: Achieving liquid effect in small illustration I'm trying to achieve a liquid effect for a logo which consists on a small encased orange cube, but don't really know how to do this (I've tried

@Looi7658678

You can use Gradient Meshes to create some glass effect. It takes a while to figure out how to put things on the vector, but take a while and experiment with it.

Glass Cube: www.pearlsflowers.com/images/products/cubevase.JPG
Gradient Mesh Tutorials: www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/20-tutorials-to-help-master-illustrators-gradient-mesh

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@Heady304

You could distort the cube, either rippling the edges, or skewing the perspective as light passing through water would do. You could also add caustics to the surface of the cube.
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@Goswami567

Find a good water texture, put it over the layers, change the blending mode to overlay. This is a quick result:



Btw: i also removed the saturation of the water texture befor aplying it.

Hope this helps? If not, be more clear and i will try to help

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