Tonight I decided to see if I could render an entire product in AD using basic illustration techniques.
The following image was complete created with AD the only thing I did not create was the logo. which I could have but it was late and I ran out of steam. It is simple but elegant product.
The more I tinker in AD the easier it gets. You can pretty much illustrate anything in this application you just need to focus on understanding lights, shadows and how light falls off a given material to get it right.
I used a image from google as reference to create this.
*tip: create palette from document is your best friend when matching colors of an existing product.