background for Tangent.ai with 3D
Open TOA.ai in Illustrator. This file is in the shared document folder.

Text Enhancement.
Select the text Tangent.
Choose >Effect >Warp >Rise with bend 93%.
With the text still selected from the appearance palette choose Add New Stroke, leave color as black and stroke 1.
With the stroke selected in the appearance palette, choose >Effect >Path >Offset set to 2 pt.
With the type selected from the appearance palette, choose >Effect >Stylize >Drop Shadow with offsets to 4 pt, both X and Y and Blur to 2 pt. Change color to tan - C=10%, M=50%, Y=75%, K= 0%.
Create brush decoration.
Use the pen tool to create a line using the dashed guides to overlay the line.
Use the selection tool to select the line and then select the Laurel brush from the brush palette.

With the path still selected choose >Object >Expand Appearance.
Deselect the artwork.
Use the direct selection tool to select the dark orange leaf then choose >Select >Same >Fill Color. Select dark green from the swatches palette. Do the same for the light orange but select light green. Same for stem and select dark green.
Create the cylinder.
Select the leaves.
Click on the create new symbol button at the bottom of the symbol palette.
Name it leaves.
Do the same for the lemon top.
Delete the leaves and lemon logo from your document. Make sure they are stored as symbols. So your document is blank but there are two symbols in the symbol palette.
Select the ellipse tool. Click on the artboard. Select 285 h and 285 w. Press OK.
Select gray color with no stroke.
While still selected.
Double click the 3D Bevel on the appearance palette. The 3D box appears. Click on map art. Put the leaves symbol on the side and the lemon on the top. Press OK when complete.
Create a lemon
Select the rectangle tool. Click on the artboard. Set it to 85 W and 100 H. Press D for default colors. Press Apple 5 to make it a guide.
Select the pen tool. Press on the lower right corner. Drag to the lower left corner. Release.
Select the upper right corner. Drag to the right until the direction line touches the upper left corner..
Choose >View >Guides>Clear Guides
Select the shape. Choose no fill and yellow stroke.
Choose >Effect >3D >Revolve. Choose right edge.
Select more options.
Choose Diffuse Shading
Click the white square in the in the preview window and drag it upper middle.
Click on Shading color drop down menu and choose Custom.
Click the colored red square and use color picker to choose green and C=90%,M=0%,Y=100%,K=0%. Change ambient light to 40%. Press OK.
put on lemon skin
>File > Place lemonskin.psd. Unclick the link.
In the appearance palette select 3D >Map Art and place the lemon skin, Scale to fit and Shade artwork. Press OK.

Create two more lemons.
Select the lemon and copy and paste 2 time to create 3 lemons. Move them in an artistic way.
OR

Select the lemon, put finger on the option key, drag away to clone a lemon. Do it twice.
Create a pot.
Usiing a vertical guide, draw a curved half pot.
Select it. >Effect >3D > Revolve.
Select offset of 50 and ambient light to 25%.
Create the place mat.
Draw a rectangle around the artwork.
Select stripes from the fill swatch with no stroke.
With the rectangle still selected, >Effect >3D >Rotate
X axis - 70%
Y axis - 0%
Z axis - 0%
Perspective - 75%
Press OK.
>Object >Arrange >Send to back.
Save document.