How to Draw Little Red Riding Hood With Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator

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How to Draw Little Red Riding Hood With Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator by Nataliya Dolotko 25 Mar 2013 DifFculty: Intermediate Length: Medium Languages:

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This post is part of a series called Easy Character Design. ! Create a Cute and Simple Panda With Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator " Creating a Simple Kawaii Yeti With Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator

What You'll Be Creating

In this tutorial you will learn how to create an adorable cartoon Little Red Riding Hood with her basket and bunch of Xowers. You will use the Pen Tool (P) and basic shapes such as the Rectangle Tool (M), the Ellipse Tool (L) and the Polygon Tool. This is a great tutorial for those who are getting the hang of Adobe Illustrator's basic tools.

Step 1 Let's start by creating a New document. Then we will draw a circle (color R=223, G=178,

B=139), using the Ellipse Tool (L). You want nice even circle, so you need to press and hold the Shift key for this. This will be the face of a little girl.

Step 2 Next - the eyes. Take the Ellipse Tool (L) (color R=242, G=242, B=242) and draw another circle for an eye. If you put an eye in the lower part of the face, the Little Red Riding Hood will look more child like.

Step 3 Create another two circles as shown on the image below. Those are pupil of the eye (color R=84, G=49, B=36,) and a highlight (color R=255, G=255, B=255).

Step 4 Now we draw the eyelashes, using the Pen Tool (P). Use the same brown color as a pupil of the eye.

Change the direction of the Pen Tool to Fnish the Frst eyelash.

Continue to draw second eyelash, than the third. Also don't forget to close the path.

Step 5 Now you have the eyelashes, however they are above the eye. Just drag them closer to eye and then drag it below the eye circles in the Layers panel.

Step 6 Now we will simply create another eye. Select whole eye with eyelashes (but not a face) and right-click on the mouse. Select Transform > ReXect.

A dialogue window will appear, asking you to enter the axis of your reXection. You need to check Vertical and press Copy. Keep the selection of the second eye and drag it on the right side of the face.

Step 7 Align eyes. Select two eyes, right-click on your mouse and select Group (Ctrl + G). Keep those selecting and holding Shift key select also a face. Go to Align panel (Window > Align) and press Horizontal Align Center.

Step 8 Creating a mouth. Draw a pink circle (color R=235, G=122, B=121).

Holding together Shift + Alt, move this circle a little up. The button Shift is for moving straight, and the button Alt - for duplicating the object. In PathFnder panel, select Minus Front.

Now you have a mouth.

Step 9 Place her mouth on her face.

Step 10 Let's add some rosey cheeks, they are a great characteristic of youth and being in the fresh air. So, let's draw the pink cheeks! Use the Ellipse Tool (L) to create an ellipse (color R=223, G=160, B=133).

Rotate the ellipse to the left.

Step 11 Create the second cheek by selecting the Frst one and right-click your mouse and select Transform > ReXect. Select Vertical and click the Copy button in the ReXect Panel. Now you have two cheeks. Put them on the face.

Step 12 Drawing the hair. You will need the Pen Tool (P) and the Fll color R=135, G=83, B=65. Try to draw as shown on image below.

Continue drawing.

And the result. Of course, you can draw another haircut, if you would like.

Step 13 Lets add some highlights to the hair. Again use the Pen Tool (P) and the Fll color R=144, G=96, B=77.

Make a few more. For more convenience you should draw the highlights directly over the hair.

Step 14 The hood. Select the face and press Ctrl + C and after that Ctrl + B to duplicate the face behind. Keep the new circle selected, choose the Fll color R=204, G=72, B=69 for it and make a little bit bigger than the face.

Take the Direct Selection Tool (A) and select the highest anchor on the hood. Then press few times the key up on your keyboard.

Step 15 Drawing the cape. Choose red color as a hood (you can use for it the Eyedropper Tool (I)). Then select the Pen Tool (P) and draw a shape as shown on the image below.

Select this shape by the Selection Tool (V) and right-click your mouse. Select Transform > ReXect. On dialogue window what will appear select Vertical reXection and press Copy. You will have the same picture.

Step 16 Place the cape. under the head of Little Red Riding Hood.

Step 17 Dress. Choose the Fll color R=242, G=118, B=140 and using the Pen Tool (P) draw the same shape as on the image below. Also you could create this shape from the Ellipse Tool (L) by adding or removing anchors.

It's a dress. Put a dress on its place and put it under the cape., using Ctrl + X and Ctrl + B.

Step 18 Arms. Choose the same color as a face by the Eyedropper Tool (I) and make an ellipse.

Rotate a little to the left. Holding Shift and Alt keys in the same moment, drag ellipse to the right.

Then select two ellipses and on the PathFnder panel press Minus Front.

