045-3d Lighted Text

Followed this tutorial. It took too long and I don't think I did it right and am not happy with the results. It happens. Did notice that using a complex gradient mesh significantly increases your file size.
Font: Avant Garde

035-New

Ran across the book cover for New Typographic Design and got inspired. Found out that to extrude two or more objects at the same time in the same way, they need to be a compound path first.
Fonts: Helvetica Neue 45 Light, 77 Bold Condensed

034-Inspiration

Saw these desktop wallpapers and got inspired. I don't understand why the shapes get all effed up after you expand the extrude effect. Vector texture in the background, too.
Font: Myriad

021-3d Letters

Found this tutorial. Skipped the Photoshop and did it all in Illustrator. Lots of potential here. Can't figure out why I never tried it before.
Font: Hypatia Sans Black

003-Rolled Paper

Followed this tutorial today. Learned how to make spirals with uniform decay and spacing to boot.