How to Draw a Retro Mascot Character Design in Illustrator

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  • Опубліковано 29 лип 2019
  • In today's Adobe Illustrator tutorial we're going to have some fun creating a retro mascot character design of a hot dog, using inspiration from the classic cartoon style of the 1930s known as "rubber hose". Imagine the early Disney or Fleischer Studios characters with their bendy limbs, pie-shaded eyes and three-fingered hands in white gloves.
    We'll use a combination of the brush and blob tools to construct the illustration from scratch, then incorporate a limited colour palette and subtle texturing to suit the retro look. I'll show you some of my favourite illustrating techniques and brush settings to help you draw your own fun character designs.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 124

  • @spoongraphics
    @spoongraphics  5 років тому +11

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  • @ChrisHanline
    @ChrisHanline 5 років тому +155

    I've never been able to figure out how to *illustrate* in Illustrator until now. I've always tried to re-learn illustration by building shapes and whatnot. Thank you for finally posting a tutorial on the brush tools!

    • @limafabioo
      @limafabioo 4 роки тому +1

      Real talk Chris!!! On repeat this one!!!

    • @caydendadinki8891
      @caydendadinki8891 4 роки тому +2

      Take a shot for everytime you say illustration/illustrate

    • @natebragg
      @natebragg Рік тому

      I was gonna say the same thing

  • @1987tomtomtom1987
    @1987tomtomtom1987 5 років тому +1

    I’ve been using adobe products for 15+ years now and I still enjoy your videos. Always nice to see how someone does it!

  • @nickthemage2052
    @nickthemage2052 5 років тому +22

    Been waiting for something like this! Love it!

  • @JohnSuder
    @JohnSuder 5 років тому +7

    Love this style. great tut, learned 3 tricks just by watching!

  • @natealexander73
    @natealexander73 Рік тому +1

    I love this style. Yours is the first one I saw so I keep coming back to it for reference.

  • @da5idnz
    @da5idnz 5 років тому +8

    Great video! I also like to use the Variable Width tool to change the taper of strokes - eg, make them thicker in the middle or thinner towards the end. It's a useful tool to have in your arsenal.

  • @Thetacakes
    @Thetacakes 5 років тому +3

    Thank you so much - I learned a lot and I can't wait to try out these new techniques!

  • @eleanorrana
    @eleanorrana 5 років тому +1

    Loved the tutorial ! Thanks for sharing !

  • @Systematic_Speaking
    @Systematic_Speaking 4 роки тому +2

    This is excellent, thank you for putting it together.

  • @axelmagicien
    @axelmagicien 2 роки тому +4

    The tutorial I was looking for, thanks it's beautiful !!

  • @spoongraphics
    @spoongraphics  Рік тому

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  • @CantoneseinGermany
    @CantoneseinGermany 2 роки тому

    I love how your tutorial so clear and easy to understand!!!

  • @danbaines10
    @danbaines10 10 місяців тому

    So cool, thank you. I’ve used illustrator for logo design but struggle with using it for illustration so thanks for simplifying this!

  • @inkyelpequenodiabloangel4417
    @inkyelpequenodiabloangel4417 3 роки тому

    I adore this type of cartoon, and by the way, in the beginning, mentioning the style, you also mentioned a character with that style, you said Bendy!.

  • @shesothorny9892
    @shesothorny9892 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much for teaching me!! I learned a lot drawing this!!

  • @Licinho76
    @Licinho76 5 років тому

    AWESOME TUTORIAL!!! HUGE CONGRATS AGAIN!!!

  • @spoongraphics
    @spoongraphics  Рік тому

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  • @tabbathanichols5147
    @tabbathanichols5147 2 роки тому

    Thank you so freaking much! This was beyond helpful and got me comfortable with some tools that vexed me for the last month.

  • @Burritonii
    @Burritonii 5 років тому +3

    This is so helpful, thank you!!

  • @raabemartins7894
    @raabemartins7894 10 місяців тому

    SIMPLY AMAZING! THANK YOU SO MUCH

  • @dpjgiii
    @dpjgiii 3 роки тому

    You have taught me more than my Professor has in one semester in this video, seriously awesome vid!

