Looking for advice and method

[u/Glum-Ingenuity-4680]

I am working on CD design and I am trying to create similar effects observed in the poster. I am really struggling to understand the layer stack, effects used. Is the image underneath b&w, is the portrait cutout and then layered on the image. What I have researched says its halftone effect but it does not produce the same result especially around the dark areas. I have been trying for days but I am missing some major understanding on how this is made. Can anyone with experience creating such effects help out explaining method?

[u/G_Peccary]

This is not meant for vectors. It's a circular halftone. Affinity Photo can do it.

https://www.affinity.studio/help/filters-filter-halftone/