need help making a Game and Watch type character

[hulkster]

check out this link here

see the shadowed game and watch guy?  im creating a website for a friend whos a comedian.  im designing the banner at the top right now, and i want to put in some laughing people...but like shadow laughing people.  like a crowd of laughing people, but that kinda look like that game and watch guy.

my question is, whats the best way to go about creating this?  i know i could use just regular shapes, but i guess im wondering the best way to do this....help??

[Kangum]

since its not a hard image to draw. just black blocks and circles i would try and layout something on paper (even a contor drawing would work in this case) then scan it and have illustrator automatically trace it.  it should trace it np. then you can just size it however you want to your banner.


maybe there are better ways? Since the image is not overly complex and detailed it seems like the quickest way to go about it anyway.

[hulkster]

well i dont have a scanner...so i guess i was wondering what the best tool in photoshop would be to use in creating a shadowy figure like this?  pen tool?  elipse? 

[hulkster]

help?

[hulkster]

what if i say pretty please?  will that help?