1. Open your favorite picture
and then choose File>Save as..; Save it with .ai extension.
2. Make a black rectangle.
3. Now select the "Mesh" tool from
the tool box or press U from keyboard; set the color for the
"Mesh" tool with no stroke and dark red fill.
4. Click to the upper right
corner on the black rectangle.
5. Again with the
"Mesh" tool click several times near the corners.
6. Now place the photo in the center of the
rectangle. And then Select All and shear them a little bit with the
"Shear" tool.
7. With the "Direct
Selection" Tool (A) make the upper right and lower left corners
slightly sloped.
8. Draw some Spirals and Stars
by the sides of the photo with "Spiral" Tool and "Star" Tool and color
them
with no stroke and light red fill. While drawing with these tools you can
increase or decrease the segments (of spiral) and points (of star) by
pressing "up" arrow or "down" arrow respectively.
9. Now draw two straight line
with the "Line Segment" Tool, color them with light red color
and place them at near the top and near the left side to indicate the
edges.
10. With the
"Rectangle" tool draw a small black rectangle and reshape it
with the "Direct Selection" tool as the figure; make similar and
slightly smaller copy of that and color it with black and white gradient. Now place the smaller one
onto the other one.
10. Select both of them and
choose Object>Group. Now place them beside the frame as the
stand.
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