Illustrator Best Practices

P — All Layers and Folders have unique names

S — Incorrect importing from PSD file

P — Document has even pixel width

S — Possible mirror axis from float value

P — Document has mirror axis at width's center

S — Mirror ambiguity when fixing mirror errors

P — Character has a mirrored stance

S — Slower rig production and unequal deformations between left and right

P — Elements are separated by layers

S — Flat deformations

P — Elements are painted fully even when behind other elements

S — Restricted movement and physics

P — Full body exists even behind clothes

S — Anatomically correct rotations and extra outfit possibilities

P — Female chests are separated elements

S — Better physics for each element

P — Distorted elements in neutral pose have a non-distorted element copy

S — Texture erosion from undistorting the element

P — Elements are not just thin lines

S — Pixelated distortions

P — Lineart is preserved as a copy when line and fill are merged together

S — Preservation of foreshortnening on lineart

P — Creation of a character sheet with various views

S — Elements hidden in forward neutral pose can be conceptualized

P — Creation of elements for poses higher than 45 degree turns

S — Stiff rig that only looks forward

P — Elements for light and shadow in another layer

S — Static lights baked into the skin

P — Creation of extra replacement elements for animations

S — Mesh distortions that breaks illustration

P — Clumped hair is separated by layers

S — Conflicting hair physics