What you'll learn

In this Photoshop and Illustrator tutorial, we'll learn how to create a cool vibrant sports bottle illustration and design. We'll start with an initial composition sketch and discuss why this step is so important. Then we'll discover how to draw strong, three-color vector sports characters, from stock a photo. We'll also learn how to form detailed silhouettes from photo reference. We'll execute a render of our plastic bottle in Illustrator using the Revolve Tool before doing our final composition in Photoshop. By the end of this Photoshop and Illustrator training, you'll know how to create your own packaging designs that are ready for print. Software required: Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6.