Drawn+Together

Learning to use the pen tool and Layers palette to create a fully drawn recreation of a cartoon character.
 * Drawn Together, Pen Tool Exercise Part 3**

Assignment

 * For this project you will:
 * Download a cartoon character of your choosing
 * In Adobe Illustrator
 * The Pen Tool (P)
 * To create a series of shapes that will, when fully completed will be a redrawing of the character
 * These shapes should be
 * One continuous line around the whole part that you are drawing
 * except in the case for small hairs that protrude out from the object
 * Use a red outline to see where you are tracing
 * When you finish the tracing use the eye dropper tool to sample the color of the shape
 * refer to your tool bar cheat sheet to locate the eye dropper tool and it's keyboard short cut (the letter after it's name)
 * The Layer Palette
 * Lock the layer with the Cartoon Character
 * Create a new layer for each part of the character you are drawing
 * For example, the part of the drawing that is below everything will be the first thing you draw. For the picture of Dexter I would start with the arm and glove on the right side of the drawing since it is below his head and lab coat. Then I would create a new layer for the legs, then coat, then the other glove, then head, etc.
 * [[image:DEXTER.gif width="160" height="200"]]
 * After completing the exercise
 * To the point you are confident that you have done the best you can
 * Create 2 JPEGs of the Illustrator file
 * File>Save for web and devices...
 * Use "JPEG" as the file format
 * One version will be the complete drawing
 * The second version will be with the layers pulled apart so that I can see your layer contents
 * Insert your newly created JPEGs onto the page

**Requirements**

 * Your file must be on your wiki.
 * Make sure you are confident that your work is done before you upload the file
 * The work uploaded should be the best you can do
 * If you have questions or can't figure something out ask me