  • @iqbalhakimboo5898
    @iqbalhakimboo5898 5 років тому

    Looking good. Love this bro!

  • @angelosa.3178
    @angelosa.3178 4 роки тому +1

    Dope, thanks :D Always helpful, even if i know how to do something you always deliver something new.

  • @chrism8640
    @chrism8640 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome video which has helped me greatly. Many thanks!

  • @cindyarted
    @cindyarted 3 місяці тому

    Awesome tutorial! 🔥

  • @pcynim
    @pcynim 2 роки тому

    Thank you, I need to learn this kind of illustration and you explained it very well. Subbed.

  • @JackHermes
    @JackHermes 4 роки тому

    Great video- thanks for sharing

  • @alfredfx0
    @alfredfx0 5 років тому

    Great tips, great video, thanks!

  • @Combes_
    @Combes_ 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks,I used this tutorial to make a mascot for my class' reading corner,his name is Bookteddy if you were wondering...

  • @BriBrissett
    @BriBrissett 3 роки тому +1

    very helpful! thankyou!

  • @nomonomo7063
    @nomonomo7063 3 роки тому

    Great tutorial!

  • @reiri_rei
    @reiri_rei Рік тому

    It's mind-blowing, I've been using Ai since the first day I went to art school, but never knew I could use the brush this way, I've been using pen tool and it needs lot of patient.. Thank you so much for posting this tutorial (T_T)

  • @PrabhuSubramaniyanDesign
    @PrabhuSubramaniyanDesign 5 років тому +1

    I liked your design process. Thanks for sharing skill....

  • @cartoonmark75
    @cartoonmark75 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the tutorial 👍

  • @binsonfeng1205
    @binsonfeng1205 5 років тому

    THANK YOU DUDE!

  • @ste_rom_z2939
    @ste_rom_z2939 4 роки тому +83

    Cuphead is smoking tea

    • @vilejuggin
      @vilejuggin 2 роки тому +3

      In yo hood

    • @Combes_
      @Combes_ 2 роки тому +1

      In yo isle

    • @alon8163
      @alon8163 2 роки тому +1

      @@Combes_ he beatin' bosses now

    • @Combes_
      @Combes_ 2 роки тому +1

      @@alon8163 He do a turnaround

    • @TibblSpoons
      @TibblSpoons 3 місяці тому

      Nah, he committing cannibalism

  • @UncleJessy
    @UncleJessy 5 років тому +20

    Very cool. Gives me some ideas for some projects

  • @walterdern4327
    @walterdern4327 5 років тому

    Great video.

  • @sabirnesibli6045
    @sabirnesibli6045 5 років тому

    wow supeeerrr tutorial amazing tip I want look this cartoon draw video tutorial again Thanks.

  • @froggo7215
    @froggo7215 4 роки тому

    Nice job

  • @forcust0949
    @forcust0949 10 місяців тому

    thank youuu so much i learned a lot and really enjoy your video so much

  • @pongo9290
    @pongo9290 5 років тому +2

    Do you have a video about drawing in that 1950s comic book style I would really like to see something like that.

  • @Dark_Knightro
    @Dark_Knightro 4 роки тому

    Thank you. I can try to recreate this on inkscape.

  • @blue_ranger
    @blue_ranger 5 років тому +38

    Love that style of cartoon, have you seen the video game 'Cuphead'? That's all in this style.

    • @sicjes1
      @sicjes1 5 років тому +1

      Bendy and the ink machine as well, right?

    • @spoongraphics
      @spoongraphics  5 років тому +12

      Blue Ranger There’s a good video that goes into detail about the ‘Rubber hose’ style used in the Cuphead game. Never played it myself but it looks cool, especially knowing it was made using old school animation techniques

    • @weegle.
      @weegle. 4 роки тому

      @@spoongraphics I believe the video you're talking about is the one by Scribble Kibble, which is a great vid!

