# Need help making a golf ball in illustrator
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-making-a-golf-ball-in-illustrator/38537
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**Created:** [December 24, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-making-a-golf-ball-in-illustrator/38537 "2003-12-24T20:54:58Z")
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### Author:  [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-making-a-golf-ball-in-illustrator/38537/1 "2003-12-24T20:54:58Z")
Anyone know how to do this. I tried using half tone patterns but I just cannot get the dimples right. Any help, insight or link to a tutorial is greatly appreciated.
BTW in either Ill 10 or CS is fine.
BTW Merry XMAS to ya’ll
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-making-a-golf-ball-in-illustrator/38537/2 "2003-12-24T23:04:52Z")
You could use inverted gradients… might work
say you create a round circle. use a radial gradient, make a copy of the circle decrease the size of the circle, rotate it 180 degress, so the gradient makes the object look indented. then place them in a row and colomn , grid style, and use the larger cricle (the ball outline) as a compound path.
Let me give it a go… try it as well, tell me if it works.
Merry christmas as well dude 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-making-a-golf-ball-in-illustrator/38537/3 "2003-12-24T23:22:47Z")
a very cheap way to do it, dont know , dosent look that good either, but anyway , have a look and see if you can work with it. or get some ideas from it.
[Illustrator Golf Ball try](http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/site_uploads/golfball.zip)
😏
.soulty
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-making-a-golf-ball-in-illustrator/38537/4 "2003-12-25T12:11:13Z")
Merry Christmas to you too DDD. Ok use the revolve effect i think its called _opens AI_ yeah revolve. And then make the circle then add the little dots with a map full of them. Thats what i would do and you got the shading of a 3d gold ball 😃