Making a cube in illustrator is pretty easy!
1.) Make a skewed square (you can use the line tool to make a square shape, and join them using the join command)
2.) Using the rotate tool, Alt + Click a corner of the square shape
3.) In the dialogue box that appears, you can determine the degree at which the shape is turned, as well as make copies set to certain angels
4.) Click copy and set the new shape to 120 degrees, and duplicate it by Ctrl+D, to create the final two square shapes, finishing off your cube.
5.) To give the shape depth, select each facet of the cube and give it differing colors. You can do this by having a desired shape selected, and Shift+Clicking on the swatch box at the top of the menu screen, and changing the tint of the colors already in use.
Making a cube of cubes in illustrator is weird!
1.) Using the line segment tool, click on the bottom most point of your cube (make sure the shapes are joined into one object!)
2.) in the dialogue box that appears, set the Length to 600 (or whatever you want), and the angel t 30 degrees (to match the angel of the vertice of the cube)
3.) Deselect everything, and then click on the bottom most point again, in the dialogue box, change the angel to 150 degrees (or type: 180-30 + tab) to make a line in the opposite direction
4.) Select the Black Arrow tool, shift + click on the first line segment, then right click anywhere on the document and click Make Guides
5.) Using the Black Arrow tool, select your cube and hit enter to bring up the Move Dialogue Box
6.) Write down, or copy, the Horizontal and Vertical values
7.) With the cube selected: Effect menu > Distort & Transform > Transform
8.) In the dialogue box that appears, change the Horizontal and Vertical value in the Move category to what you wrote down earlier (or paste it, if you copy'd)
9.) In the copies text box, type your desired amount of copies
10.) Switch to the appearance panel: Window > Appearance
11.) Select the transform you just applied, and copy it by clicking on the copy icon at the bottom of that box
12.) Click on the new Transform you made, and in the dialogue box that appears: change the horizontal value in the Move category and change it to its negative (if it's positive, make it negative::if it's negative, make it positive)
13.) Make a copy of the most recent transformation the same way as you did the first
14.) Clicking on the newest transform: change the horizontal value to 0, and the vertical value (all of this is still under the move category) to negative and double the value of it original (in this case it was originally -41, and is changed to 82)
Coloring the Cubes is Tedious
1.) Object Menu > Expand Appearance
2.) Object Menu > Ungroup (or press Control + Shift + G) Do this until each cube has been ungrouped from each other and have their own slot in the lays panel
3.) Shift + Click and select the foremost cube and hide it: Object Menu > Hide Selection (or press Control + 3)
4.) Shift + Click the foremost cubes again, and click the color swatch and change them to your desired color (the tints made before should stay)
5.) Group the cubes you have colored by having them selected and: Object Menu > Group (or press Control + G)
5.) Repeat the above steps, i.e.: Select Cubes > Color Cubes > Group Cube > Hide Cubes >...until you reach the bottom most layer
6.) To bring everything back, make sure nothing is selected, and: Objects Menu > Show All (or press Control + Alt + 3)
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