Tweet In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create a vector turtle character based on a vinyl toy named “Skuttle” from the “Little Trickers” series.

We’re going to be using Adobe Illustrator CS3 for this tutorial, but the majority of old versions and the newer version will work perfectly fine. If you don’t want to create a turtle, why not take a photo of one of your favorite vinyl toys or collectibles, or sketch your own and scan it in?

Step 1

The first step is to open up Illustrator and place your photograph or sketch in. Set up a basic RGB document, I’m going to use a 800