How to Draw Santa Claus | Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

Join me as I walk you through my process for drawing Santa Claus in Adobe Illustrator. This full length tutorial contains many useful tips for creating cartoon art in vector software. From using multiple light sources, to figuring out shadows and highlights, this video has got it all.
So grab yourself a cup of eggnog, put on you ugliest Christmas sweater and hit that play button.
Color Swatches Used in Video:
Pantone 185 C
Pantone Orange 187 C
Pantone 1555 C
Pantone 179 C
Pantone 130 C
Pantone Cool Gray 8 C
Pantone 2915 C
Pantone 2935 C
Pantone 2945 C
Pantone 1235 C
Pantone 7482 C
Pantone 174 C
Pantone Black 6 C
Pantone 115 C
C=0 M=0 Y=0 K=100 (Black)
C=0 M=0 Y=0 K=0 (White)
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[@Svartr.HrafnSvartr]

Great tutorial, thanks for the taking the time to record and share! I won't be able to afford anything PS or Wacom branded anytime soon, so I'm hoping I can translate the process in opensource software. Regarding Illustrator itself, is it not possible to batch code the 'Clean Up Process'? Or is it just faster to manually do the steps once gotten used to...? Merry Christmas and Brightest Blessings for 2024!

[@CraigBabin]

I'm glad you like the video. As for the clean up process, I have attempted to pack it all together as an action, but for some reason, it just doesn't give the desired results. Up until now, doing it all out manually seems to be the only way that I can get it to work. Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@gemmalewis1879]

I am fascinated with this! Is there a class I can take to learn how to draw and illustrator?

[@CraigBabin]

I'm sure there are plenty of videos on KZbin that will teach you the basics of drawing in Adobe Illustrator.