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CONVERT YOUR PHOTO INTO AN


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Before you begin

You need to know how to use Photoshop & Illustrator before tackling this tutorial

Take a good photo of yourself with decent light and shadowed area of your face

A normal camera phone is enough to get a decent detail

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Step (1) Crop your


image
Use
ular
g
n
a
t
c
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R
Marque
Tool

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Step (2) Posterize Image


Use
ion
Select
Tool

Adjust until you get a


good amount of levels

The Posterize option is in


Image > Adjustments > Posterize

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Step (3) Adjust


Threshold

Adjust to get a single


pattern like so

The Threshold option is in


Image > Adjustments > Threshold

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Step (4) Create more


patterns
Threshold
4-5 more patterns

Use the

Try to get some differences between each pattern

Remember that a

option to get

like so

good lighting & shadow will give more pattern variation

Save each pattern in a new file


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Step (5) Create a stripe


pattern

In Illustrator, you can custom make your own tile-able pattern

For this tutorial, we will use a 4px

Draw two

Change their color as you see fit

Select both of them and click & drag them into the color Swatches

Save the swatches and load it in the file where you want to use the new swatches

4px to produce a stripe pattern

rectangles, each is 4px 2px in size

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Step (5) Create a stripe


pattern
(2) Drag them into
The Swatches

ngles
(1) Draw two recta
oth
and select them b

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(3) S
a ve
for f Swatch
(load uture us es
e
from
here
!)

Step (6) Trace the


patterns
Pen Tool trace

Use the

to

the pattern as shown below

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Step (7) Trace more


patterns
step 6

ir added
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ern
into patt

Repeat

You dont exactly have to follow the threshold pattern completely. Sometime you do
need to adjust the traced pattern to improve the effect

with the other patterns

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Step (8) Putting them


Together

With all patterns traced, join them together to see whether the tracing is a success.

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them a

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Step (9) Picking the


right color

Theres a lot of ways to pick color

The basic would be to use Color

Theres a lot of online color picking website to use. The following are known to be
quite a good website:

Theory

Kuler.adobe.com
ColoRotate.org
Paletton.com
Using wrong color
combination will
affect the overall
appeal of the design!

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Step (10) Finishing up

Once youve selected the color scheme, the final step is to add more design to finish
the overall look
Black
#000000
Red #ED1C24
Orange #FBAF3F
Peach
#FCBE67
D. Orange
#F7931D

Colors use
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just the p
ortrait

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