adobe illustrator
. How to Make a Pizza Slice
Step 1
First, create a New Document (File - New) following these settings:
Number of Artboards: 1
Width: 800 px
Height: 600 px
Units: Pixels
Сolor Mode: RGB
Next, make two layers on the Layers panel:
Pizza Pattern
Background
Then, go to the View panel and turn Smart Guides (View - Smart Guides) on.
Step 2
With the help of the Pen Tool (P), make a scalene triangle colored in orange (#f3b371).
Add (by using the Pen Tool again) a skewed rectangle and place it as the crust of our pizza slice. Color it in yellow (#fbe669).
Making of a basic shapes for a pizza slice
Step 3
Create a bright orange (#eb7b51) shape and place it behind the crust—it’ll be the shadow on the pizza slice.
Select the orange and the bright orange shape, and choose the Shape Builder Tool (Shift-M). With the Alt key pressed, click on the redundant part of the bright orange shape, and it’ll be deleted.
Making of a shadow for the slice
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Step 4
To make a pepperoni slice, create a 17 x 17 px circle (using the Ellipse Tool (L)) and color it in magenta (#e23c88). Add three small pink (#f496b9) circles with different sizes on it.
Then make two Copies of the pepperoni slice and place them on the pizza slice.
Making of pepperoni slices
Step 5
Let's add basil leaves.
By using the Ellipse Tool (L), make a 10 x 25 px oval shape colored in purple (#7057a4). Then choose the Anchor Point Tool (Shift-C) and click on the top and the bottom anchors.
Make a big random dark purple rectangle by using the Rectangle Tool (M) and place it on the right side of the purple shape. Delete any unnecessary parts by using the Shape Builder Tool (Shift-M).