To describe what we have learned thus far, I must show you step by step; this won't take long.
Step one: Open up Ai, and select the artboard tool. Drag the edges to create a small, even square. Place the cursor on the square-while holding down alt- and drag twice to create two additional art boards.
Step two: go to Google images and find a picture that has the ability to be zoomed in and have a good amount of detail. Save.
Step three: go on Ai and click "File" -> "Place". Place your picture on the screen. Now size it dow to the size of your first art board, so that the full picture is in view.
For the 2nd artboard, make the picture slightly bigger so that the you see a particular part of the picture in the box that you'd like to focus on. For the 3rd artboard, expand the picture further to include the detail you want to finish with. Be sure and hold shift while you resize the pictures to keep the pixelation the same as the original.
Step four: select board 1 and save it as a layer as "small". select the 2nd board and save it as a layer as "medium". Finally, select the 3rd board and save it as a layer under the name of "large". After doing all of this, click the first artboard with the picture, and click the eye beside the med. and large layers so that the small picture is all that you see.
Step five: Before working, create a sublayer, lock the small picture layer, and select the pen tool. Start on a straight line by clicking one spot and clicking another to create a simple line. Drawing over curves is harder as you must click one point, and while clicking another, drag until the curve expands to the size of the curve on the picture. Do This until you have drawn over all of the lines you wish to display. Now click the eye beside the picture to see just the lines you have traced.
Annndd about 10 hours later you will have this:
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