If you have worked with illustrator before or seen character created in illustrator you can see that shading and lighting are the key things to bring your character to life. Basic shadows and light effects can transform your character from boring flat to professional 2D.
I got a really interesting tutoral today from Nikki on my daily design newsletter, and with permission from Von R. Glitschka — the creator if this tutorial, I am allowed to share his shading and Lighting illustrator tutorial with you guys. You can go to his blog post “Basic Shading and Lighting” and download the source files, step by step instructions (also available in spanish) and how to create this amazing characters plus get the basic knowledge to create your own. and the best part? its FREE… yup… FREE just click the download button and start creating your characters and hey why not! share them with us!
hope you enjoy it as much as I did! again.. here is the link where you can get all the goodies for this tutorial click here to learn about Basic Shading and Lighting using illustrator
