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Digital Illustration: Design a Fun Character!
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Digital Illustration: Design a Fun Character!

The Beginner's Guide to turning Hand-drawn Sketches into Vector Illustrations
Created byCory K
Last updated 10/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Importing a hand-drawn sketch into Adobe Illustrator, setting up guides, and aligning artwork
  • Creating custom vectors around a Character Build using Illustrator's various shaping tools
  • Character Illustration fundamentals: things like hierarchy and design approach
  • Shading, Masking, & Texturing focussed on Character Illustration
  • Exporting our final graphic for upload to web

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 1h 18m total length

  • Inspiration2:55

    Learn how I start my Character Design workflow and hone in on specific inspirations to fuel my creative production.

  • Sketching Tips3:21

    After Inspiration, comes Sketching. This is where we'll synthesize the most intriguing pieces of inspiration we've found and hone in on one to bring our illustration to reality.

  • Starting the Digital Illustration9:51

    Time to bring everything into Adobe Illustrator CC. We're going to setup our document from scratch. Set our guides. Align our Sketch. And prepare everything to begin our Illustration.

  • Coloring & Vector Shapes16:56

    Time to flesh out the basic shapes of our Character Illustration. We'll begin by using the fundamental shaping tools in Adobe Illustrator CC.

  • The Puppet Warp Tool6:47

    We're now ready to build out the Character by creating custom shapes. I'll show you how to use Adobe Illustrator's newest tool called the Puppet Warp Tool. This tool allows you to make custom shapes by contorting custom joint points that you set within your illustration to bend and manipulate the final look.

  • Using the Pen Tool15:38

    Now I'll show you the power of the Pen Tool. I'll explain the basics of using the Pen Tool. Everything from setting vector points to using Bezier Curves to get buttery smooth curves while Illustrating.

  • Repeating Shapes Along Circular Paths5:55

    This is a cool trick that allows you to add some interesting detail to your illustration, allowing you to take any shape and align it along a circular path, giving your robot a more convincing look.

  • Masking, Shading, Texturing Your Character Illustration17:16

    This is the final stage in the Character Illustration process. In this Lecture, I'll show you how to shade an illustration using 3 techniques; Block Shading, Masking, and Halftone Swatch Texturing. I'll even show you how I get that gritty background that looks so cool.

Requirements

  • You should be able to use a Mac at a beginner to intermediate level
  • You need sketching materials, a Mac, and Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 or above

Description

***Fully updated as of November 2018***

Digital Illustration & Character Design using Adobe Illustrator. In this fun step-by-step class, we'll reveal the top tools and techniques used to convert original hand-drawn sketches into full-fledge scalable vector graphics. Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to design your own custom graphics, while gaining an understanding of the tools & workflow used by top Illustrators around the world to make high-quality, eye-catching assets of art. No prior knowledge or experience required! 

In this class, you'll learn how to take your creativity from your sketchbook to your laptop and bring your designs to life! This class covers the fundamentals of Digital Illustration: Starting with inspiration. Tips for sketching. Setting up your document with a scanned image. Aligning your hand-drawn sketch inside Adobe Illustrator. Customizing a color swatch pallet. Making custom vector shapes using the Pen Tool, Puppet Warp Tool & Pathfinder Tool. Useful alignment tricks to fine-tune artwork. Efficient keyboard shortcuts to increase your Digital Illustration workflow. As well as, Shading & Texturing your work to give your Graphic Designs Depth & Dimension. This class is perfect for anyone who's just starting out and wants to explore Digital Illustration in order to bring their creative work to life digitally.

Together, we'll be:

  • Exploring Character Illustration workflow

  • Covering Best Illustration Practices

  • Importing a hand-drawn sketch into Adobe Illustrator, setting up guides, and aligning artwork

  • Creating custom vectors around a Character Build using Illustrator's various shaping tools

  • Shading, Masking, & Texturing a fun, playful Character Illustration

  • Exporting our final product

Who this course is for:

  • This class is perfect for anyone who's just starting out and wants to explore Digital Illustration in order to bring their creative work to life digitally.

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