so, I'm just going to skip the basics like cropping, opening up images, etc. Hopefully you know all that already. Now we'll move on to vector covers, which I'll basically show you how to make the vector first, and then switch it to a cover. I made a video on how I made the vector png, so if you'd like to watch it, it's up there in multi media!

VECTOR COVERS
LEVEL of DIFFICULTY ; 2/5

1. First take your png, and in my case, I used the lovely Taylor Marie Hill, and open it in edit. It should look like the below image.

2. now go down to the bottom, scroll to the right of the toolbar and click on draw.

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. When you get to draw, it will show the png with its distinct checkered ''png'' background and all. Here is where you will be vectoring the png. Take your finger and press down for a while, and then move the circle that will pop up to the place you will be coloring over. The brush palette will change the color of the brush to the most similar color of the part of the png you chose. It should look like below. Continue doing this with each different color / part. KEEP THE COLOR OF THE FACE & ARMS SAME. I used the color provided for the legs, (which is different from arms and legs) because she was wearing pantyhose, stocking, idk

4. Now, you start coloring. One thing to remember; vectors are not about detail. Sure, you can keep in and vector some stripes on the shirt, or a big flower on the shirt. However, things like beads on a bracelet, shoelaces, etc. you don't want to include. That includes the person's face. ALSO REMEMBER TO USE THE FIRST BRUSH OFFERED, THE HARD BRUSH. DO NOT USE A SOFT BRUSH.

Tips:
- Zoom in to the place where you're coloring (take two fingers and drag apart, or pinch)

- For the hair, ignore the wispies. Draw over it so that the hair just looks like one chunk. (wow, that sounds weird haha)

- Use layers. I didn't use layers while making this vector png, however, if you're just starting to make vectors, on the bottom right hand corner, the icon that sits there lies the layers button. Use this to keep track of your history, and if you mess up you can simply delete a layer, or you can move a layer before another, etc. If you have any questions, comment below and I'll make a chapter about it!

- Outline the area first, and then use a larger sized brush to fill it in more quickly. I used a 5 px brush to outline 2x or so times, and then moved it up to 15 or 20 px. For the legs I even used 30 px for a while.

↑ the hard brush

5. Keep going with your ''vectoring'' or ''coloring'' or whatever you'd like to call it. I'll show you a few photos of the progress on mine

if your png has shoelaces, just cover them up with the color of the main body. In this case, black.

6. Now you should be finished! If you want to know some easy but seemingly fancy-schmancy stuff, on the top right hand corner, the third to last icon, it will look like a video camera. Tap on that. There will be two options; video or gif. If you press video, you can select how long you'd like it to be (15 seconds, 30 seconds, etc.) and save it to your camera roll. Gif option the same, although I didn't do that because it didn't seem to let me back to the edit page so that I could save my png.

Hope this helped! xoxo <3 Show me your tries in the comments! (Upload to imgur.com, deviantart.com, etc.)

The next chapter will be part 2, a step-by-step tutorial where you will use the vector pngs you made to make a teenfic cover!

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