Doodle up a cute design for a kids' book and render it with Gradient Meshes, Blends, little sparkles, and various Blending Modes. Layered shapes pump this design and its counterpart up from being as simplistic as the initial sketch. Once you're done with this tutorial, check out its counterpart by Grace Fussell' on designing the layout of a children's book in Adobe InDesign. | Difficulty: Advanced; Length: Long; Tags: Vector, Illustration, Graphic Design, Color, Adobe Illustrator