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In this Illustrator tutorial<\/a> I\u2019ll show you how to set up a three-point perspective grid in Adobe Illustrator to create a gorgeous 3D gift box. You can either place existing artwork in a perspective plane or draw directly on to the grid. We\u2019ll use both methods in this tutorial, more about<\/a> and as a bonus I’ll show you an easy way to create a reflection.<\/p>\n

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First create a new document by going to ‘File > New’. It can be of any size; we are using 800px width and 600px height here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Hit the Perspective Grid tool from the tools panel or press shift+P<\/strong>. A default two-point perspective grid and a plane switching widget will pop up in your document.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can use the widget to select the active grid plane.\u00a0If you click the left surface of cube or press 1<\/strong>, buy<\/a> its colour will change to blue indicating that left plane is active. And if you click the right surface of cube or press 3<\/strong>, cheapest<\/a> this plane will turn orange to indicate this is now the active plane. Similarly, if you click the bottom surface or press 2<\/strong>, it turns green indicating horizontal plane is your active plane.\u00a0<\/p>\n