Photoshop Tutorial by Kris Dy

Sketched Image

Here you will find out how to make "sketched" images. I have only done this in Adobe Photoshop 7, and I do not know how you will do the same in older versions.

Instruction

1. Open up the image that you would like to have the sketchy effect upon. Press (Ctrl + A) to select the whole image. Then press (Ctrl + C) to copy it. Close the image window afterwards.
   

2. Press (Ctrl + N) to open up the new window. Select 'WHITE' as the background. Click OK.
   

3. In that new window, press (Ctrl + V) twice so that we will have two layers of the image.
   

4. If you already have the Layers window open, that would be better. If not, go to Window and select Layers. With Layer 2 as the selected layer, you would see there right below the word 'Layers' a drop down box with the word 'Normal' in it.
   

5. From that box, select "Color Dodge."
   

6. After that, press (Ctrl + Shift + U) to Desaturate the image.
   

7. Then press (Ctrl + I) to Invert colors.
   

8. Now select Layer 1 as the working layer. Again, press (Ctrl + Shift + U). You would see that most of the image is "gone". (Mine is a total blank.) Don't worry. That's the fun part of this tutorial.
   

9. Now select Layer 2 again. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Select the amount for the radius you want. (I would highly recommend that it would not exceed 9 or go below 1. It depends on you. And for here, I chose 1.1)
   

10. And there you have it! A sketchy image! Wasn't that easy? You can try this for any image. As for the radius, try experimenting with it to suit your preferences. (The one I made at the very bottom is like using a charcoal medium. I used 20 as the radius.)