Hand-drawn Vector Cartoon Illustration Avatar
Directions
Create a Vector hand-drawn cartoon avatar of yourself in Adobe Illustrator. Use the Pencil Tool with specific settings to create this drawing. The Brush, Blob brush or Eraser can also be used if you wish. Below is a short 4 minute video on using all these drawing tools in illustrator. I recommend using the Wacom table for this project intsead of the mouse. Use one of the photos we took in class earlier, take a new one, or use an existing photo you already have. If you decide to use on of the photos we took in class it will need to be resized. Let me know and I can help you with this step. |
One great drawing brush you can try is located on the Graphics (G: drive) > Computer Art > Inking Brush.ai
We can load this brush into Illustrator to create the lines to look like the pictures below. Ask me to load this brush for you.
We can load this brush into Illustrator to create the lines to look like the pictures below. Ask me to load this brush for you.
This brush creates a thin to thick to thin line.
The stroke weight can be adjusted here.
Here is a completed example using the inking brush using dark blue lines instead of black.
Click here to begin your project
Save your project
Please make sure to save your project to the correct folder on the (V: drive) Visual Arts > Hand Drawn Vector Cartoon Avatar as YOUR LAST NAME.ai