How to Draw a Frog in Illustrator
Illustrator is a graphic design tool produced by Adobe. In this program, you can draw almost anything that you can draw by hand, such as a frog. There are freehand drawing tools and coloring tools that will allow you created lines and forms in the shape of a frog. The drawing can be done from memory, but a more accurate method is tracing the image of a frog. This is something that can be done by any graphic artist with basic knowledge in Illustrator.
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Instructions
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Open the frog image in Illustrator. Click "File" and then "Open." Click on the file name of your frog image in the file window.
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Click the pen tool in the Tools pallet on the left side of the work space.
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Click along the perimeter of the frog's body with the pen tool. An anchor point in the shape of a small square will appear in each location that you click. Each anchor point will be connected with a line.
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Repeat the tracing method with the pen tool for any major lines within the frog's body, such as around the eyes, nose, mouth, arms and legs.
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Click the smoothing tool in the Tools pallet on the left side of the screen. This tool is represented by an icon that looks like a pencil wrapped in loops of string. Hold the mouse button down, and drag the cursor all over the image of the frog to smooth the lines so that the lines better fit the shape of the frog.
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Click the paint tool in the Tools pallet. Click the colored square at the bottom of the tools pallet to select a color, and click the desired color for the frog in the color pallet. Press "Enter" to confirm the color. Click the area of the frog that you would like to fill with your selected color. Repeat this process with different colors for different parts of the frog.
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Delete the original frog image so that just the tracing and color is left. First click the photo of the frog. Then press the "Delete" button on your keyboard or right-click the image and select "Delete" from the popup menu. This will leave just your frog drawing.
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Save your frog drawing by clicking "File" and then "Save." Type your desired name for the frog drawing in the name text box. Click the "Save" button.
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