If your task seems impossible, you will feel fatigued and may be more likely to fail. Remind yourself that you will not be alone in this struggle – withdrawal should only be attempted after consulting with your doctor. You may need to enter a detox or rehabilitation program to make sure you are safe and your symptoms are treated during the process. To encourage the belief that you can succeed, try to remind yourself about other personal struggles you have overcome. The painful symptoms of withdrawal are temporary. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Remind yourself of this before you attempt to endure the pain of withdrawal, and continue to remind yourself during withdrawal.  Write notes to yourself reminding yourself that the pain is temporary. Put one on your refrigerator and one on your mirror, or any other places in your house you frequent. Also try reminding yourself that people endure the pain of opiate withdrawal all the time. Knowing that others before you have been successful can give you hope – you can do it, too. There are several kinds of pain you may need to endure when going through opiate withdrawal. These are most likely to occur around 8-12 hours after stopping the drug (peaking at 72 hours). These may include:  Agitation Anxiety Muscle aches Increased tearing Insomnia Runny nose Sweating Yawning These are most likely to first appear 24-36 hours after last use of opiates (peaking at 72 hours). There are several:  Abdominal cramping Diarrhea Dilated pupils Goose bumps Nausea Vomiting You may become dangerously dehydrated from vomiting and diarrhea. You may also breathe stomach contents into your lungs while vomiting. It is important you enter withdrawal with the proper medical support to avoid these complications. Because one symptom of withdrawal can be insomnia, it is often hardest to endure the pain of stopping opiates during the night. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot that can be done about this without the use of drugs.  Benadryl, an antihistamine that causes drowsiness, can be effective for some. If nothing else works, try a warm bath and a cup of a hot, non-caffeinated beverage before trying to sleep. Your enduring opiate withdrawal comes one moment at a time. Keep this in mind: you only endure pain one moment at a time. Pain in the past is a memory and future pain has yet to come. Focus on the moment without thinking too much about when you will be fully recovered. Just focus on doing what you can help you to endure the pain in the moment. PAWS stands for Post Addiction Withdrawal Syndrome. The symptoms of PAWS may appear after the initial withdrawal symptoms have passed and can last for months. Symptoms may include:  The inability to think clearly Trouble concentrating Impaired reasoning Repetitive and constrained thinking Memory loss; short term, long term or both Emotional volatility or emotional numbness Sleep disturbances Motor issues such as problems balance or slow reflexes

Summary: Believe you can endure. Repeat to yourself that the pain won't last forever. Learn about the early symptoms you might experience. Learn about the late symptoms you might experience. Be aware of complications that may arise. Accept that sleep probably won't come easy. Take it one step at a time. Watch for PAWS.


Wherever you think there is shade go over with your airbrush.  Add details like the eyes.

Summary: Shade and highlight Create a new layer Click the airbrush and set it to 10% opacity at the top, and pick a color darker then your original. Keep going with the body. Now pick a color lighter the your original color and where you think there's light, highlight it!


If you don't want to download software and just need to quickly convert simple raster images into vector, you can use an auto-tracing website that will create a vector image automatically. You will be able to adjust settings and even perform edits before saving the new vector image.  One of the most popular sites is VectorMagic, but you only get two free conversions when you create an account. Further conversions will require a subscription. There are free sites available, but you may not have enough options to create a suitable vector image. If you have a lot of conversions to do, see the next section for instructions on using free open-source software. Vector images work best for simple designs and logos with a few colors. You will not get good results if you try to convert a photograph to a vector image. Sites like VectorMagic support JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF files. For the best result, the image should have some blending and anti-aliasing. You'll be able to tell when you zoom into the image, as the edges will have pixels of softer colors to give it a more rounded look. Blended edges help the tracing program get better results. Most digital images will have blending, but you may run into issues when vectorizing pixel art, as this will result in a very jagged final product. When you first upload the image to VectorMagic, it will perform an initial trace of the picture. This process may take a few minutes to complete. When it's finished, the original image will be displayed on the left, and the vectorized image will be displayed on the right. You can click and hold the "Bitmap" button to see the original overlaid the vectored image. If you're lucky, the first pass could come out perfect! VectorMagic will automatically identify the type of image and apply what it feels is the best vector tracing process. You can override these settings by clicking the "Hand-pick settings" option.  You can select the type of image, which will affect how VectorMagic processes the trace. You'll be asked to select the quality level of the original image, as well as the color range. Select a custom color palette to reduce errors caused by small changes in color of the original image. When selecting a custom palette, choose as few colors as possible to get the cleanest result. If you're using VectorMagic, you can switch to editing mode, which allows you to make manual edits to the segmentation so that the vector comes out clearer. "Segmentation" is the process of breaking the image into distinct parts which are then smoothed and turned into vectors. Click the "Edit Result" button to open the editor. Click the "Finder" button to identify areas of the image that the tracer had difficulties with. You can then manually edit these areas so that they processed better during the trace. Look for two different segments of an image that are connected by a pixel. These connections will result in a pinching effect when the bitmap is traced. Use the Pixel tool to erase the connecting pixel. The Color tool will allow you to select specific colors to use with the Pixel and Fill tools. Anti-aliasing is fine in the original bitmap, but it shouldn't be present in the segmentation. The Zap tool will split the aliased part into a separate segment and then merge it with the other segments to create a solid piece. Click the "Next" button to process your edits. If you are happy with the output, you can click the "Download Result" button to download the image as an SVG file. With VectorMagic, you can download your first two images for free when you create an account.
Summary: Visit a conversion website. Upload the image file that you want to convert. Allow the image to process. Inspect the results. Click the "Hand-pick Settings" option. Switch to Editing mode. Use the Finder to locate problem areas. Use the Pixel and Fill tools to make edits. Use the Zap tool to erase any lingering anti-aliasing. Finish your edits and download the result.