Adobe Illustrator Tutorial: "Top Gun" badge: Final Product

So after finishing the "Top Gun" badge in Illustrator, I brought it into Photoshop to add some extraneous features to the badge like a drop shadow and a gradient overlay (because gradients are AWESOME!!) so the badge would stand out more from the background. I also added a subtle gradient to the background.

Adobe Illustrator tutorial: "Top Gun" badge

So I found another cool tutorial on Adobe Illustrator via their facebook page. The tutorial was on how to create the "Top Gun" badge. I'm quite pleased with the turnout, the tutorial was very effective. I'm especially pleased with the metallic texture on the typefaces.