-you take a picture with a portrait, put it on computer, drag in illustrator and start using pen-tool to draw every detail and then add colors. Then you make the touches like: light effects, shadows etc, to look more realistic and high quality!
I took some very nice vector portraits made by known or less known designers. I think it`s a great idea to start making some portraits because you improve your skills in adobe illustrator and you will see more easly and faster the details from any picture and graphic. More important, you will learn how to draw shadows and light effects to look realistic and eyescatching.
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