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Flat-Art Puppy Character Design in Adobe Illustrator

Name: Flat-Art Puppy Character Design in Adobe Illustrator
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Overview

A short, hands-on character design course that walks complete beginners through building a flat-art style puppy illustration in Adobe Illustrator using nothing more than basic shapes, color blocking, and simple vector techniques. Taught by an Adobe Certified Instructor and Expert based in London, the lessons are delivered as short, focused videos built around a single guided project rather than a broad theory dump.

Who it's for

Anyone new to Illustrator or character design who wants a quick, achievable win — no prior drawing ability is required.

Key takeaways

Setting up an Illustrator artboard and drawing with circles, rectangles, and triangles
Using the Shape Builder tool and changing the stacking order of objects
Coloring, creating pattern swatches, and exporting the finished design
Exporting multiple image sizes for web or print via the Artboard export options

By the end, you'll be comfortable manipulating basic shapes into a finished character design.

About this course

Join me on this fun, beginner-friendly, short character design course in how to create a flat-art style puppy in Adobe Illustrator!

No drawing skills are needed!

In my usual hands-on style, you’ll follow a step-by-step process to design a charming puppy illustration using basic shapes, color blocking, and simple vector techniques.

Hi, I'm Tim!
I’m an Adobe Certified Instructor and Expert, as well as a designer based in London.

What you’ll learn:

How to set up an Illustrator artboard
How to draw with circles, rectangles and triangles
How to use the Shape Builder tool
How to change the stacking order of objects
How to color and export your final design
Create patterns in your Swatch
Export multiple sized images for web or print using the Artboard export options

All lessons are delivered in short, clear videos with a hands-on project.

There are no resource files for this course.

By the end of the course, you’ll have a solid grasp of creating simple characters from Illustrator's basic shape tools. You'll be able to manipulate simple shapes by subtracting one from the other as well as round the corners using the little corner widget on the shape. You will change the stacking order of objects and look at using a opacity to create simple 2D shadows.

Don’t forget to share your work—I love seeing what you create!