# Info/advice on coloring a drawing in Illustrator?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/info-advice-on-coloring-a-drawing-in-illustrator/218959>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [March 12, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/info-advice-on-coloring-a-drawing-in-illustrator/218959 "2007-03-12T20:10:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/97f17d/32.png) [@jokun](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jokun)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/info-advice-on-coloring-a-drawing-in-illustrator/218959/1 "2007-03-12T20:10:18Z")

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Hey guys,

I’m just starting out in Illustrator, and wondered if anyone had any advice or knew of some resources on coloring in a drawing in illustrator. I’ve taken a couple of sketches I drew and scanned them in and have been getting acquainted with layers and the pen tool over the weekend. I think it’s going well, but now I’m getting ready to start coloring and realize I have no idea where to start. Any tips? I don’t have the files of the tracing I’ve done in illustrator, but here are the two sketches I’ve been working from. Maybe I’ve bitten off more than I could chew to start with. A little hard to see, I know, but they’re pencil sketches. I’ll try and replace them with the Illustrator work soon.  
 ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/3462/2dde2ce9fa0874f0.png)  
 ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/3463/72990638ac1f49fd.png)