First off let me say, this is a long tutorial but i made it really REALLY easy to use for about anyone. Though i
don't show shading on the finished product u can do shading if u please. Depending on the picture this process can
take an hour or a really long time to do. So let's begin!!
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Making a Vector
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Step:1
Open photoshop and the image you would like to make a vector of " i recommend
using really crappy quality image... like a quick pic from a video, or something
small".
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Step:2
Enlarge the picture!! "going to image-image size" I recommend at least 1280x960;
course you can make it as large as u like.
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Step:3
Make a new layer, name it vector lines ^_^ "make sure the layer is completely
empty!
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Step:4
Click the pen tool make sure that you have the same setting as i do.
Like this Image 1 > 
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Step: 5
Make sure 'Vector lines' Layer is selected and choose paths .. "it's located beside
channels, on your layer's menu.
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Step:6
Ths paths area should be completely blank and no paths made yet. At the bottom
beside the trash can is a icon says 'create new path' when your mouse is held
above it. select it twice and make 2 paths "this is important.
Like this image 2 >> 
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Step:7
Select the first path and select your brush "not pen tool yet" choose a regular
brush and set it to size '3'
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Step:8
Now select your pen tool make sure the setting are still the same as in image 1.
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Step:9
Time to start. Zoom in on the image "crtl +" and pick any line on the character using
the pen tool and start tracing it
Like this image 3 >>> 
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Step:10
Ok since you can't go backwards using the pen tool. CLick the Path 2 and then
back to path 1. This gets rid of the little boxes from making your path and just
continue as shown. "ull run into alot of deadends like this" "always use the pen
tool on path 1, not on path 2"
Like this image 4 >>>> 
Fully image traced image 5 >>>>> 
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Step:11
Whew!! after u trace the entire image that you want to vector. Now come's the
most important part "make sure that you have the colors black and white selected"
At the bottom of the paths dockette you want to click 'stroke path with brush'
twice As shown below....
Like this image 6 >>>>>> 
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Step:12
Click path 2, the go back to ur layers pallete.
"vector lines layer should have all the black lines on it" otherwise you've done
something wrong.
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Step:13
Make a new layer underneith the image layer and name it BASE. Color it a med.
blue or any pale color.
Like this image 7 >>>>>>> 
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Step:14
Duplicate the vector lines layer "make sure it's above the original layer".
Select Vector lines layer and using the FILL Tool "bucket looing thingy" Fill in
colors.... "use the original colors if u liked them best >>> "you can choose the
original color by select the 'eye dropper' tool.
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Step:15
By selecting the brush tool u can manually add colors "if the dropper colors
something u didn't want colored then "crtl-z : undo it" And manually color it. "ALSO
u can use the brush tool to fix places u missed wit the pen tool, or couldn't get to"
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Step:16
Turn the little eye beside the image layer off! and see what u accomplished!
"ull see more place u missed... just color them using the eyedropper and brush
tools" Make sure too zoom in and color all the place you missed. An "duplicting the
vector line layer after it has color on it *couple of times i recommend like 8-10 to get every lil piece.* Merging and
doing it again ensures a most perfect coloring.
Course u won't have to duplicate the color layer IF u maually colored.
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Step:17 ~EXtra!!~ "i didn't do in my finished product"
Shading !!
Shading is done the same way as you just did your vectoring. turn the color layers off make a new layer, turn your
original image back on and goback into paths area and trace the shaded ares comeback to layers area and fill it wit
color.
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Step:18
Finished product!!!!
Last image 8 >>>>>>>> 
