I chose this because it’s cute and is actually something that I think is very doable for anyone to make with the knowledge of Illustrator that we currently have. The dinosaur looks like it is 3D but there actually isn’t even any shading. It looks like this way the picture uses two point perspective. The things that are “closer” to us are bigger than the things “farther” back. For example, the dinosaur’s hands compared to the dinosaur’s feet. Most parts of the dinosaur could be made with the circle tool. For example, the eyes, the toes and the fingers. The main body parts could be made with the pen tool. Using the pen tool would allow you to get the weirder shapes. And as far the black outlines that really define the depth of the dinosaur, those could also be made with the pen tool or even the blob brush tool or pen tool if you were good at freehand drawing on the computer.
I think what gives the this illustration the dimension that it has is the way that the feet and toes are drawn. No shading is necessary, but the way that it is drawn gives it the effect/illusion that the dinosaur is actually sitting in front of you.
I agree that this image could be made with the knowledge we now have of Adobe Illustrator. I really like how simple this design is. The dinosaur could be easily made in ten minutes by simply using the pen tool for the outline and features and the paint bucket for color. I believe that the designer just made one of the dinosaurs toes, eyes, and finger nails and then copied it and scaled it to the appropriate sizes for the other ones.
This is a very simple design that can be done simply by the pen tool and adding color. However, its simplicity is how it attracts attention. The blue eyes and the enlarged feet jump out at the viewer and give the dinosaur a playful image instead of a dinosaur’s traditional vicious and rough image.