Letter Project

The Letter i chose was "I". I should say that the letter chose me. I saw the letter within the shape rather than looking for shapes that look like letters.

I imported the image into photoshop. I decreased the brightness and contrast to darken the lighter parts.
I then imported the image in to Illustrator and performed a live trace. I had to experiment for a while with different settings in the trace to get something solid.

Once i expanded the image  i was able to smooth out any left over inconsistencies using anchors and handles. 

For fun i imported the vector file back into PS 

I set up a canvas and arranged several copies of the vectorized image and colored them in using a color palette i found online. 

I went a little further and drafted a mock logo using the "I"