Colouring in Adobe Illustrator - Wolf Cartoon Pt1

Wolf Cartoon character coloured in Adobe Illustrator, by Zen Grenade Graphics http://www.zengrenade.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Adobe
• illustrator
• Cartoon
• character
• design
• big
• bad
• wolf
• colouring

[nicbenson93]

why didn't use live trace

[lockianhound]

@nicbenson93 Illustrator didn't have it until CS2 I was Using CS. I still don't use it though because a) I would need to spend much longer on the pencil drawing making the lines look just right etc and b) Because of the way it works, you can't select each individual line and colour it. Also When I made this I didn't know you could make custom brushes, which is what I do now.

[destroyahdes]

How do you get the lines to taper like the wrinkles on his nose using the pen tool?

[lockianhound]

With the pen tool, you click where you want the line to start, click again where you want the line to end and drag to make a curve. Click back on the endpoint then click on the start point and drag to make another curve. You should now have a shape tapered at both ends like a fingernail clipping

[PabloDarioLi]

This guy has some skills! amazing! would be great if there were a written tutorial of this video, I am just to slow to follow it :(

[lockianhound]

Thanks Google Zengrenade, there is a written tutorial on my website

[nicbenson93]

@lockianhound well it looks good regardless, was just wondering. :)

[PickleProds]

lol pimp wolf

[backaround]

i like the taper lines

[DrBTrueger]

The Ultimate Don!!!!

[destroyahdes]

Thank you very much! I just finished making an illustrator tracing but didn't know how to do this. I will practice with it.