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- [Deke] In this movie, we're going to



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light up the forward section of the car.



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The area around the grille here.



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And we're going to do so by blending



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multiple mesh objects together.



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I'm going to start things off by switching



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to my documented progress.



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You want to make sure your

mesh's layer is twirled open



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and then go all the way to the bottom



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at which point you'll see this object



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right here called front.



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And I'm going to target it as well



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by clicking on its meatball



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and you can see that it covers



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the front of the car.



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I'll just go ahead and twirl

open the clipping group



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right here and target this guy.



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The reason that we need this object



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is because we just can't

create any vertical columns.



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They would end up crossing both



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the existing rows and the sideways columns



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which is impossible where a

gradient mesh is concerned.



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So we're going to take

advantage of this guy instead.



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So I'm just going to

make a copy of this item



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by clicking on it here

inside the layers panel



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and then I'll Alt or Option + drag it



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to this point right here in

between the clipping mask



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and the gradient mesh object



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that we finished in the previous movie.



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And now I'll go ahead and make a copy



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of this item so that we

don't harm the original.



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And now, I'll turn the original off.



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Alright, let's go ahead and zoom in here,



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so we can better see this path outline.



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I've created another

diagram that I have opened



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inside Photoshop that

shows the four row lines



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that we need to add as well

as the four column lines.



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Now this diagram's a little simpler



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because I'm not labeling

every single blue one point.



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I'm just showing you the points



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that are something other than the blue one



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which includes these guys right here.



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And did I say four column lines?



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Apparently I can't count, because we have



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two more over here for a total of six.



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Alright, I'll switch

back over to Illustrator



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and I'm going to select my mesh tool,



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which you can get by pressing the U key.



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And I'll start by creating the columns.



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So I'll just go ahead and click here



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in order to create this

very smooth column,



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and I'll create another

one at this location



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so that both of the columns



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are to the left of the headlight.



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Now I'll create another

column right through



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the middle of the headlight like so



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and another one next to the grille.



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Now this guy I want to move a little bit,



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I want to create a different angle,



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but if I press the Shift key as I drag it,



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the other set is snapped into alignment



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with the point next door.



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I don't know why that is

but that's not what I want



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so I'll go ahead and

just drag this guy over



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to about this location right here



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and I'll also move the

control handles a little bit



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so that we have a smoother transition.



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And I'll go ahead and drag this guy



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without pressing the Shift key



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because that's giving

me disastrous results.



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And then I'll create

a new column over here



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so I'll click right about at this location



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and again this is not

where I want this point



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so I'll move it over to

about here let's say,



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and then I'll drag this

control handle upward



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and I'll drag this one down a little bit



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and I'll go ahead and drag

these control handles up



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so that we're not reshaping the path



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at such a dramatic extent



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although the core shape of the path



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doesn't really matter all that much.



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Alright, now let's go ahead

and add a final column line



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right there and that looks great.



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Now we need to create a few rows



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and the first one should be right there



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and actually that looks really nice.



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And then I'll drop down

to about this location



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and click to create another row.



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And I want to create a row right

about here above the bumper



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but I'm not going to be able

to click at this location



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because the control handle's in the way



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so I'll click over on

this column line instead.



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And then I'll click at

this location right there.



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Everything's working

out pretty hunky dory.



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Now I'll press the A key to

switch to my white arrow tool



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and I'll go ahead and

select this mesh point



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right there and I'll Shift + click



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on the one above the bumper.



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And with both those points selected,



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I'll make sure the fill is active here



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in the swatches panel and

then I'll select blue four.



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Right, now I want to select

this guy, right here,



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and I'm also looking to Shift + click



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on each one of these mesh points



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so we're looking at the second row



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up from the bottom and

I'll go ahead and fill them



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with blue three in order

to create this effect



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and now I'll select these

two mesh points right here,



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so click on one, Shift

+ click on the other.



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And then, I'll Shift + click on these two,



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and I'll Shift + click on

this guy over here as well.



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And then I'll move up to this mesh point,



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Shift + click on it, and

Shift + click on this one,



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and I'll assign them blue two.



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Alright now, if I click off the object,



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you can see that we have a pretty harsh



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transition in the top left corner.



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So I'm going to try to

soften things a little bit



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by dragging this top left

point farther up like so



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and then I will drag this guy



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to let's say about this location



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and I'll drag its control

handle down as well.



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And then I'll go ahead

and move this guy up.



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I do want to confirm

that all of these points



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right here are set to blue

one, which indeed they are.



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Now I want you to notice

what's going on here.



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We have a very sharp edge

along the top of that path



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and we've got another

sharp edge over here.



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So what we need to do is

blend this mesh object



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with the object below by targeting it



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here inside the layers panel once again.



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Then, I'll press Control

+ H, or Command + H



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on the Mac so I can

better see what I'm doing



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and I'll go and scoot

this guy over as well.



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I might normally recommend that you click



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on the word Opacity and then change



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the blend mode to Screen, but notice that



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that uses all the colors to brighten



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the colors in the background.



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We want blue one to be neutral,



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so it's not brightening anything at all,



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while permitting the

other colors to brighten,



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and to make that happen,

you want to change



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the blend mode to Lighten,

and that's going to



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give you this absolutely

seamless effect right here.



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After which point, I'll press Control + H



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or Command + H to bring

back the selection edges



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and I'll press Control + Shift

+ A or Command + Shift + A



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in the Mac in order to

deselect my artwork.



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And that's how you can paint in additional



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highlights in any direction you like



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by creating a new mesh

object and blending it



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with an existing one

here inside Illustrator.