Drawing a character's face in Illustrator
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How to Draw the Monkey King in Illustrator
Today we will create a vector drawing of the main character from the Chinese novel “Journey to the West”, the Monkey King. The tutorial will show you drawing techniques for Illustrator,tips for character design and composition setups. Whether you’re an advanced Illustrator user or a beginner, you’ll be able to complete it easily.
Stopwatch Vector
In this tutorial, I'll be showing you how to make a stylish vector stopwatch icon with the use of some basic techniques in Illustrator. You will learn lots of useful Illustrator tricks to speed up drawing of a clock face.
Illustrator: How To drawing a vector Yeti Character
Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a cool vector Yeti character. We’ll use as many basic shapes as possible to achieve that quirky style of illustration, then bring the character to life with a palette of cold colours. Despite the use of basic shapes this tutorial includes a good spread of intermediate to advanced tools and techniques.
Create a Cute Vector Penguin Character
Follow this step by step Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a simple vector penguin character. We'll be using many of Illustrator's basic shapes to create the structure of the character, which makes this tutorial great for beginners. We'll then make use of various gradients to really bring the character to life with depth and dimension.
Create a "Minion" Character From the Despicable Me Movie
Let's face it, those minion characters from Despicable Me were pretty darned cute. In this tutorial, we will use Photoshop and Illustrator to create a cute minion character.
How to Create a Cool Monkey Character
In this tutorial, we're going to be creating a monkey character illustration using Adobe Illustrator. You'll be using basic Shape Tools, the Pen Tool and various other Illustrator techniques to create the illustration.
Drawing a vector diamond
Illustrator CS5 is the original king for drawing vectors since the 80′s, and I will show you how drawing a vector diamond is an easy task in Illustrator with the help of the ellipse tool, pen tool, and using the Live Paint Bucket.
Drawing a Vector Character Using Graphic Tablet and Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial we will learn how to create vector mosaic in a few minutes. This tutorial is designated for beginners who are taking the first steps in mastering Adobe Illustrator. Such artworks are easy to create, however, they are in good demand at the stocks, such as Shutterstock and iStockphoto.
How To Create a Vector Soldier Character
Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a simple vector soldier character. We'll begin by building the structure of the character with basic shapes, then adjust the line weights to create definition between the elements. To bring the character to life we'll add blocks of colour before finishing it all off with a simple shading technique.
Create a Character Mascot
We will show you how to create a vector character mascot from a sketch in Adobe Illustrator CS4. The techniques in this tutorial can easily be applied to other illustrations, icons, and design elements; as well as legacy versions of Illustrator.
Create a Simple Mechanic Character
Follow this step by step design tutorial to create a simple vector mechanic character in Illustrator. We'll build the basic shape of the character using simple shapes, then slowly build up the details with a range of line work. To finish off the character well fill the design with colour then add a few touches of shading and highlighting
Create a Simple Vector Ninja Character
Follow this step by step Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a simple vector ninja character. The design is made from basic shapes and uses Illustrator's core tools, which makes this tutorial perfect for beginners.
Create a Colorful, Vector Carnival Mask
This tutorial is about how to draw a colorful, jolly, full-face, carnival mask in Illustrator. I explained how every part was made like: the jolly hat, the border seam brush, the bells, the small mask on the face, the glitter symbols and the other decorations on the face.
How To Create a Cute Vector Mushroom Character
We'll create the basic structure using Illustrator's basic shapes, add variation in the linework to define the character then finish it all off with some vibrant colour fills.
Design symmetrical character art
In this tutorial, we show you how to use Illustrator to create a symmetrical, character-filled banner. You'll hone your use of the Pathfinder tool to build new shapes, and tweak lines to give them a sense of flow.
Create a Cool Vector Panda Character
Adobe Illustrator is my favourite tool for creating fun and cute character designs. With just a few simple shapes, a mix of gradient colours and a few shadows here and there you can build some great looking illustrations. Here's a step by step walkthrough of the process used to create a cool Panda character, from the basic outlines through to the detailed final design.
Draw a cool mummy character in easy steps
This is a very simple tutorial showing you how just using the most basic tools of illustrator you can create a Character in a matter of few minutes.
Design a Sexy Pin-Up Girl Character
Follow this step by step guide to create a sexy vector pin-up girl character design. We'll start the process with a hand drawn sketch, then draw and manipulate the vector linework in Illustrator before adding colour and shading to bring the character to life.
How To Create A Simple Vector Face
In this tutorial i created a simple vector face illustration using adobe illustrator CS3.
Create a Sporty Tennis Girl Using Gradient Mesh
In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial learn how to use the Gradient Mesh tool for character design. We'll begin with a sketch and build the character using different shapes and gradients to achieve a smooth, almost 3D finish.
Drawing Techniques
This is the skill-building tutorial I was mentioning all along. Using Illustrator is ideal for drawing since it is a vector-based program. But drawing and shading more complex designs can be difficult. There is a way to draw more efficiently and make future edits easier. This tutorial teaches techniques involving clipping paths to color and shade artwork.
Use Illustrator to Create a Fun, 3D, Character Logo
In this tutorial we'll use illustrators 3D tool to create text with depth. We'll give the letters personality by placing them at angles and choosing a fun font. We'll add a crazy rabbit character and unify all the colors as we add simple shading. Lastly, we'll give this fun logo a sticker effect.
Illustrator: Drawing a cute monkey vector in 5 easy steps
In this tutorial we are going to see how to create a cute monkey in 5 easy steps in Illustrator. It may sound very easy but the main motive of this tutorial is to teach the drawing techniques using simple shapes and not something tough using pen tool and other options.
Create a Cute Baby Monster Character
So here's another vector monster tutorial for all you designers learning Illustrator to get stuck into! Use Illustrators basic shapes to form the outline and structure of a cute baby monster character, before adding color, gradients and effects to bring the design to life.
Create a Cool Vector Robot Character
In this tutorial we'll use various tools and techniques to create a simple vector robot character. With this robot being made of lots of basic shapes it makes for a great tutorial for beginners to get to grips with the Illustrator application.
Create cool character art
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a charmingly appealing character art in Illustrator.
Create cute and scary character art
Learn how to create a wonderful character art using Adobe Illustrator.
Learn how to Draw Isabella from Phineas and Ferb in Illustrator CS5
Let’s practice our drawing skills by drawing step-by-step TV characters in Illustrator CS5. This time we are going to draw Isabella from Disney’s Phineas and Ferb animated comedy.
Drawing a vector Roller Blades
In this Illustrator tutorial, you will learn how to draw a pair of high-detailed roller blades from scratch, new useful drawing techniques and you could consider it a great chance to practice your Pen Tool skills.
Adobe Illustrator: Create a Cute Bird's Nest
In this tutorial, we'll create a cute bird's nest with a cracked eggshell inside of it. We'll start by drawing our artwork with the Pen Tool, bringing it to life with the Gradient Tool, and finishing it up by adding shadows and highlights. We'll use some often-neglected Illustrator tools and features, such as the set of symbol tools in the Tools panel and working with color groups in the Swatches panel.