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

044-Pie

I ran across a pie chart this weekend and liked the way it showed depth by using only hilights and shadows. Tried to recreate it in Illustrator.

043-Coffee

Hardest thing about this was not drinking my model.

042-Blueprint

Another tutorial tonight. Gets the job done. Used a gradient mesh as a mask which is a pretty cool idea.
Font: Zurich BT Ultra Black

041-Rays

Found this Photoshop tutorial and thought I'd try and do it with all vectors instead.
Font: Bureau Agency Bold

40-Kiwi

Another tutorial. Some symbols, some brushes, a few raster effects.

039-Rope

Ran across this tutorial about how to make a climbing rope pattern brush. Very cool (as long as you don't let the ends show). Feeling a little weird about basing my numbers off of the font Giddyup.