How to Create a Minecraft Skin in Adobe Illustrator

Always wanted to create your very own Minecraft character skin, but never knew exactly where to start? Well, today it’s your lucky day since I’m going to give you an in-depth look at the entire process, showing you how to take a basic template and turn it into a finished usable product.
If that sounds interesting, quickly grab a fresh cup of coffee and let’s get crafty!
Before we start, I wanted to point out that the entire project is a follow-up to an older tutorial, where I showed you how to create an isometric Minecraft character using Affinity Designer’s powerful Isometric Grid.
Today, we’re going to switch things up by taking that finished character and translating it to Adobe Illustrator, using a custom template that I’ve put together.
At this point, some of you might point out that there are a bunch of online editors that allow you to achieve a similar result, but since I like to have full control over the creative process from start to finish, I took the time to put together a custom template that I’ve attached in order to make things easier.
If you wanted to recreate the tutorial in Affinity, don’t worry, since I’ve created a separate template for you too so that everybody can partake and enjoy themselves.
Also, don't forget you can always expand the project by heading over to GraphicRiver, where you'll find a great selection of vector pixel art.
That being said, let’s shift our focus back to the project and jump straight into it.