Thursday, April 23, 2009

Photoshop Workbench 174: Illustration Photo Effect

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In a recent issue of Photoshop User magazine, Corey Barker demonstrated how to transform a photograph into an illustration. I’ve seen this type of effect before, but I’ve never felt compelled to share it for one of two reasons––either the result is mediocre or you need illustration skills to pull it off. Corey’s wonderful method changes everything. He explains a relatively simple way to achieve a gorgeous, stylized effect.

Today’s image is submitted by Nikolay Makarov from Bozeman Montana.

4 Responses to “Photoshop Workbench 174: Illustration Photo Effect”

  1. Gary Spedding Says:
    Friday, April 24, 2009 at 6:13 am

    This was a superb tutorial using Photoshop. Thanks for this. With Corey’s inspiring ideas and your artistic talents these types of effects are nothing short of brilliant!

  2. carlos Says:
    Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    Mountain Bluebird

  3. Bane Says:
    Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 3:56 am

    Hello,
    I usually follow your blog through rss feed, but i had to visit the actual page to leave you this comment.
    Tutorials are awesome, they presented very interested tehniques but still are easy to follow by every audience (especially beginners). Tutorials i like the most are the ones that deal with photo enhancing (that is almost all :) )
    Keep up the good work!
    Have a nice day.

    Bane from Belgrade, Serbia

  4. David Chesluk Says:
    Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 9:16 am

    This technique is wonderful and the results are very striking. Sometimes the texturizer part works fine but it often looks right at the “Okay” stage and then ends up in a kind of grid pattern that I don’t understand.

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