…In this movie, we're going to create another…texture that we're going to add to the sweater.…And this one involves these little white flecks here.…And the great thing about it, is its…based on a texture that ships along with Illustrator.…So, I'm going to go ahead and switch over to my drawing so far,…and, here inside the Swatches panel, I'll go ahead and click on this…little books icon, in the lower left corner, which takes you to the…various libraries that ship along with…Illustrator, and then you want to choose Patterns.…Choose Basic Graphics.…
And then choose Basic Graphics Textures.…And that'll bring up an independent floating panel, as you see right here.…Now, I've gone ahead in advance, and switched to the large thumbnail view.…Because I want to be able to see these textures as well as possible.…And the ones I decided to work with are these.…They're a little hard to find, so you're going to have to kind of hunt…around with your cursor, and wait for the hints to come up on screen.…One of 'ems called, USGS.…
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4/22/2014- Preparing a photographic tracing template
- Tracing eyes and other features with the Ellipse and Pen tools
- Roughing in hair and other complex features
- Reshaping paths to enhance their accuracy
- Establishing variety with stroke attributes
- Coloring the avatar
- Shading a face with gradients
- Adding expression and personality
- Saving a universally compatible PNG file
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 59s
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1. Tracing the Base Path Outlines
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2. Refining and Developing Your Paths
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3. Coloring and Shading the Avatar
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Adding additional shading9m 20s
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4. Adding Gradients and Patterns
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Assigning a gradient stroke2m 31s
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5. Adding Expression and Personality
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Adding playful smile lines5m 41s
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6. Exporting the Final Image
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Conclusion
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Until next time46s
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