Mr. Potato Head Practice

Good Morning! Today we will continue to work on our Mr. Potato Head practice. We will be focused on Shape and Value (highlights and shadow shapes), Pen Tool precision (as limited anchor points as possible), and using Layers efficiently (Ear layer, Ear highlights, Ear shadows, etc.).

 

Directions below:

Find the JPEG file Titled “Mr. Potato Head” in the folder:
Shared >Students >Fine Art >Pen Practice.
Drag this image to your home folder.

1. Open a new Illustrator document.
2. File> Place the Mr. Potato image on your Artboard.
3. Name this layer reference image and lock it.
4. Create a new layer name “Body” and trace the outline of the potato.
5. Using the Eyedropper tool, fill this shape you made by clicking the potato color.
6. Lock and hide this layer.
7. Create a new layer named “Eye and Mustache layer”.
8. Trace around the white eye shapes and black mustache shape.
9. Use the Eyedropper tool to fill these shapes.
10. Lock and hide this layer.
11. Create a new layer named “Pupil and mustache highlights”.
12. Continue working this way.

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