i just the got COREL X4 set, after believing that they went bankrupt or something coz it took years for it to follow X3. when the whole world uses Adobe, i grew up with Corel so i'm still loyal ^_^ its been awhile since i messed with yet another portrait of mine, and it doesnt quite look like me anymore >_< sorry. i first made a low-bit Vector with 3 colors and then messed with the brush effects (--smudge tool), more brush tools and alot of manual work, including the pencil outlining to get the more "brush colored" look rather than cartoony.