Q&A for How to Trace

Tape your picture to a bright window, and place a clean sheet of paper over it. The original picture will shine right through the blank paper. You can also save your picture onto your computer, turn off the lights, and place a blank sheet of paper over your screen; the light from the screen will also cause the picture to shine through the blank paper.

Use a tablet/ipad with a white background or a computer screen with a white background.

If they have other artwork available, check that to compare the style, materials, etc. You can also just do some research and see if you can find their drawing, or a similar one, from another source.

Raise the brightness all the way up. If the paper is not too thick you should be able to see through it.

Place your original image on a window in full light, then cover it with the paper on which you want to trace it. The light should allow the original image to show even through thick paper.

It's not illegal in the sense that you won't get arrested for it, it's just unethical. And you could get in some legal trouble if the original artist decided to sue you for copyright infringement.

You can use a piece of paper as a barrier between your hand and the drawing. It should prevent smearing.

By printing the original smaller and drawing it smaller, or by cutting around the drawing.

Try making it your background, then trace lightly. Then go over it so the lines are firmer.

Make the picture you would like to trace your wallpaper. Trace lightly and take the paper off. Get the photo and retrace it off of the iPad. Make the lines as dark as needed. Color the picture in as needed, and violá, you are done!

Electronic tracing: Put the brightness up to 100% and you should see through it. Printed tracing: Tape the photo that was printed beforehand to a light box or a window; you should see it.

You can get a Crayola tracing tablet; it comes with pages to trace with and pre-printed paper so that you don't have to print anything.