Illustrator tutorial: how to draw sushi
Vector illustration techniques to draw food in a simple way by Aarón Martinez
Starting to create simple illustrations is much easier than you think. For this Aarón Martínez (@aaronmartinez) proposes you to get started through simple vector designs that mimic food. You will have a very resulting illustration with just a few geometric shapes and a little patience.
Aarón will show you how to make a sushi board (salmon and avocado) in 10 easy steps:
1. Drawing the scroll
To begin with, it is important to have an example image to be able to take from there the references of shape and color.
The most important thing to draw the first scroll is to take into account the perspective -if it will look to the front or to the side- and the shape with which it will start, in this case a circle and a semicircle. Next, we will take the color of the original image to fill the roll.
2. Put the salmon and avocado
We will repeat the circular shape to use it as the sushi filling. We will place the circle centered and make the shapes inside, with the blade, which will be the ones representing the salmon and avocado.
The two upper sections will represent the avocado and the lower section the salmon. At this point, we also take the reference colors from the original photo and adjust them.
3. Place the rice
Instead of filling the entire sushi with rice, we will add a few grains around the salmon and sushi to show the volume and texture. With an oval shape we can place them, it is important to place them in a disorderly way to get the right effect.
4. The details: the veins of the salmon
The lines on the salmon will give the sushi piece more realism and will be a detail that will make the difference.
5. Give volume to the avocado
With a couple of lines of another color, we can generate a texture in the avocado that will give it more body in the image.
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