In this tutorial we’re going to make a simple little pig character. It’s made up of preset shapes that we can adapt and tweak to give the little fella some character. It involves lots of copying and pasting in place, in front and behind, no unnecessary effects or filters, just shapes and simple tweaks. Useful tutorial for beginners and anyone wanting to understand a few basic principles of Adobe Illustrator. All key commands that are mentioned are for the Mac OSX platform. Apologies to all the Windows users reading this!
Within this tutorial, you will be taught the basic principles in order to create an almost exact replica of the red bird in Angry Birds; in vector format.
How to make an abstract illustration using basic shapes and the Live Paint Bucket Tool in Adobe Illustrator.
This tutorial shows you the creative process of Freedom (deviantART), and the principles of using the Live Paint Bucket tool, and what can be achieved with this great innovation in color management by Adobe in Illustrator CS4, which saves time, and may be used in countless sorts of project from character design to abstract Illustration.
Step by Step Tutorial shows how we drew, inked and painted the new SpongeBob cover for NICK Magazine. This video talks about using layers to keep important objects separate.