It's been a very productive 4 years for me over on Tuts+. One of my favourite areas to teach is creating detailed, vector portraits from stock images in Adobe Illustrator. Here are some of my favourites from over the years, all with free to view tutorials on how to create them.
Create a Monochrome Portrait in Illustrator - August 2010
Create a Backlit, Elegant Female Portrait in Illustrator - February 2011
Creating a Portrait Using Only Four Colors! - April 2011
Creating a Wild Hair, Pin-up Inspired Portrait - April 2012
Create a Beautiful Retro Futurism Portrait - May 2012
Creating a Vector Portrait with Curly Hair in Adobe Illustrator - November 2012
You can find more of my portrait tutorials on Tuts+ in this handy session on Mastering Vector Portraits in Adobe Illustrator.
