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Emily Gonsalves is a graphic designer and illustrator based in the Toronto area. You can keep updated about her illustrations via her art blog. She also writes and illustrates a comic series - in vector format - called Green Corner.

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How to Create a Fantasy Character in Illustrator

Jun 9th in Comics, Illustration by Emily Gonsalves

This tutorial covers the process of creating a fantasy pinup illustration with Illustrator CS3. This tutorial uses Live Paint, so you will need CS2 or above to follow. If you need an alternative method for a legacy version of Illustrator, please download my Creating Comics with Illustrator tutorial tutorial, which includes instructions for that.

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