Turn a sketch into striking vector art
William Chua
Magic Paintbrush
Freelance illustrator William Chua walks you through his process for turning a pencil sketch into vector art in Adobe® Illustrator® CS4. See how he uses symbols, gradients, and brushes to bring an illustration to life.
His inspiration for "Magic Paintbrush"
“The magic of inspiration is that once it strikes, the idea flows smoothly from the artist's brush. Hence, it is my hope that every artist finds their inspiration easily, and with a wave of their brush, the creation turns out as magnificent as the dragon symbolizes.”
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Requirements
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Prerequisite knowledge
Intermediate knowledge of Illustrator CS4
Where to go from here
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Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License
About the author
William Chua, known as Xiaobaosg to his friends, is an amateur freelance illustrator and self-confessed "kidult" from Singapore who believes in creating something out of nothing as an artist. William's work has been showcased at Singapore's Chinese New Year events, in the IdN book Tiger Translate GOLD, Imagine FX, Synk magazine Australia, and the 115 Digital Art Gallery in Bucharest, Romania.
