How to Create Vector Characters in Illustrator or Photoshop

Master character design with our comprehensive course, perfect for beginners and advanced users in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Learn step-by-step techniques today!

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Brief Summary

This course is all about making cool vector characters easily! Whether you're new or already know your way around Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop, you'll learn all the basics and fun techniques to create characters that pop. Seriously, your imagination is the limit!

Key Points

  • Step-by-step guide to drawing vector characters.
  • Suitable for beginners and advanced users.
  • Learn to use the pen tool and basic shapes.
  • Techniques to duplicate and flip character parts.
  • Create male and female characters for clients.

Learning Outcomes

  • Master the pen tool and basic shape tools.
  • Create unique vector characters with ease.
  • Develop skills to design for clients and make money.
  • Understand how to use duplication for efficiency.
  • Gain confidence in character design regardless of experience level.

About This Course

A perfect video guide to drawing each element step by step.

Learn how to create professional vector characters in no time at all. This course is designed for both the beginner and advanced users of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. The course starts off by showing you the basics of using the pen tool and how to use the points for the right direction of the paths. You also learn how to use the basic shapes to form the head, eyes, hands, and use the pen tool for the clothes, mouth, nose and other elements.

You will learn to cut the workflow in half by duplicating certain areas of the character and flip those parts to make a complete dress and more. The duplication process will allow you to create two arms and legs from one drawing. I have made the creation process as easy as possible without giving beginners and confusion on what to draw or create.

Once you take this course and learn how to create characters, you van use the same lessons and techniques to create both male and female characters and design them for clients if you wish. Once you learn these techniques you can do what you desire with the new skills to make money designing for others.

After you take this course you will be able to create and design any type of vector character that your imagination can think of. The principles you will learn can be applied to any type of vector character, the only limitations will be your imagination. Once you learn to draw any eye, mouth, or nose, the process will always be the same except for adding a different shape for each element to make it look different.

You can use this course with either Adobe Illustrator, or PhotoShop since we will be using the pen tool and basic shape tools. Get started now and learn the most popular thing to design on todays industry - Characters.

I have added special modules that will help you create characters faster when demand calls for it, and you can use your skills from this course to make extra money online. HURRY BEFORE I RAISE THE PRICE.

  • Create the shape of the characters head

  • Create the eyes

  • Create the mouth and nose and ears

Course Curriculum

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Instructor

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Bryant Dodd

I am a trained graphic design artist and a self taught drawing artist. I have been drawing with graphite, pastels, and digital medium for a very long time now. I draw and paint using Photoshop, Art Rage, and many other painting software. Drawing and painting is my passion and taking this talent digital has been great, I have decided to...

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4.9 course rating
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Lisa I.
4.0
8 years ago

This was such a helpful course. I am not new to Photoshop or Illustrator but have never been good at drawing people.

I have always been so frustrated by the pen tool in Photoshop and Illustrator and this is the first time I've actually been able to better understand how to use it. I appreciate the fact that the character drawings were simple for a beginner like me.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is there were certain parts of the course that were not so polished. He would make mistakes and backtrack and I would get a bit lost when he'd go back so I felt there could have been slightly better editing to make the course run smoother.

Otherwise, it was great for someone like me who just wants the basics of learning to draw characters in Photoshop and Illustrator using the pen tool. If you've always struggled with this tool, this will help. It would have been nice to see just a bit more detail and explanations on the fundamentals of the tool but nevertheless this helped me GREATLY!

Also, I'm a Photoshop user mostly and was able to apply the lessons here to Photoshop CS6 with no problem.

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Vanita W.
5.0
10 years ago

This a an excellent course. It taught what I needed to know to create the vector characters for my mobile app. The videos were easy to following. I can apply the techniques I learned in this class to create landscapes and other illustrations. Thanks Bryant for an affordable course.

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Ainoon D.
5.0
10 years ago

I am not really a beginner but I was searching for something on Vector Character creations so when I found this, I grabbed it & it's terribly affordable.
Bryant covered the Pen Tool subject with so much ease & although the Pen Tool is no stranger to me, I still sat & listened to him. Beginners will find this course very easy to follow & not overwhelming at all.
The vector character was pretty basic & I'm sure it was intentional on Bryant's part not to over complicate his students but to show them simple techniques & master them....But it's good enough for anyone to develop it further or make more sophisticated models once you've mastered the ins & outs. Bryant shows you that.

His techniques & lessons are easy to follow & don't let my definition of "Basic techniques or Character " fool you into thinking that you'll only be learning to make stick figures.

Thanks Bryant for your lessons & with this, I'm armed to my teeth to create my vector characters.

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