Quick Logos with Live Trace in Adobe Illustrator

Perhaps one of the most underutilized features in Illustrator is Live Trace, which can convert any photograph into vector art in just a few clicks. In this tutorial, we're going to use Live Trace to vectorize a photo for a logo design. Now, of course, all images are different, so depending on the final effect you want to achieve, you'll need to experiment with the settings that we'll be using here.

Design a Stunning Sneaker Advert

Learn how to design a stunning sneaker advert, using a variety of lighting effects.


Step 1

Open up a new document (600x800px) and create a new layer called 'background'. Fill your canvas with a linear gradient ranging from 3B3B3B to 595959.

Design an Awesome Urban City Photo-Montage In Photoshop

Step 1

We start off by download the following four stock images from stockvault.net and cgtexture.com:

City Image
High-rise Image
Little Girl Image
Grunge Splatter

Load the "Grunge Splatter" image into Photoshop, duplicate the Background layer once and set the blending mode to "Overlay":

Create a Face Paint Dripping Effect

Preparation:

We need a face image of Angelina Jolie here. Also we need a dark background to create a nice contrast with the face color. I'm using Dark Wood Wallpaper from zygat3r.

Download Angelina Jolie.
Download Dark Wood Wallpaper.

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