Learn how to scan your hand-drawn sketch for easy, adaptable digital editing with Andrea Pippins. Here, she shares a step-by-step look at how she turns a black-and-white drawing into a vivid, colorful portrait using Adobe Illustrator. For more, join Andrea on Skillshare: [ Ссылка ]

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00:00 Scanning vs. Taking a Photograph: Helpful Tips
01:03 Turning Your Lines into Vector Shapes with Make & Expand
02:02 Using Pathfinder to Group and Select Elements
03:12 Adding Color As You Go
04:31 Cleaning Up Shapes
06:57 Using "Fill Color" to Improve Visibility
07:42 Closing Up Shapes
08:54 Fixing Weak Lines
11:40 Adding the Final Color Palette
12:01 Join Andrea on Skillshare

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ABOUT ANDREA PIPPINS

Andrea Pippins is an illustrator, designer, and author who has been featured in O: The Oprah Magazine, Family Circle, The Huffington Post, Bustle, and more. She has done work with brands such as Free People, Lincoln Center, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Andrea is the author of I Love My Hair, a coloring book featuring her illustrations celebrating various hairstyles and textures, and Becoming Me, for young women to color, doodle, and brainstorm their way to a creative life. In Illustration in Action: Creating Stylized Portraits, a Skillshare Original, join Andrea for a behind-the-scenes look at how she brings a portrait to life—and how you can, too: [ Ссылка ]

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