Cartoon Face Adobe Illustrator CS 6 Tutorials

Today, we will learn how to make Simple Cartoon Face in illustrator

Open illustrator

Cartoon face of young and old person

Step 1: 
Set up the document.Go to File - New – Click OK.

Step 2:
Make a rounded square for background by holding the shift key. Fill solid color in it and lock it (Object- Lock- Selection).

Step 3: 
Draw the shape of messy hair (only half of it) like below with the help of Pen tool and fill solid black color.

Step 4: 
Now draw the shape of face with the help of Pen tool and fill solid color.

Step 5: 
Draw eyes by making an Ellipse with black color stroke and white color in it. Make another ellipse inside it for eye ball with black solid color.

Step 6:
Draw eyebrow and the shape of a mustache with the pen tool and fill solid black color.

Step 7:
Select all and Press O, double click on reflect tool (option bar opens), check on vertical and click on copy option.

Step 8: 
Move copied part adjacent to previous part.

Step 9: 
Change the color of hair, eyebrow, and mustache to white and also change the color of face little darker.

Step 10: 
Group them by right click and click on group option or go to Object- Group or Ctrl+G.

Step 11: 
Unlock background, select all, go to Windows-Align- Horizontal align center and then Vertical align center.

Step 12: 
To make a shadow of face, Draw rectangle, fill solid black color and decrease opacity to 20%, select background and shadow, click on the Shape Builder Tool, click on the shadow area outside the background, select area and delete, adjust it accordingly and place the shadow below the face.

The young and old cartoon face is ready.