deke.com posts about tracing

Drawing an Impossible Trident in Illustrator

Deke uses the impossible trident illusion to demonstrate the very real tracing and coloring possibilities in Adobe Illustrator.

Deke's Techniques 346: Creating Uniform Hand Drawn Letters in Illustrator

Deke shows you how to create custom hand-drawn letters in Illustrator, with tips for how to repeat shapes so that they look like a cohesive font.

Deke's Techniques 336: Drawing a Clenched Hand in Illustrator

Deke shows you how to draw a hand in Illustrator, traced from a photo of a sketch in Photoshop.

Deke's Techniques 284: Tracing a Photo in Photoshop to Create an Avatar

Deke traces a photo with the pen tool as the first step in creating an avatar in Illustrator.

Deke's Techniques 271: Tracing Hand-Drawn Art with Uniform Strokes in Illustrator

Deke takes a sketch drawn with pencil, enhances it in Photoshop, then traces it in Illustrator with resulting uniform lines.