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Cartoon Illustration in Photoshop- How to Draw Cute Cartoons (Udemy.com)

Drawing in Photoshop - Learn how to draw cute cartoon character in photoshop & vector illustration for 2d game art

Created by: Pixelandb Academy

Last updated April 2025

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What you will learn

  • Design & build your own character in Photoshop
  • Use Adobe Photoshop vector shapes in order to complete a vector illustration
  • Create artwork for 2D games, prints, ebooks, magazines and videos
  • Use quick & easy vector tools/techniques of cartoon illustration
  • How to use real world objects to creating cartoons

How it compares

Against the other 194 rated Udemy courses in Drawing on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 67% of them
  • Reviews62#173 of 195 by number of reviews
  • Length4.3 hoursshorter than 52% of them
  • Last updatedApril 2025more recently than 84% of them

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Course Description

What you'll learn

  • Use Adobe Photoshop vector shapes in order to complete a vector illustration

  • Use quick & easy vector tools/techniques of cartoon illustration

  • how to find your own style and design for your own cartoon characters.

  • Can illustrate adorable cartoons, objects, cuteness based on this technique

  • Create artwork for 2D games, prints, ebooks, magazines, and videos

  • New lecture video has been added

Requirements

  • Adobe Photoshop CS6 or CC

  • Basics understanding of Adobe Photoshop UI

Downloadable content (Concept Drawings) available


Description

Create vector-based Character Illustrations using Adobe Photoshop

This course is designed to give you the ability to draw cute cartoon characters with the help of vector tools and shapes in Photoshop. No raster technique will be used. The course takes you through the entire vector illustration process so that you can use the techniques learned in this course to make cute cartoon drawings according to your choices! And finally, you can export art into EPS format and open it in Adobe Illustrator as a vector file.

Become a Vector Illustrator in under a few hours!

In this course, you'll learn how to draw cute cartoon characters from fruits and candies and then you can apply the same technique to other types of characters. We will illustrate eyes, nose, mouth expressions, the base body, and the simple techniques to give the image to your imagination.

We will explain:

  • How to use Adobe Photoshop in order to complete a vector illustration

  • simple steps to illustrate cartoons, objects, landscape based on this technique

  • Quick & easy tools/techniques of cartoon illustration

  • Techniques to create artwork for 2D games, prints, ebooks, magazines, and videos

  • About various short-keys of Photoshop to speed up workflow

Content and overview

This course includes over 19 lectures and about 4 hours of content, suited for anyone interested in digital illustration.

Starting with understanding the vector tools and techniques in Photoshop, we will introduce you to vector tools in Photoshop and how to use them for illustration. Then we will move to cartoon illustration. We will cover the body, eyes, lips, glossy effects, candy, vector tools, and vector masking. You will get to know many keyboard short keys of various tools and commands for a fast workflow.

Throughout the course, it will focus on Layers Management and Grouping Layers.

Who will find it useful:

  • Anyone who is passionate about cartoon illustration and wants to develop their skills.

  • Existing illustrators who want to get more involved with character design.

  • Those who would like to learn more about drawing in Illustrator and Photoshop.

  • Who want to use vector shapes and pen tool to create cartoons and export into EPS format

Ready to start creating your own awesome characters? Enroll in this course now and get started!


Background Music Credits:  bensound music

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Instructor Details

Pixelandb Academy

Pixelandb is a group of CG & Real world Artists from industries. Instructors of Pixelandb are well experienced in 2D, 3D, Animation, Game Art, Pencil Drawing, Concept, Virtual Reality & Clay Art fields and having academic experience as well. Our training programs provide a complete career solution for those who want to explore launching a professional career in the exciting field of Game Art, 2D/3D Design, Animation and Concept Art.

Whether you are new to the world of Game Art, 2D/3D Design, Animation and Concept Art - or maybe want to improve your skills for intermediate or advanced levels, Pixelandb is right platform for all your Art related tutorials!

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Reviews

4.7

62 ratings on Udemy

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By Caleb Sophie on 8/15/2024

The trainers background and experience instilled confidence in the training. The Instructor was very knowledgeable and made the training session most enjoyable.

By Jordan Charles on 8/15/2024

This is the first time I have attended a photoshop class in this format and wondered how effective it would be. It was very effective and therefore I would definitely be interested in attending his classes in this way. The instructor was very knowledgeable and provided a wealth of information about the current version, especially since the last version I used was several releases ago.

By Micheal Klein on 7/31/2024

Bu katıldığım ikinci pozitif ele alma eğitimiydi ve oldukça farklıydılar (teknikleri aynı olmasına rağmen) ama birbirlerini tamamlıyorlardı.

By Felix August on 7/31/2024

Kurstan gerçekten keyif aldım ve daha önce yapmadığım farklı bir görüş ve taktikle karşılaştım çok iyi ve profesyonel bir eğitmen Bu kurstan keyif aldım ve çok faydalı buldum. Teşekkür ederim.

By Emma Oliver on 7/29/2024

I found the course informative and the skills I have learnt will enable me to deal with situations within school confidently and effectively

By Philips Emmanuel on 7/25/2024

It was actually my most enjoyable course. It had the most work to do by far and that is what in turn made it most enjoyable.

By Liam Micheal on 7/22/2024

To be honest , this was my first online class. I am looking forward to taking more online classes on this topic. The experience of this class has being nothing but positive.

By Cal Teach on 4/19/2024

So far this had been very informative, he broke down all the necessary tools that photoshop uses for vector manipulation, if you have a good imagination you can imagine the limitless amount of graphics you can create through practice and iteration of the simple things he's shown so far!

By Maciej Wloch on 3/30/2024

it was pretty good but most of it i did by myself and you could have used the eyedrop tool for matching colours lol however mostly it was quite fun

By Glen Barnhardt on 5/1/2022

So far it's been extremely clear and I love how you explained the short keys. I've been using photoshop for years and I've gotten more valuable information in just two videos then most other instructional ones.

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Overall Score : 94 / 100