Simple Shapes

This is my version of the "Cute Basketball Player" from a simple shapes tutorial for Adobe Illustrator.

This player is mostly composed of rectangles and ellipses (circles).

The head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, shoulders, basketball, fingers, and feet are all made of ellipses. I used the spiral tool for the hair and the feet were made of multiple ellipses that were grouped together, then distorted.

The basketball was made using the Clipping Mask option and then the shadow and shine were added with opacity 20%. The body is made of a rounded rectangle and the legs and neck are made of normal rectangles (although the neck has a half circle attached to the bottom).

If you want to try this tutorial, here's the link:

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/character-design/how-to-illustrate-a-cute-basketball-player-with-simple-shapes/