Turn photo into black and white illustration

1. How do I turn a picture into a black and white illustration?

How do I turn a picture into a black and white illustration?

To make an image black and white with Illustrator, select the image and navigate to Edit > Edit Colors > Convert to Grayscale. Alternatively, you can also use the Saturate tool to bring down the saturation of the image to zero, which will also make it black and white.