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Designing a character can apply to both personal and professional projects and the character can be a mascot that works in context of a multi-national brand or it can simply be inspired by a well-known character within pop culture. The later is usually referred to as “Fan Art.”

This tutorial takes you through the entire creative process from thumbnail sketch to final art.

(Tutorial Includes Notes in both ‘English’ and ‘Español’.)

Keywords: Character, Mickey, Fan

File Size: 18.2 MB

Many times an agency will mock up a design direction in order to get a client to sign off on it. Once they have it approved they’ll approach me with their rough idea and want me to flesh it out into it’s final form. This type of project usually means I’ll be leveraging both my design and illustration skills to pull it off.

This project will take you through the entire creative process I used to pull off this illustrative logo design, from shooting my own photo reference material to refining my vector artwork with precision.

(Tutorial Includes Notes in both ‘English’ and ‘Español’.)

Keywords: Logo, Wood, Stylized

File Size: 9.3 MB

A New Format Offering
This first collection was derived from our top “25″ downloaded tutorials. Each tutorial comes in an easy to access multi-page PDF file format. Each PDF tutorial includes creative process images and exhaustive text embedded with links to referenced software, books, and resources. You’ll be able to view and read them on-screen or print them out for hands on reference purposes. (PDF tutorials are available in English only)

Moving forward as the content on IllustrationClass.com grows we’ll release new volume collections each containing “25″ PDF tutorials.

Our site will continue to offer each new tutorial posted in it’s original raw format which includes images, source files, and text provided in English with a Spanish translation. The raw format will remain FREE. (Raw format viewing information here.)

Tutorial Pricing
The new PDF tutorial format will be available to purchase in one of two ways. Either as a volume set or individually.

- PDF Tutorials Volume 1: All “25″ PDF tutorials for a flat rate of $21
- Individual PDF Tutorial: Pick “1″ PDF tutorial for a flat rate of $1.50

Order links for both ordering options are at the bottom of this page.

PDF Tutorials
The below images show several page layouts from the “Alien Skull Illustration” PDF tutorial available in the volume 1 collection.

PDF Tutorials Volume 1
The following PDF tutorials are included in the volume one collection.

- Alien Skull Illustration - Alien Skull Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Banner Illustration - Banner Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Basic Shading and Lighting - Basic Shading and Lighting: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Big Bocca Illustrative Logo - Big Bocca Illustrative Logo: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Big Dot Effect - Big Dot Effect: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Big Bocca Illustrative Logo - Big Bocca Illustrative Logo: Link to raw format tutorial.
- BMX Illustration - BMX Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Character Illustration - Character Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Concept Card Illustration - Concept Card Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Continuous Line Illustration - Continuous Line Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Diagram Illustration - Diagram Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Digital Fine Art Illustration - Digital Fine Art Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Evergreen Poster Illustration - Evergreen Poster Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Glassy Icon Illustration - Glassy Icon Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Go Forth Poster Illustration - Go Forth Poster Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Illustrative Lettering 2 - Illustrative Lettering 2: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Illustrative Pattern - Illustrative Pattern: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Keyboard Character Illustration - Keyboard Character Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Logo Illustration 1 - Logo Illustration 1: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Logo Illustration 3 - Logo Illustration 3: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Patch Illustration 2 - Patch Illustration 2: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Pop Art Illustration - Pop Art Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Scorpio Illustration - Scorpio Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Soaring Vectors Illustration - Soaring Vectors Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Symmetrical Illustration - Symmetrical Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Tattoo Illustration - Tattoo Illustration: Link to raw format tutorial.
- Tiger Poster Illustration (Bonus Tutorial) - Tiger Poster Illustration (Bonus Tutorial): Link to raw format tutorial.

Quality Control
Not every raw format tutorial on this site will be converted to PDF format. The older tutorials are just not worth the investment of time. They’ll still be available for download in their current form, but we are only converting the most relevant content from our archives.

Every new tutorial we post will eventually be made available in a PDF format. As new volume collections are released the individual PDF tutorials associated with it will be made available for purchase as well. At this time only the tutorials listed above are available for purchase in PDF format.

Payment and Download
All orders are processed using PayPal.com. Simply click the order button for the product you want and follow the on-screen instructions. Once the PayPal transaction is complete you will be automatically emailed a link to download your order. It’s a no-brainer.

Any questions regarding the PDF Tutorials can be sent here.

Notice: Some times Paypal doesn’t forward purchasers to the download link. If you are not immediately directed to the download link just email me directly and I’ll provide you with the download link.

Order PDF Tutorials Volume 1 – $21 Flat Rate
Includes all “25″ multi-page PDF tutorials listed above.

Order Individual PDF Tutorial – $1.50 per
Request any individual PDF tutorial listed above. Be sure to Include the name of the tutorial in your PayPal notes when ordering.

Copyright and Usage Terms
All tutorial content is copyright © 2010 Glitschka Studios.

These PDF tutorials grant the purchaser private viewing rights only. Any public re-use, posting online, or re-distribution of these PDF tutorials, images, and textual content in part or whole is strictly prohibited without written permission from Glitschka Studios. Any violation of this copyright will be taken seriously and pursued legally. For permission to use beyond granted rights please contact us here.