So lets begin.
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Tutorial 1: The Basics of Illustrator & Simple 3D Apple
Short Intro to Illustrator CS3 Interface:
OK lets go to the next part creating a simple 3D Apple:
1. Open Illustrator>Open a new RBG document and Draw a circle.
2. After you have drawn a Circle fill it with red color and remove its stroke.
3. Once you have done the above Go to
Effects>3D>Revolve and click OK.
You're apple is ready now just resize it and the final product should look like this:
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5532/ai05fy6.bmp