Unit 4 - Illustrator Cartoon to After Effects

#1 - Character Design with Layers

#2 - Illustrating the Mouth Layers

#3 - Recording Your Voice

#4 - Converting Quicktime Audio to WAV File

#5 -Animating Illustrator Body Layers in After Effects

#6 - Bringing in the Mouth Composition with Audio

Alternate Tutorial Videos (By Ross Plaskow)

These are good tutorials to learn from; however the creator uses some school inappropriate language, so watch with discernment please!  
The creator uses Photoshop to create the character but Illustrator may also be used.