Comments on: Design a Vector Pencil Cartoon Character http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/ Photoshop, Illustrator, Graphic Design Tutorials Mon, 21 May 2012 04:27:15 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mel http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-1012 Mel Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:48:19 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-1012 thanks for the technique tips! thanks for the technique tips!

]]> By: Edi http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-897 Edi Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:15:30 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-897 Zena, thank you for this tut! I did find it useful. Love your works! Zena, thank you for this tut! I did find it useful. Love your works!

]]> By: Jacob Gube http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-879 Jacob Gube Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:33:22 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-879 What I thought was the most useful in this tutorial was how you drew the character using basic shapes and the Pathfinder panel. I think Pathfinder is an under-utilized illustration tool for developing characters, with artists often using the Pen tool so that they don't have to think too much about how each element fits together. It takes a visionary, such as yourself, to see how the different pieces will fit together in the final stage and how they can be combined together using Pathfinder. This is a method that I would use to create a logomark, which are often simple shapes and don't have much color (if any). Seeing you do it for a more complex piece is inspiring, and it even gets more complicated when you're working with a very colorful piece like this. Well done Zena! What I thought was the most useful in this tutorial was how you drew the character using basic shapes and the Pathfinder panel. I think Pathfinder is an under-utilized illustration tool for developing characters, with artists often using the Pen tool so that they don’t have to think too much about how each element fits together. It takes a visionary, such as yourself, to see how the different pieces will fit together in the final stage and how they can be combined together using Pathfinder. This is a method that I would use to create a logomark, which are often simple shapes and don’t have much color (if any). Seeing you do it for a more complex piece is inspiring, and it even gets more complicated when you’re working with a very colorful piece like this.

Well done Zena!

]]> By: Alex Standiford http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-875 Alex Standiford Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:31:47 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-875 Of course. It's an excellent tut! it's very detailed. Of course. It’s an excellent tut! it’s very detailed.

]]> By: Zena Santos http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-874 Zena Santos Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:28:53 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-874 Does anyone find the tut helpful though? Because that is more the focus and not really the finished art. Does anyone find the tut helpful though? Because that is more the focus and not really the finished art.

]]> By: kolin http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-868 kolin Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:00:32 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-868 it looks more like a penis... it looks more like a penis…

]]> By: BMF http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-862 BMF Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:27:29 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-862 They actually sell rainbow colored pencils like this with a wide flat / wide rounded end they don't come with a point. They actually sell rainbow colored pencils like this with a wide flat / wide rounded end they don’t come with a point.

]]> By: Alex Standiford http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-860 Alex Standiford Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:25:53 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-860 @Melody - well, look at it. Nothing about this pencil says "danger." Adding a point to the end of that pencil would subconsciously add a hint of danger to it. I challenge you to follow this tutorial, and try making some edges sharp, instead of curved. You'll be surprised at how fast this character will begin to look dangerous, or scary. @Melody – well, look at it. Nothing about this pencil says “danger.” Adding a point to the end of that pencil would subconsciously add a hint of danger to it. I challenge you to follow this tutorial, and try making some edges sharp, instead of curved. You’ll be surprised at how fast this character will begin to look dangerous, or scary.

]]> By: Matthew Heidenreich http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-859 Matthew Heidenreich Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:10:32 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-859 yeah, I'd have to agree. I love the trippy look of it. But would it look better with a point instead? yeah, I’d have to agree. I love the trippy look of it. But would it look better with a point instead?

]]> By: Melody http://designinstruct.com/drawing-illustration/design-vector-cartoon-character/#comment-856 Melody Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:55:13 +0000 http://designinstruct.com/?p=445#comment-856 That's a trippy looking pencil, any reason for the rounded edge as opposed to a traditional, more recognizable "point?" That’s a trippy looking pencil, any reason for the rounded edge as opposed to a traditional, more recognizable “point?”

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