Step 1
Open a black document and draw a black circle.
Step 2
Select the circle and apply the transform effect (Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform…).
Step 3
Enter the following values. Check the Preview box to see the changes in real time. You might have to adjust the Horizontal value according to the original size of the circle.
Step 4
Select the first circle and display the appearance palette. Then choose the element’s fill.
Note: The appearance palette will always display the appearance of the last element selected, even when that element is not selected. This means that whenever you’re using the appearance palette you need to make sure the element you want to modify is selected, otherwise you might just be changing empty settings.
Step 5
With the fill selected, apply a linear gradient.
Step 6
Select the circle and move the transform effect’s layer to the top. Moving layers around changes the order in which effects are applied (the fill, the stroke, both, etc.). In this case, we want our gradient fill to be applied after the transformation, so put the transform layer first.
Step 7
This is what you should get.
Step 8
Apply a second transform effect. Illustrator might ask you if you want to apply a second effect or edit the first one. We want another one, so choose that option. Add a 30° rotation, with 11 copies (enough to make a full circle, since 12*30=360 (the original plus 11 copies). Be sure to specify the centre of the rotation as the left middle point.
Step 9
Now add a 75% Fisheye Warp (Effect > Warp > Fisheye).
Step 10
The default layer order is not appropriate. We want the warp to effect the object as a whole, not each individual circles. So move the Warp layer all the way down.
Step 11
You should get something like this
Step 12
Let’s do the twist: Effect > Warp > Twist.
Step 13
Add another Twist, as we did in the previous Step.
Step 14
This is the finished product.
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