My first vexel/vector, eeeh... :| Options

[Stefanny]

Okay, so all I've been doing in the past is fake vectors to enhance my banners/icons (no worries, i didn't enter them in contests or anything). Anyways, I really wanted to try out vectoring. It seems awesome, but with a lot of patience. I think I've gained enough patience so far, so I decided to try to make a vector.

Instead of using the pen tool, I posterized a picture (of Amanda Bynes) and brushed over it in a lot of seperate layers. I just used the picture of Amada because the face was evenly toned, and the clothes weren't too hard or whatnot.

Of course, I am using PSPX as always [i don't have photoshop ), and my Wacom Graphire 3x5 tablet :]

Update 1:
So the downsides so far: basically, the eyes. They don't look like the picture much, only because I wanted to make them bigger & more "popping." And of course, the right eye is slightly larger than the left.
I still need to create the hair, clothes, and the lips.
Overall, I think that it looks pretty good so far. Let me know if the brushing isn't doing well, and that I should switch to the pen tool.
2 hours spent on so far...

(the image isn't thumbed)