how to make outline trace of a photograph

[nicoandsebastian]

hello i would like to know how to convert a photograph into an outlined drawing
please help
thank you

[Tomi]

I would use the pen tool in adobe illustrator to do this. Open the image in illustartor and carfully go around it using the pen tool on a new layer then when your done discard the original picture layer and your left with your outline.

Here is one i did a while back
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8875/hummer2tx7.gif


Plus this shouldnt be in the gallery

[tombothetominator]

The pen tool is the best for creating really smooth minimalist images. But it takes a long freakin time.

For something alittle quicker check out this:
http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-photolineart.html

This is what i have used for my work, with very good success. It takes a little bit of tweaking with the settings to get it to work for some images, and you will probably have to clean up some errant lines afterwards, but i like it a lot.
Example of completed work (used 2 different lineart layers with 1/2 opacity on the detailed one, and full opacity on the less detailed one, i also left part of the original image in there at a very low opacity to get a better feel for what i was going for: