How do you easily fill the space within an object?

[jaredl40587110]

I drew a sketch and am trying to color it in. I scanned the original image and vectorized it. Since the sketch itself is an object, the white spaces in-between that I am trying to fill are not considered shapes. How can I easily convert these into shapes or objects? Thank you in advance for your input.

[SJRiegel · Accepted solution]

This is a good use for Live Paint.

Select all, Then Object > Live Paint > Make

From there, you can use the Live Paint Bucket to fill your white areas with color.

[Omar.Fathy]

Simply you can use the Image Trace technique to convert it to Shapes.
Window > Image trace.
Then, you can use the Live Paint Bucket to color the in-between spaces.