Pen Tool Self Portrait Cartoon

When I first started drawing my cartoon I didn’t know how to approach the task because I’m not great at drawing. But after taking my time and using pencil I was able to draw her. I decided to include a soccer ball because I play soccer. Drawing the pentagons on the soccer ball were difficult but I decided that it didn’t have to be exact because it is a cartoon. Drawing the eyes and eyebrows were also difficult because I struggled to make them symmetrical. When I went into Illustrator to draw over my cartoon with the pen tool I struggled a little tracing the eyes and eyebrows. I took my time on this part of the assignment knowing that it would be important when I went into Photoshop and tried to color things in. When I was finally done I created another layer to add color to and added a white back ground. I used the paint bucket tool to fist color everything in. I used a picture of myself and the pipet tool to use the actual colors of her skin, hair, lips and eyes in the cartoon. After getting the basic coloring done I added shading. I shaded using burn under her eye, under her neck, and to the left of the ball on her shirt to create shadows. I also used burn on her stomach to create a belly button. I also used dodge to highlight her pants, shoes, side of her face, top of head, right arm, and under eyebrow to imitate the sun shining down on her. I then copied the color copy of my cartoon and colored her black and then lowered the opacity and blurred it. I placed this layer next to and behind the color copy of my cartoon to look like a shadow. I also added a blue background and sun in the upper right corner. I then added grass and clouds. I also took a picture of a cartoon dog from the internet and placed it in the sky. I locked the layer and used the paint tool to draw over it with while to create a cloud shaped like a dog. I then deleted the picture and filled in the cloud. I am happy with the way my cartoon came out and like the background I chose to include.