  • @simonnunns6589
    @simonnunns6589 2 роки тому

    I got inspiration for the 1930s style mostly because after I watched the CupHead show I was like “WOW, The animation was AMAZING!” And so every time I draw my original characters I always make in the style of the RubberHose animation or as I also like to call it the CupHead style. If you know what I mean

  • @mishapalchik6737
    @mishapalchik6737 4 роки тому

    Hello! Very coold video, thanks so much. But i dont undertand what command you use in photoshop, tell me please. Thank you!

  • @boris6842
    @boris6842 4 роки тому +1

    How do you get the shortcuts to the white of the eye in the back?

  • @DrakeDanielz
    @DrakeDanielz 4 роки тому

    I like it.

  • @kulaniwatson4603
    @kulaniwatson4603 3 роки тому

    Love the tutorial! I was wondering which font it is you used in the beginning for "Mascot Character Design"?

  • @tonkotsu4129
    @tonkotsu4129 5 років тому

    legend

  • @kelvinchan9348
    @kelvinchan9348 5 років тому

    love your videos so much:)

  • @yanliang5126
    @yanliang5126 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @TheKubal251
    @TheKubal251 4 роки тому +1

    Cool hotdog, it looks like cuphead :D

  • @santiagosuarez8479
    @santiagosuarez8479 3 роки тому +1

    in 4:40 how did he make the shapes with ink? i got lost there lol. Aweomse video bruuu, thanks so much

  • @TheNicckkk
    @TheNicckkk 4 роки тому

    Hello! Great tutorial! I would like to know if that model like that, would work for animation in After effects! thank you! :)
    subscribed tho

  • @DirectorCM
    @DirectorCM 5 років тому +8

    Let's all go to the lobby to get Ourselves a Treat!

  • @user-mn6mr4ri9b
    @user-mn6mr4ri9b 11 місяців тому

    Thanks

  • @mauryw.1818
    @mauryw.1818 4 роки тому

    Which tablet are you using?

  • @lordcavokpepler6476
    @lordcavokpepler6476 3 роки тому

    is it good to have multiple color and a kinda messy background on my poster? (dont answer this I only wrote this because my teacher wanted to see it)

  • @Rocket_blue
    @Rocket_blue 2 роки тому +2

    EL MAAAAAU

  • @zara2271
    @zara2271 2 роки тому

    What do you call these kinds of illustration? And is there a website that offers free illustrations like this?

  • @yarousum6627
    @yarousum6627 3 роки тому

    May i know you draw the face and hand with iPad?

  • @ZanicL3
    @ZanicL3 5 років тому +3

    Does he draw these with a drawing tablet? I cant seem to get it right with using a mouse. Thinking of getting a drawing tablet tbh.

  • @kaylajo7075
    @kaylajo7075 Рік тому

    Is it normal that I can’t change the color of the brush stroke after using it though? 😮

  • @nuhuke
    @nuhuke 5 років тому +1

    i love you

  • @_what._.
    @_what._. 3 роки тому

    Is there another software that would be free and working as well than Adobe Illustrator ? 😅

  • @michaelzelaya873
    @michaelzelaya873 5 років тому +1

    Do you design with your mouse or a pen ! Please help I have trouble with my mouse

  • @mauriciosmith6877
    @mauriciosmith6877 5 місяців тому

    another subscribe...enjoying your videos!

  • @_what._.
    @_what._. 3 роки тому

    That will help me for the old styled cartoon I want to make 😊
    Thank you

  • @RagsTattoo
    @RagsTattoo 4 роки тому

    Loved the style and the final result! Great tips you got there!
    Buuut be careful! You didn't drew the arms and legs alternating, which normally happens when we walk or run :P

    • @jasonb3907
      @jasonb3907 4 роки тому +4

      Buuut keep an open mind because he happens to be dancing in place my friend! :P

  • @Krishumau
    @Krishumau 4 роки тому +2

    kinda looks like the hotdog at the end of funfair fever from cuphead

  • @victorll8731
    @victorll8731 5 років тому +4

    2:30 Juventus?!

