Design a Dexter Vector Illustration

Let’s celebrate Season 5 of Dexter by Designing a Dexter Vector Illustration!

1. Create a new document in Illustrator that’s 500×600 pixels. Copy and Paste your favourite Dexter image onto the canvas. If the image is to small enlarge it.

2. Using the color #f4cebe and #000000 trace the face and hair of dexter using the pen tool.

3. With the color #e5b3a1 trace some some darker tones from the image on a different layer.

4. Zoom in with the Zoom Tool, using the pen tool and the color black trace around the eyebrows and eye like this. I’m using the colors #83b70f and #659a01 for the green eyes.

5.Next trace around the lips using the color #efbab4, draw a line for the mouth with the color #282d2e  and some light tone using the color #edd7d6.

6. Change the hair color and eyebrows to #381f0a. Using the color #5b361a do some hair strands like this:

7. Using the color #dba99a draw some darker skin tone around the hair.

8. With the pen tool draw some more skin features around the nose, mouth and eyes using various skin shades.

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10. Create more of a neck with the same

11. Grab the pen tool with a stroke of 1 px and a gradient of a light grey fading to white and trace around the shirt.

12. Finally create a new layer and put it underneath the other layers. Grab the rectangle tool and draw a square, make a dark blue>Lighter Blue Gradient.

Final Result