Draw Fabric in Adobe Illustrator Cs3

This tutorial will show you how to draw fabric in Adobe Illustrator CS3 using mostly the Mesh tool and real texture.

Steps

Go to file>new> create a new document measuring 800-x-600 pixels. Create a new layer and use the Rectangle Tool on your toolbar create shape 450-x-320 pixels, make sure the stroke is 0 and fill at position C = 20, M = 37, Y = 63, K = 6.7
Go to the Mesh Tool and then click at the object to create a skeleton.
Use the white arrow to pick a skeleton to add shadow to and then click a color to get the shadow.
Use white arrow to adjust a skeleton point for setting the shape.
Now you have an object look like a fabric but if you need it more like, you can use real texture.
Go to file>place>choose your texture file.
Click at a texture and put it in front of your fabric and use Multiply Tool.
Use Pen Tool to create outline of your fabric and then choose the outline object and texture together, press right click>Making clipping mask
The fabric is now finished!