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Quick Tip: How to Make Pop Art with Live Trace

Cheryl Graham on Feb 19th 2010 with 6 comments

Use Adobe Illustrator’s Live Trace feature to turn photos into pop art! In this screencast, we review tracing options, using various color palettes, and other Live Trace settings to create groovy art rapidly.

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By Cheryl Graham

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Cheryl Graham trained as a traditional artist in drawing and painting. These days she spends more time in front of the computer than the easel. Her Illustrator work has been featured in the "The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book" and "Real World Illustrator CS5." She wrote the now-defunct Illustrator blog at freetransform.net.  

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  1. MattS says:
    February 19, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    Really, I have this photo on my comp too and I was looking at it earlier today thinking that I should do something with it in illy =D

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  2. Melody says:
    February 19, 2010 at 7:29 pm

    Nice interpretation of pop art…coolie!

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  3. Jeremie Spangrude says:
    February 19, 2010 at 11:44 pm

    “make some truly groovy art” haha nice!

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  4. Imon says:
    February 20, 2010 at 5:25 am

    Awesome, looks really retro

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  5. looglitic says:
    February 22, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    looks really nice! Keep up the good work! I love this style.

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  6. Lulu says:
    February 22, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Audio and Video are out of sync

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