# Illustrator help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-help/326811>\
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**Created:** [January 13, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-help/326811 "2012-01-13T22:41:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/illustrator-help/326811/1 "2012-01-13T22:41:35Z")

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Hello all. Been a while since I posted anything on Kirupa.

I’m having a bit of a problem. The issue seems to be I’m about as useful with Illustrator CS4 as an [insert topical analogy here]…

I’m currently attempting to design a kind of retro wedding invite (for myself and my partner) and have an idea of some hand drawn kind of motif. I was thinking I might then just take some quick photos of this and somehow, magically, paths would appear in illustrator from which I could basically cut and shut something that didn’t look like I was a complete tool…

I appear to have failed.

Could anyone offer me some quick, easy steps that any drunken oaf might be able to follow in order for me to achieve anything like what I just described…

I have access to:-  
[LIST]  
[_]A large sketchpad  
[_][12 papermate Flairs](http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=papermate+flair&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=12270043699280239738&sa=X&ei=MbIQT7DDCcqv8APg_53IAw&ved=0CGMQ8gIwAw)…  
[_]A computer  
[_]Photoshop CS4  
[_]Illy CS4  
[_]An Android phone with an ok camera  
[_]A fairly substantial quantity of [german and [URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weihenstephan\_Abbey”]more german](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdinger) lager…  
[_]About 14 Marlboro lights…  
[\*]A small (20cm) remote controlled helicopter that is currently fully charged…  
[/LIST]

If anyone knows of a search term I can put into google to make this magically happen then please, feel absolutely free to LMGTFY me… I would be happy to click said link.

Over and out…!