By firstly using the power of pen and paper a character design is created, which is then scanned into the computer to use as a base for tracing with Adobe Illustrator. The final outcome is a colourful cartoon character in vector format!


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This tutorial aims to guide you from sketchbook to screen; a "Fat Cat" doodled with biro translated into a neat vector caricature. Intermediate knowledge of Adobe Illustrator is advised. Let's take a look at how to create a cheeky cat illustration - from initial concept through to vector goodness.


submitted: 5 years and 3099 days ago

This tutorial will take you through the making a cartoon from a sketch using live trace.


submitted: 5 years and 2888 days ago

The Dynamic Sketch Tool, part of the DrawScribe plugin, is intended primarily for those who wish to draw more naturally in Illustrator. Especially those who use a graphics tablet, such as a Wacom device, in their work. With the help of the graphics tablet, you can easily create a dynamic path line, but creating straight line segments can be quite a challenge. Fortunately, the Dynamic Sketch Tool has a feature that makes this work simple. In this article I’ll tell you how to create straight-line segments using the Dynamic Sketch Tool.


submitted: 5 years and 2596 days ago

Today we will talk about work with guides. After finishing today’s tutorial we will know how to create guides, how to hide and snap an object to them and how to create the prospective grid and so on. Learn at the jump!


submitted: 5 years and 2582 days ago

Illustrator CS3 tutorial - Using Brush Tool to Trace Sketch



submitted: 5 years and 3570 days ago

In this tutorial we will look at a fast and easy, yet highly optional and precise way of tracing your photos or sketches in Illustrator. The possibilities are endless! This is a new feature of Cs2.


submitted: 5 years and 3570 days ago