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Give an illustration the look of a hand-drawn comic

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Jory Dayne

Created:
January 16, 2009
User Level:
Intermediate, Advanced
Products:
Illustrator CS4 or later

In the Cradle of the Deep

Illustrator Jory Dayne shows you how to turn a rough sketch into a comic-like drawing. Start by using the pen and brush tools to define the outlines, and then refine the drawing with gradients and the various brush tools in Adobe® Illustrator® CS4.

His inspiration for "In the Cradle of the Deep"

“I love the lines of comic books and the colors of old Disney cartoons. Sometimes a good idea feels like its something you have to really fight for, something you have to snatch and run.”

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Requirements

Adobe Illustrator CS4

Prerequisite knowledge

Intermediate knowledge of Illustrator CS4

Where to go from here

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

About the author

Jory Dayne is an illustrator living in the lovely state of Deseret, and can be found online at jorydayne.net.