Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Drawing animals is fun and one of my favourites has to be the sloth, which is almost like a caricature even in real life. In this video I’m going to walk you through my entire illustration process in Adobe Illustrator and I will show you why I love to work with the Curvature Tool.

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0:00 Intro
0:28 Sketch importance
1:40 Workflow start
2:56 Curvature Tool/ Main Shape
7:42 Drawing the arms/legs
9:57 Drawing the face
13:22 Drawing the claws
17:07 Fur details
18:53 Face details
24:25 Coloring
30:45 Refining details