Is it possible to use Adobe Illustrator to finish a hand drawn picture?

I am considering to get the program.Is it possible to use Adobe Illustrator to finish a hand drawn picture?
Well, yeah , why not? What do you mean by ';Finish'; tho..? If you add details I can try modifying my answer, but clarify what you mean by ';finish';





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ok, well if you want to modify your drawings, i use photoshop for that (its a photo editor, makes sense?). When it comes to illustrator, if i scan something in i use it just as a sketch and create the entire image in the program, not half and half. Yes it is possible but the scanned image will probably loose quality, right? so I would just work on top of the scanned image and create a total new ';Good copy.';Is it possible to use Adobe Illustrator to finish a hand drawn picture?
Yes, it's possible. I've used Illustrator numerous times to finish a hand drawn picture. Like the previous person stated, Illustrator can be very time consuming, but the results can be great if you take the time. To finish your drawing you could use the pen tool and add points to your drawing to continue the lines. You can also shade your image using the gradient tool.
It depends on what you want to do in order to ';finish/embellish/modify'; a picture. I find that most of the time, when I have a scanned hand-drawn picture on my computer, I like to finish it off with Photoshop.





I recommend you go with Adobe Photoshop if you want to:


- airbrush/paint/fill in colours, or use other rendering tools


- edit the image (play around with brighteness/contrast, colour levels, saturation)


- apply artistic filter effects (such as blur, film grain, watercolour/paint brush filters, etc)


- play around with layer effects (multiply, colour burn, etc).





With Illustrator, it's more of a vector-based art program where you can create lines and shapes (and I recommend Illustrator especially if you wish to turn your drawing into a clean, simple digital graphic which can be increased in resolution without pixellation or image detail loss.





The only thing with Illustrator is, in my experience, it gives a more digital feel to artworks....whereas Photoshop, which is a rendered image program, gives a more hand-drawn/painted feel, so it depends what look you are after.





I recommend that you have a look at some images on art websites such as www.deviantart.com and have a look at some finished images on there. Search for Illustrator tutorials and have a look at what you can do with Illustrator and see if that is what you want.
Yeah, by adding in some colour or basic shapes, it is much better for a more graphic approach... Photoshop tends to be easier and less time consuming, and much much better for shading and blending and colour enhancement and so on...