@eWalthert @Tarnport Not exactly autotrace but admittedly similar. I started with brightness steps (the initial output is basically 4 grayscale vectors representing 4 ranges of brightness on the source image, excluding the lightest range). After, I colored the steps and I did some changes to the brightness steps, such as removing the lighter tones near right and adding in the lightest (yellowish) tone. I also did the background but that was just 4 rectangles and Futura letters.

@judahhansen @Tarnport This still sounds rather mechanical. To make a point agains AI art, I sat down and gave this an hour of my creative time. Thanks for holding my beer! 🍺

Illustrated in Affinity Designer without any automated tools.
#Portlandfrog #HOP #ShepardFairey #NoKings #Olympia

@eWalthert @judahhansen @Tarnport
Thank you for taking your time to create it and share it. It is a notable improvement over the AI version.

@judahhansen @Tarnport In case anyone likes to print this as a poster. Here is a PDF.
The motive is #CreativeCommons CC NC-ND 4.0

The #PortlandFrog motive is based on #ShepardFairey Obama motive and the AI created HOP meme by #Bluesky user Zachary Hunter. Layout based and inspired by the motive by @[email protected]. #NoKings #Meme #PDF

https://ewalthert.com/*/HOP_PortlandFrog.pdf

@eWalthert Bonus points for using Affinity over Adobe. I salute you. 🍻