mode to Multiply and Opacity to 30%

That's it! Save your work: File > Export > JPG (Use Artboards)