Creative Tank

When we start, using the "Pen Tool" and draw a curvy shape. Confirm your lines are smooth and don't have jagged points.

Go to the Menu and select "Window Brush Libraries creative Artistic Ink." choose the Tapered-Sharp brush. You'll have to adjust the weight of your line so that the hair is thin. As you can see, I have employed a weight of 0.25 pt.

Draw many more S shapes to build a huge volume of hair to add variety.

Achieve a solid mass of hair by drawing a black S shape. We'll place this shape behind the hair to fill in any white openings.

Give the shape a shadow.

Move the shape behind the hairs.

Open the image you would like to make opacity masks effect.

Draw a rectangle with Rectangle Tool just to cover the text.

Select Window Gradient to open gradient palette and select Radial Gradient Type.

Select both the text and the gradient you made.

Select Window Transparence to open Transparence palette and select Make Opacity Mask. And we eventually make an opacity mask in Illustrator.