This is a short beginner tutorial. You will use Layers, utilize the Pen Tool and its sister tools, such as the Convert Anchor Point Tool, Direct Selection Tool, etc, to draw and colorize a vector Bart Simpson in Adobe Illustrator. First we will create the basic shape outlines which comprise his body, then create the shadows and highlights to finish off the artwork. If you have any questions of how I created Bart feel free to download the file and take a look.           Final Image Preview:           Step 1: Start off by creating a new Illustrator...

Inspired by a pigeon living outside my bedroom window I thought one sleepless night how great it would be to have an owl. In this tutorial I’ll walk you through taking a pencil sketch into Illustrator and creating vector artwork. Then we’ll bounce over to Photoshop and add some details and give it a washed look.           Step 1 It’s easiest if you start with a simple sketch of your design. It isn’t worth it to get super detailed at this point, the sketch is mainly for reference. Next scan your sketch and place it in a new Illustrator...

A simple tutorial to teach you how to create a super cute baby seal.                   Final result   This is what we will create, a baby seal in a familiar environment.       Step 1: The eyes Open a new document and set the artboard to whatever you want, I used 600px by 400px. Let’s draw the eyes. Draw the outline.   Let’s add an ambient highlight. Make a copy of the eye shape then draw a big ellipse over it. Select both objects then click on Minus Front in the Pathfinder palette. This subtracts the big...

Today I am going to illustrate a bird from sketch to vector.                                         This is my sketch:-           This is the more detail hand drawing:-       Step 1 Here we start the process. Scan the artwork into your pc. Open a new document with RGB color mode. Go to file > Place. Place the artwork on the stage. Reduce the opacity to 50% and lock the layer.       Step 2 Create a new layer and move it below the artwork....

The ability to dream up and design cool, dynamic people is a good skill for any graphic designer to have under their belt, whether you’re basing whole graphic novels around them or just using them to add a quirky twist to flyers or T-shirt designs.Character design is a great chance to really let your imagination run wild – the sky’s the limit. In this tutorial, you’ll learn some basic skills for converting your character from a pencil doodle to a complete, fully-coloured image – learning some crucial Illustrator skills along the way.                           01....

Going through my sketchbook I noticed I’ve been drawing cute characters lately. Where is all this cuteness coming from? Probably from an exciting job I’m doing right now. Anyways I picked one of the characters for a tutorial so here it goes.               Final result     Behold the dynamic cuteness this rodent oozes!     Step 1: The body Draw the main body shape with a circle then squash the top a bit.   Fiil the shape with a brown gradient to obtain some roundness.     Step 2: The pot belly Take a copy...

Well, it’s Blog Action Day 2009 today and the topic is Climate Change. So I decided to create a fun sun character tutorial. This intermediate tutorial is great for logos, children illustrations, and other projects relating to climate change. Moreover, you can easily apply this tutorial to other illustrations, logos, and projects!         Blog Action Day Day 2009: Climate Change Climate change is an important issue that affects everyone on this planet. If you are reading this, you are probably a designer, illustrator, or involved in these industries in some way. Being part...

Whenever you see highly realistic images of CG cars, you may think that it is an incredibly difficult process to arrive at such a high quality result…this is not actually the case. In this tutorial, I will show you how easy it can be to create a photorealistic car render using 3DS Max and Vray, as long as you know the right steps.   For this tutorial, I used “Dodge Viper”, but these steps will let you can achieve similar result using any high-rez car model.     Final Effect Preview Click on Image to Open a High Rez Version           Step...