  • @MrDemBananas
    @MrDemBananas 5 років тому

    Could I commission a mascot from you in this style looking forward to hearing from you

    • @Combes_
      @Combes_ 2 роки тому

      He didn't...

  • @aaronphillips402
    @aaronphillips402 4 роки тому

    I feel like an idiot, but how did you make the mustard?

    • @Combes_
      @Combes_ 2 роки тому

      Used a smaller blob pencil

  • @tempolynnrealofficial
    @tempolynnrealofficial 4 роки тому +1

    Okay so everyone calls them pie shaped eyes but like
    Bruh that’s pac-man
    ANYWAY
    this is awesome and it is helping a lot :3

    • @cupheadboi3226
      @cupheadboi3226 4 роки тому

      Because pie eyes is the correct way to say it but pac man eyes isn’t what it was originally called because no pac man in the 1930’s not even arcade games so stop acting all Dude yo so dumb

    • @tempolynnrealofficial
      @tempolynnrealofficial 4 роки тому

      I was kidding but ight :/

    • @srijutur
      @srijutur Рік тому

      @@tempolynnrealofficial what happened?

  • @losangulos
    @losangulos 5 років тому

    This guy even sounds like Elmer Fudd.

  • @audran3897
    @audran3897 5 років тому

    Does the fact that at 2:21 the brush is at 99pt instead of 100 hurts me ?
    Of course

  • @IBloomerI
    @IBloomerI 4 роки тому

    Aw yes. *NukaWorld*

  • @JoseRios94
    @JoseRios94 5 років тому

    Just I need draw better and sketch better thanks for the vid

  • @mktv8961
    @mktv8961 Рік тому

    very fast tutoiral

  • @xinhuiboxu9393
    @xinhuiboxu9393 2 місяці тому

    ture art

  • @menyak01
    @menyak01 4 роки тому +1

    Can I do cartoon character mascot design without drawing skills? Lol

  • @fioravanti675
    @fioravanti675 2 роки тому +1

    Based on betty boop and cuphead

  • @tomaszcz.6949
    @tomaszcz.6949 Рік тому

    Great tips :) Thanks!
    Are you using tablet or mouse ?

  • @IsheaListrad
    @IsheaListrad 5 років тому

    MAAU

  • @bcda9663
    @bcda9663 Рік тому

    마우스 포인트 좀 보여주고 해

  • @secretname2670
    @secretname2670 4 роки тому +1

    Why tf hotdog has 3 noses

  • @stephanegoneau1
    @stephanegoneau1 4 роки тому

    It’s the same technique to draw a new mascot character.

  • @MrSeb81
    @MrSeb81 3 роки тому

    S W I N G Y O U S I N N E R S

  • @Steven-ed6sc
    @Steven-ed6sc 3 роки тому +1

    Whos here from Kel Lauren?

  • @informalarefin
    @informalarefin 4 роки тому

    great work ? but i am not clear about your sketching technique with brush.

  • @karmakanic
    @karmakanic 5 років тому

    After watching countless videos of yours, I think I've finally figured it out: Yorkshire, not Lancashire.

    • @spoongraphics
      @spoongraphics  5 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/8cipMoGKXGE/v-deo.html 😉

  • @christabellaabigailtjandra4514
    @christabellaabigailtjandra4514 3 роки тому +1

    I can't even draw, why am i here

  • @user-jv4kj2xm1w
    @user-jv4kj2xm1w 3 роки тому

    Naaah I just can't draw normal:(
    Sad sad

  • @buluiz
    @buluiz 4 роки тому

    Hey! I've made it. You can check on my instagram. Since you don't have one, I couldn't tagged you. Instagram: Buluizz or buluizdraws. Thanks for the tutorial!

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    @ReyBanYAHUAH 3 роки тому +1

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  • @nat3kai872
    @nat3kai872 4 роки тому +1

    Too complicated

  • @martinpetric7473
    @martinpetric7473 4 роки тому +2

    you dont show the basics man it is very hard for a begginer

  • @user-ws3sl9xi7y
    @user-ws3sl9xi7y 3 роки тому +1

    Wtf is this?