Step 19 Make two ellipses for hands, put them together and press Unite on the PathFnder panel.

Make two parts together. Select whole arm and press Unite one more time. Move the anchors to create a better result. Now we have an arm.

Step 20 Second arm can be created by right-click on mouse and select Transform > ReXect and Copy.

Place the arms under the cape.

Step 21 Legs. Use the Rectangle Tool (M) and draw a rectangle. Take Direct Selection Tool (A) and move the anchors to make a rectangle wider at the top. Then create another leg.

And put those in place under the dress (Ctrl + X and Ctrl + B).

Step 22 Now time for the shoes. Again - make an ellipse and Fll it with color R=184, G=98, B=98.

Select two anchors using the Direct Selection Tool (A). And shift them down. During shifting you will need to hold the Shift key to make a straight trajectory.

Step 23 Make one more copy of this on the back. Move the new copy a little down and Fll with darker color (R=145, G=73, B=73).

Step 24 From Brush panel select Artistic Calligraphic 10 pt. Round brush. And draw the laces with this brush. You can change the thickness of the laces by increasing or reducing the stroke (I used 5 pt Stroke Weight).

Step 25 Create a copy of the shoe by reXection and place on the legs.

Step 26 Brooch. Make a yellow ellipse (color R=200, G=186, B=68) and rotate it to the left approximately on 30 degrees.

Make a vertical reXection and press Copy in the ReXection dialogue window. Move the new copy slightly to the right until two ellipses will look together like a heart.

Select ellipses and on the PathFnder panel press Unite. Now it is real heart.

Step 27 Put the heart on a cape. So, Little Red Riding Hood is ready!

Step 28 Now we will create a basket. Make a light brown horizontal oval (color R=153, G=100, B=55).

Draw a rectangle over it, select the two shapes and on the PathFnder panel press Minus Front.

Now you have a base of the basket.

Step 29 Make a horizontal reXection of the base. Hold Shift + Alt and drag copy of reXection slightly down.

Press Minus Front on the PathFnder panel. You will get a handle of a basket.

Step 30 Make the holder smaller and put it in a place. Also put the holder to the back.

Step 31 Keep pressing Alt + Shift the base to the diagonal left.

Select again the base (not a copy) and press Ctrl + C, Ctrl + F. Fill it with darker color (R=135, G=86, B=49). Now click on the darker copy and on the copy, which you was shifting to the diagonal left and press Minus Front.

The result is a shadow along the bottom of the basket.

Step 32 Choose a lighter brown Fll (color R=168, G=122, B=78) and make a rectangle using the Rounded Rectangle Tool over the basket.

Step 33 To complete our basket you will need just a blue shawl. We need to create the triangle: select the Polygon Tool and click somewhere on your workplace. On the dialogue window select 3 sides and Fll with smoked blue color (R=159, G=187, B=158).

Add one more anchor to the shawl in the up, using the Pen Tool (P). Make the anchor smooth also by the Pen Tool (P) and move it up.

Step 34 Put the shawl on the basket.

Step 35 Flowers. Take the Polygon Tool and make a polygon with 8 sides. Fill it with blue color R=100, G=157, B=176.

Go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Pucker & Bloat. A dialogue window will appear, select around 40% and press OK. You have a Xower!

Step 36 And, of course, you will need a middle part. Choose yellow Fll color (R=200, G=186, B=68), create a circle and place it over the blue petals. If you want to put the middle part directly in the middle, you need select petals and the middle part and go to the Align panel. Then click on the Horizontal Align Center and the Vertical Align Center.

Step 37 Making a stem and a leaf. For the stem use the Rounded Rectangle Tool and for the leaf - just the Ellipse Tool. The color is R=113, G=141, B=70.

Make a lot of Xowers by dragging it and keeping the Alt key pressed. You will copy the Frst Xower and after that you can change the color of petals, steam, leaf.

Step 38 Put all Xowers in one bunch and incline them.

Step 39 Lets give the Xowers to Little Red Riding Hood.

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Step 40 In the last step we will create a background for this image. Just add two rectangles using the Rectangle Tool (M) and Fll them with blue (R=173, G=215, B=207) and green (R=144, G=169, B=68) colors. Send them to back - select the two rectangles and press Ctrl + X, Ctrl + B.

Conclusion Our illustration is ready! She is adorable, isn't she? You can use this character for the greeting cards, invitations or seamless patterns.

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Nataliya Dolotko I am totally self taught vector illustrator and graphic designer. I live in USA with my family and my two main passions are drawing and Ftness. I can draw all day long, where I can easily loose my connection with the reality at times. I am really happy to write for Tuts+--it's a chance to share with others what I can do and what I love. Feel free to visit my portfolio on Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-333559p1.html

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