How do I turn illustrator art into one flat, warpable image???

[jackhubner]

Okay, I'm really struggling with this and nobody I ask seems to know how to do this. I have created a little piece of vector art in illustrator but i now need to warp the perspective as if it were moving inwards. HOWEVER, I cant seem to turn my art into one single, flat warpable image. Everytime I try to warp in, I have to do each individual shape I've traced, which is frustrating as there are few parts to it, some of which are a bit detailed. This way also just does not get the perspective right. Is there any way I can change this, as if it were an image from the internet?

[Monika Gause]

What are we talking about? Please show it.

Also: warp or perspective grid? 3D rotate?

If it's just many objects: group them.

If there are effects: expand appearance (if any of them are raster effects, perspective will fail)

If there are strokes or text: Outline them