Adobe Illustrator for Beginners - Going from Sketch to Vector

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The sketch

Finished vectors

Photoshop file

In this tutorial we go over all the basics of Adobe Illustrator. If you've never used Illustrator or any vector program this is a great place to start. We begin with a sketch and take it all the way to a finished vector drawing. As a bonus we also jump into Photoshop to add some extra effects.

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