If only Photoshop had this feature

- In this chapter I'll take you on an absolutely…blissful tour of one of the most impressive…features in all of Illustrator.…I know, I'm always saying stuff like that.…But seriously, you're gonna like this.…The feature in question goes by…the name Gradient Mesh.…And it allows you to add points of shadow and…highlight inside a single path outline,…so that you can take an otherwise flat shape and…make it appear contoured and volumetric and…just plain full on real.…Think of Gradient Mesh as a kind of net that you…cast across the height and width…of a path outline.…

At the intersection of any two ropes in that net…there exists an anchor point.…You can, of course, move that anchor point around…to any location you like which adds contours…to the net, which in turn implies…an element of depth.…But you can also assign each point a unique…color which in turn causes Illustrator to create…a series of miniature gradients between every…single pair of colorful anchor points.…Look at me.…No, I'm serious, just for a second, look at me.…