This is a great tutorial on the Appearance Panel in Illustrator.
Mastering the Appearance Panel | Learn Illustrator CS6 | Adobe TV
If you are familiar with working with Layer Styles in Photoshop, you will soon discover that these options are much more limited in Illustrator. One thing Illustrator does have, which is particularly powerful, is the Appearance Panel. Once you get the hang of it, you can pull off similarly complex styles and effects in Illustrator as well.
Mastering the Appearance Panel | Learn Illustrator CS6 | Adobe TV
If you are familiar with working with Layer Styles in Photoshop, you will soon discover that these options are much more limited in Illustrator. One thing Illustrator does have, which is particularly powerful, is the Appearance Panel. Once you get the hang of it, you can pull off similarly complex styles and effects in Illustrator as well.