Noupe Editorial Team July 23rd, 2009

40+ Vector Characters Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Tutorials

Having a unique design is a must to get your visitor's attention. Vector characters can establish a memorable image of your site in the reader's mind. Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop are great for a sketchy or hand-drawn feel. Creating these effects are relatively easy with Live Trace, Live Paint, Brushes and the ability to create you own brushes. This article contains a mixture of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials that will be a great help to you to create visually appealing cartoon characters.

At the end of this post you will find breathtaking & interesting illustrations from some of the best graphic designers and artists.

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  8. these types of tutorials are of no use to anyone. all they will show you how to do is copy someone elses drawing. and especially in the case of the ’emo kid’ the drawings are horrible.

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  10. hey derp, in my opinion, im sorry but ur wrong, copy makes u understand how the draw was made, so u know the procees u can apply for ur own, not necessarily u need to copy, or u gonna tell me that when ur learning to play piano, u dont play Mozart pieces, Chopin or else, see, ur playing someone else´s composition, here its the same, thanks!

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  17. Wonderful characters and tutorials, thank you! Too bad I’m not a graphic designer, but can keep tryin’.

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  36. Aw, this was a very nice post. In thought I want to put in writing like this additionally – taking time and actual effort to make an excellent article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and not at all appear to get one thing done.

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  37. This post was phenomenal. I am doing a lot of research for my own blogging project and hope to create my own graphics for it.

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