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Open Adobe Illustrator and create a New DocumentName: Sandwich Mascot, Profile: Print measuring A4 size, and Orientation: Landscape, and Save

The size of the artboard doesn’t matter, because with vector, all artwork is infinitely scalable.

Mascot Character Design Tutorial sandwich mascot adobe illustrator A4 size landscape character orientation print document

File > Place (Command-Shift-P), and a preview icon of your sketch file will appear. Click on the artboard to place the image onto the artboard.

Open the Layers panel, Window > Layers.

Double click the first layer in the Layers panel, and name it “Sketch”.

Check Lock, Dim Images to: 20% and click OK

adobe illustrator tutorial beginners sketch layer option panel lock dim images

Create New Layer, on top of the Sketch layer, and name it “Outline”.

File > Save (Command-S) and OK.