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<br>Hi hivers! I trust we are doing fine? So I have been working hard to try and improve my vector arts! I took an online course which lasted 3 weeks about a month ago! And here I am to share with you guys the detailed steps of how I got to make my latest art! I am still learning though, so this is more like me sharing my experience with you guys! 
<br>Below, you can find the **image of my latest art** that I will be discussing right after! This is actually my Big cousin Sister and her very cute son! I hope you enjoy feeding your eyes , lol!
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<br>--So first off, the **“Infinite Design App”** is an android app which is readily available in various app stores! 
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<br>Below is a **labeled image of what the user interface looks like**, so we can understand how to use the app better!
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<br>--When the app is open, you can **click on Image icon** and tap on your image of interest to load the image from your phone’s gallery
<br>--After the image is loaded, you can **click on the layer button**, tap on the image and **increase the opacity** to make it clearer!
### ***Please Note:***
I basically **made use of 3 Ink types**: ***The Ballpoint pen*** (*for the outline*), the ***Tapered Ink*** (*for any part of the image that is not in the outline*), and the ***Lasso Ink*** (*to fill the colours!*)
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<br>--Then I also made use of about **3 major tools**: The ***Pen tool*** (*for the outline*) The ***Lazy Tool*** (*to get smooth edges when filling in the colors!*) and the ***Text tool*** (*for my name* ;))
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<br>--I also made use of a **Pallete of skin colors** to come up with the art!
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## Now to the drawing proper:
<br>--I **traced out the outline using the Ballpoint Pen ink + The Pen Tool**…(*It’s simply a process of zooming in and taping your way through! Lol*)
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<br>--Next I placed in **the eyes using the Lasso Ink + The Pen Tool** with the color set as black first and then another layer with the white part placed directly on top, colored white to trace out the cornea!
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<br>--Then I added **the nostrils (with black Lasso Ink + Pen Tool)** and further **traced out other parts of the body (with black Tapered Ink + Pen Tool)**
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<br>--I also **traced the clothes and patterns (with black Ballpoint Ink + Pen Tool [this time a bit thinner than the outline])**
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<br>--Then I went ahead to work on **the hair (using black Tapered ink at a very small size)** [*I basically had to trace out the strands of hair for the mother and then I filled later with a a lighter black color to give the hair a rhyming look*] in addition, I also used **black Tapered Ink at a small size to work out the eye brows and eye lashes!**
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### Now it’s time to FILL in with colors 
This is the tricky part and I am still facing serious challenges as to how to pick the right colors and shades. I eventually made my mind up and **started shading from the darkest parts to the lighter parts!**
<br>First I **shaded the mother’s Chest** (*using the selected color Lasso Ink + Lazy Tool*)
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<br>Next I proceeded to work on the **Mother’s face using lighter shades and following the direction of light to end up with this**:
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<br>I **repeated the same procedure** for the son to get this
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<br>This **was also done for their lips** as well to get this:
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<br>Then I proceeded to **work the patterns on their clothes**, added a cool background and then I finally got this!
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<br>I know I still have a lot to learn, and I believe I will definitely get better with more practice! But i think they look cute! Don’t they? Lol
<br> I hope you enjoyed reading through and I look forward to comments and most especially suggestions on how to get better!  Thanks and Cheers!



**P.S**: All images were sourced from my phone’s gallery!

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