Create 3D Fruit Bowl With Illustrator CS2

9. Fix the apple's basin

Notice the basin is slightly off from the apple after you changed the rotation values from previous step. Move the basin stroke to center of the apple by using the Selection Tool or Direct Selection Tool.

10. Add one more apple

Make one more apple by repeating Step 7 to 9.

11. Put them together

Put the apples and the bowl together as shown. Draw a oval shape path, base on the shape of the bowl.

12. Mask the apples

Select the the apples and oval path only, go to menu Clipping Mask > Make or press Ctrl+7

13. Final

That's it! Your illustration should look like the image below:

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