How to Illustrate a Cute Basketball Player With Simple Shapes

Hello everyone! If you have discovered the wonderful program of Adobe Illustrator recently, then this tutorial is good for you. It is very hard to use Pen Tool to draw beautiful and harmonious lines for perfect illustrations if you are beginner. I remember from my previous experiences. Skill comes with time. But you can draw cute illustrations without complicated shapes and intricate technique. Look at this funny basketball player. I have just created this illustration using only basic shapes like Rectangle Tool or Ellipse Tool and simple effects. And now let's see how it's done.

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