I used Photoshop Elements 10, using various filters (e.g. cutout, poster edges, solarize) only as reference or guideline, and actually drew the outline and filled in the colour. This is partly because the source picture is not very good, and I need to fill in the details anyway. I suppose this would be a lot easier (and a lot less time-consuming) using vector graphics, and in the future I hope to have an opportunity (and time and patience) to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator...
But for now, this will have to do. I have of course simplified the process here, as this really took me hours and hours (if not dozens of hours) of hard work. And I admit to taking some creative freedom, especially as far as the hair is concerned...

The source image is a photograph of me when I was 17 (in the early 1980s).
What do you think, is it glam or not?
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