Draw a golden moon - full walkthrough

Follow this walkthrough to create a complete illustration with 3D effects from scratch!

35 min Source: Pixelmator Ninja



Follow this walkthrough to create a complete illustration with 3D effects from scratch!

You will learn how to:

  • use Pen tool to draw cartoonish shapes
  • use Inner shadow from Styles as highlights
  • organize layers with Groups
  • add Clipping masks to layers with brushes to create dark and light areas inside an object
  • combine layers with Basic brush for quick and realistic shadow
  • use Pointillize and Crystallize Effects, as well as Bump tool for pseudo-3D moon surface
  • make the entire artwork more interesting with Grain effect

Download .pxd source file