Turning photos into black & white vector images

Does anyone know how to do this? Check this site out to see an example of 
what I would like to do in PSP 7. Click on the "Gallery" button to see
the 
actual photos used to create the black & white vector images.


http://www.digi-portraits.com/


Thanks 

Reggie Atwood wrote:
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> Does anyone know how to do this?

Sure. You look at the photo and then make a sketch similar to the
photo using vector tools with gradient fills. It's done with hand
work and talent, not some automagic software. Some art training
would be a help if you intend to do this. A tablet would make the
sketching easier compared to using a mouse.

> Check this site out to see an example of
> what I would like to do in PSP 7. Click on the "Gallery" button
to see the
> actual photos used to create the black & white vector images.

Sometimes, depending on the original photo, you can get lucky and
capture some of the effect by applying the Threshold filter (see
attached). However, that's only going to work in rare cases and
won't capture all of the features one would want to represent in
the sketch.

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> http://www.digi-portraits.com/
> 
> Thanks

"Reggie Atwood" <reggieatwood@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
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> Does anyone know how to do this? Check this site out to see an example of 
> what I would like to do in PSP 7. Click on the "Gallery" button
to see the 
> actual photos used to create the black & white vector images.
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>
> http://www.digi-portraits.com/
>
>
> Thanks
Well as she says on her site.


1. How do you make them, and what do I need to send you?

I work from a digital photo as reference, which you email to me. I will then 
use this photo to illustrate/draw into a vector portrait. A “vector” picture 
just means that it can be scaled up to any size without a loss in 
resolution.



Or does trace over the image with the pentool Make more sense

"Reggie Atwood" <reggieatwood@earthlink.net> wrote in message 
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> Does anyone know how to do this? Check this site out to see an example of
> what I would like to do in PSP 7. Click on the "Gallery" button
to see the
> actual photos used to create the black & white vector images.
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>
> http://www.digi-portraits.com/
>
>
> Thanks
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> Does anyone know how to do this? Check this site out to see an example of
> what I would like to do in PSP 7. Click on the "Gallery" button
to see the
> actual photos used to create the black & white vector images.
>
>
> http://www.digi-portraits.com/
>
>
> Thanks
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Everything in the other responses are right on the mark...after looking at 
the site I am sure they are produced in Either Photoshop or Adobe 
Illustrator, as they have the ability to "stroke the path" with a
brush, 
which is what gives the lines in some of the illustrations a wispy fading 
look, unfortunately we PSP users dont have that option but with some 
creative line making and careful use of the eraser you can produce similar 
results with PSP using the pen tool...There is an excellent tutorial written 
by Melissa Clifton you might be interested in...
http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-comicbook.html
While it is written for photoshop it is an excellent guide to learning to do 
line art..heres a couple of examples of some work I have done with the 
pentool in PSP.