Teddy Bear

Try  this snuggly teddy bear on for size. Cute, adorable and so easy to create. This one is a fun one. 

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Start the body of the bear with a rounded rectangle. Add a fill and no stroke color. 

Create a triangle with Polygon tool. While daring the polygon, use the down arrow to reduce the number of sides to get to a triangle. 

Use the Corner Widget target to pull in toward the center and round the tips slightly. 

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Cut the triangle (Edit > Cut). Select the body and click on the Draw Inside Mode at the bottom of the toolbar. 

Paste the cut triangle into the shape. Click on the draw normal mode when done. 

Add a circle for the head. 

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Add another circle for the ear. 

With the ear selected, use Object > Path > Offset Path. Set the offset to -10 and click OK. This will duplicate the circle inside the ear. 

Add a lighter color to the inside ear shape.

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Duplicate the ear and send them behind the head. Object > Arrange > Send To Back. 

Create ovals for the feet. Use the Offset path function like with the ears to create the feet. 

Create a rounded rectangle for the arms. 

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Add the arms and send them to the back behind the body.

Add circles for the eyes and an oval for the nose. 

Copy and paste one of the arms, Remove the fill and make the stroke a heavy weight. 

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With the Direct Selection Tool, select the upper and upper left points and delete them. 

Add rounded ends (hot dog them) to the stroke from the Stroke Panel .

Add the lines under the nose. Copy and flip the hook to make the left and right sides of the nose. 

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Duplicate the head shape. Duplicate it again and put the copy a bit offset from the first. 

Use the Pathfinder Minus Front Mode to leave this sliver. This will be the shadow for the head. 

Fill the shape with a darker fill. Set the Opacity to 20% and the Blend Mode to Multiply.

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Add the shadow to the head. Repeat the same steps for the feet to add shadows to them as well. 

Add slip shadows to any of the shapes to help add dimension and you are done.