first artwork of adobe illustrator

i begin to use adobe illustrator since 2008. quite late right?. at that time i used adobe illustrator CS2. frankly, i already installed it since 2006 (not so sure) but it just being unused icon on my desktop cause i don't know how to use it. but it's ok cause when people saw my desktop they might think 'uhhh this guy is using illustrator, he must be good in designing'. haha. i learn to use adobe illustrator not by my own but my lecturer was taught me so. he taught me from the very basic (thanks sir). so i know the main function of adobe illustrator is to TRACE. so for the 1st assignment, as a introduction of adobe illustrator, he asked me (and classmates) to trace the portrait of real people. who else should i choose as subject? of course my favourite drummer, travis barker. FYI, this project is killing me cause i need to be very patient to trace it. especially the body tattoo's part. i have taken about 2 - 3 weeks to finish it but i quite impress and proud for myself cause from utterly zero, i can come up with this kind of finish. show off statement huh? haha. so this is it...

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Traced