The story behind these, “Portraits Illustrations in Adobe Illustrator” has been simply a matter of honing my skills in the particular program which has lead me to now have 10+ years of experience in AI. Compared to a majority of designers entering the field in the last 5–6 years, I had began using Adobe Illustrator back when it was version 9. Adobe Illustrator 9 had Venus on the cover and, of course, there was no live-trace feature. To see the process of layers visit http://www.elisabetta.me/illustration