Distressed Effect in Illustrator

There we go, this is the last part of my tutorial on how to create a distressed effect on lettering!

How to Achieve a Realistic Distressed Effect with Hand Lettering 3/3 – Distressed Effect in Illustrator

Today, we're importing our raster work into Illustrator to transform in into a vector object.
But even with Live Trace, achieving a convincing vector result with such tiny details is tricky.
Together, we'll see how to rule that like pros :)

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