Learn how to vectorize with me!
Hello beautiful people, welcome back to my blog!
Today I will educate you, that how to create cute vector portraits at home.
PREREQUISITES: Patience, Time, and of course a laptop 😉
Also, do read my last blog on how you can mentally prepare yourself if you think you are not ready to commit time to learning a skill.
Step 1) You need adobe illustrator on your laptop, (P.s since I use it, that’s why I recommend that)
Step 2) On Layer 1, insert a photo, and decrease its opacity a little bit since in the next steps you will trace on the picture, so the brush needs to be visible. 
Step 3) Lock the existing layer and create a new layer on top of the image layer, right-click on the corner near the rectangle tool and select the line segment tool. 
Step 4) Using the line segment tool, create a path (line).
Step 5) With this path selected, turn off the fill and increase the stroke to 2 points.
Step 6) With the path still selected, go into the variable width selection and select the second profile as shown as demonstrated below.
Step 7) Congratulations, you have just created the first brush that you will be drawing with, now you just need to save this brush, click on the brush definition drop down and then select ‘new brush’. 
Step 8) Select Art brush, then just press okay. You can name the brush if you want.
Step 9) Now with the brush you created, you can change the brush stroke to change the thickness of the brush.
Start tracing the image! It will take some time to get accustomed to this, but you will get better, trust me.
Step 10) Here is a trace that I did!
Step 11) Once done just select the entire artwork and select object > expand appearance
Step 12) With the artwork selected, go to the window dropdown and select pathfinder.
Step 13) Select the merge option in pathfinder to combine everything! Voila, you have successfully created your first piece of art!
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