In this example of turning a photograph into a drawing, professional artist and Photoshop expert Bert Monroy shows you how to make a photograph look like a hand-drawn image on canvas.
First, you’ll open a portrait in Photoshop and turn the entire image into a pattern (Select > All, Edit > Define Pattern). You’ll duplicate the image in a new layer, then apply the Find Edges filter (Filter > Stylize).
Next you’ll desaturate the image, then change the layer style to multiply. This makes black drawing lines appear over the original photograph. In a new layer between the drawing and the original photo, you’ll fill the image with a tan color, then apply a texturize filter to make the background look like a canvas. You’ll also turn down the opacity of the drawing layer.
Finally, Bert will show you a few special tricks to take your image into the hyper-realistic realm he does so well.
To open the complete video tutorial in a new window, click on the image below:
There are ads in the beginning, and the how-to begins at minute 2:25.
This article was last modified on January 6, 2023
This article was first published on July 12, 2010
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I don’t get any sound when playing the video…does anyone else have this porblem or know how to fix it?
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I am sorry. My name is Marcela from Costa Rica. I am the writer of the comment relative to the complete tutorials of Bert Monroy. Thank you.
Bert saids in this video tutorial that all the tutorials are still available online, so I really will appreciate that you tell me where. This is the first time that I see this wonderful help-option for learners in Graphic Design and I want more. Congratulations for this great material!
For those that are having problems viewing the video within the web page, use the links below the embedded SWF to download the video. You can put the video file on your ipod and watch it in the loo.
Sorry, Scott, but CreativePro.com doesn’t host this video, so I can’t troubleshoot what may be going on with the Flash Player settings.
Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com
While the video works fine, I can’t seem to get rid of the Flash Player settings menu, which has taken up residence in the middle of the video. Clicking allow, or anything else, doesn’t remove it. Mac Pro running OSX 10.6.4.
Scott
The video link does work on all the browsers we tested, Bill. I did notice that sometimes there was a delay of a few seconds in starting the video, and I have a very fast connection. If you have a slower connection to the Internet, you may need to wait for, oh, 10 seconds before the video begins.
Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com
Try as I might, this link isn’t functioning. Clicking brought me to
https://revision3.com/pixelperfect/photodrawing THREE times but no video started. Shucks, this is a good feature for Creative Pro and I wanted to see it.