Vector Graphics - CorelTRACE - CorelDRAW - PhotoPaint

Vector work can add to an image clean lines and radial gradients, as well as other cool effects.

I used CorelTRACE on this photograph of a young lady to alter it to a vector graphic. I added some freehand drawn curves to her hair and radial gradients to the eyes and lips in CorelDRAW. I also exploded some of the vectored pieces and added a background and some solid color to the face.

In PhotoPaint I copied the image to a bitmapped format. I used the Effects> Artistic> Crayon on an early iteration of the bitmapped image. This was prior to adding the freehand curves and other vector pieces. I also used Painter 8 acrylics for color around the eyes as the lines made the eyes too black.

I did use the Little Inkpot's Thredgeholder for the black lines adding the copy of the image with the object property of Multiply. I finished the image with some filtering and adding a background of a plant's skin for interest, which I had gotten from PainterTalk's forums.

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