I always see these outlines around the vectors in other people's projects, but I don't know if they copy and paste them back after finishing or if there's an automatic way of doing it.

I've searched everywhere, but I don't think I know the right terms to find something.

is it possible to make these lines without doing it manually? (random shapes just to show what I'm talking about lol)

Is it possible to exclude only the eyes and mouth objects from the freestyle lines? they are parented to the rest so I don't know what to do.

I want to be an illustrator and I want to take the kind of illustration courses that start from the very fundamentals up to the advanced level, like NMA. My father wants me to do design first and I understand that it's concepts are necessary, but there will be a lot in the course that doesn't interest me. What do you think?

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is it possible to make these lines without doing it manually? (random shapes just to show what I'm talking about lol)

Is it possible to exclude only the eyes and mouth objects from the freestyle lines? they are parented to the rest so I don't know what to do.

Does a design course make a difference when studying to be an illustrator or is the concept already embedded in the process?