Source: “How To Trace a Sketch with a Vintage Comic Style”
You can find the vintage comic style in newspapers, magazines, and in animation. In this tutorial you will learn several techniques for tracing a sketch, including how to make custom brushes, how to combine shapes and brushes and how to combine multiple brushes. You will also learn how to simulate shadows with a hatching technique.
Step 1
Let’s begin with the creation of the sketch and place it on the artboard (File > Place). Pay attention to the lines and make sure they have variable widths. Lock the layer with the sketch in order not to move it during tracing.
Step 2
Let’s get down to tracing the contours. Create a new layer over that one with the sketch, the picture is to be traced in this new layer. It’s easy to create brushes for the stroke with an ellipse. Take the Ellipse Tool (L) and create an ellipse. The height of the ellipse will correspond to the maximal width of the stroke. You can define the height value in the Control Settings.
Step 3
A drop-like brush is the preferred shape for the stroke. Make a form out of the ellipse similar to the shape below. Once you’ve made the shape, drag it into the Brushes palette and save the brush as an Art Brush.
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“How To Trace a Sketch with a Vintage Comic Style”
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