Cartoon/Graphic Image

[akj]

Thanks for the guidance TPaul. It's back to the drawing board for me!

[T Paul]

Don't forget to post your results!

~T

[FrannyMae]

T Paul, I never even thought about putting that pic on a Tshirt...what a great idea! Every New Year's I get everyone in the family a funny Tshirt to wear with our balloon hats while we play games and just act silly. I know what my husband is getting this year. Maybe I'll do one for every member of the family...that would be too funny!

Thanks for the inspiration!

Franny

[T Paul]

Happy to help out! Sounds like a great time!!

~T

[Xerraire]

Hi all

New here...
It was this very thread that has lured me to this site. I have been looking for a way to change a photo to a cartoon style image, this is a perfect technique!
I just have zero photoshop skills, so I hope to pull it off..

Thanks for a great start!

Barb

[T Paul]

Welcome to RetouchPro and don't forget to post your results! I'd love to see how the graphic turns out.

~T

[Xerraire]

Thanks for the welcome.

I haven't got beyond step #3, but I am liking the way it is going so far. I will struggle with the rest, as like I said before, I do not know photoshop that well.

Hope to have something soon


Barb

[Xerraire]

I am still new at this, but here is my first attempt. The first steps are easy, its the fine tuning I still need work on.

Enric, before and after:

http://www.xerraire.com/compare%20enrics.jpg

Thanks all for a start on some wonderful techniques on cartooning.

[Xerraire]

Another, perhaps getting a little more to what I wish for...
http://www.xerraire.com/laurabeforeandafter.jpg

[T Paul]

Xerraire,

You are getting the hang of it! For future posts try to attach the actual image vs a link. This way your pictures will remain if the links get broken.

[Xerraire]

I am not sure I know how to do what you tell me to do.

I actually found this forum (and I really like it) looking for a way to do this effect, but I will definately stick around to learn more. It's just that I lack a lot of photoshop basics, and so while I oooooooh and ahhhhhhhh at all that I see here, I know that I really need to get to the basics. However, I must say, this forum has been quite an incentive to finally LEARN them!

Just a small background, I wanted to make a shopping page, and I wanted to have a cartoon image of myself (and my children will have their own corner) and that is why I wanted to do the cartoon. Here is the page, a work in progress, but the cartoon is close to what I was looking for. » HERE

So thanks to everyone for giving me the know how!

[T Paul]

If you are asking about how to attach an image...check out this thread:

Attaching Files or Images to Threads or Posts

[sukku]

These are a couple of cartoonish stuff I did of myself... Took the pic myself at arms length... u'll notice the fisheye effect ... this was a long time ago i dont even remember the program i used to do it . But I'll keep looking. Dont confuse urselves with the last one... aint no cartoon its really me!!

[Xerraire]

testing......

[JTPhoto]

The before and after images are amazing! I would never have known how to do this. I will definitely have to give this a try.

Nice work!

Tracy

[dbuckle]

This is one I did of my Grandaughter.
http://glasscat.smugmug.com/photos/32161428-L.jpg

[Cyber Cat]

milla jovovich

[goose443]

Sorry I have no image to post but I do have a quick tip.

Often times, especially in political cartoons, prominent features are often exaggerated in order to make the cartoon stand out and make the faces recognizable. This is important especially since a move from a photograph to a cartoon by it's very nature most often involves loss of detail and definition in the subject. By exaggerating the features this loss of definition is compensated.

Photoshop's liquify tool is an excellent way of making prominent features even more so before "converting" the image to a cartoon. Obviously this doesn't apply to all types of cartoons and need not be done if it's not the desired effect but it's a nice way emphasize the character of the person in the image while reducing the details of the photo.

Simply take the photo into the liquify mode and strech the prominent features until they look cartoonish. Remember to take your cues from the person's actual features. For esample, if the person has big eyes make them even bigger. If they have a small nose make it even smaller. It's like enhacing the lighting of a photo by following the existing shadows/highlights.

After "converting" the photo into a cartoon you'll be surprised at how much "pop" your image will have.

Just my 2 cents.

[T Paul]

Sukku,
Nice cartoon effect! I believe this can also be achieved in Photoshop by using the liquify filter.

Cyber Cat,
Wonderful Results! You’ve captured just the right amount of detail. The clothing folds and the detail in the eyes and hair really make the image work. You may want to add just a bit of a line to help define the right arm from the right leg though –now it just blends in.

Goose443,
Nice tip for creating caricatures.

[T Paul]

Dbuckle,

Nice results! You may want to experiment with the Cutout Filter settings to capture more detail in your image. I believe you need a bit more detail in the face to help it read clearer. This was done quickly using only the Cutout Filter in Photoshop (Filters>Artistic>Cutout).

First I duplicated the original image twice. Named one “Simplify” and the other “Detail”.

On the Simplify Layer I ran Cutout at:
Number of Levels 8
Edge Simplicity 5
Edge Fidelity 3

On the Detail layer (place under Simplify Layer) I ran Cutout at:
Number of Levels 7
Edge Simplicity 3
Edge Fidelity 3

Next I created a Layer Mask on the Simplify layer and painted back in some detail in the face, hair and zipper. You could also use the eraser, but the Layer Mask gives you more flexibility as you can always paint in or out detail.

Also you don’t have to apply the Cutout Filter to your entire image. You can always use the lasso tool to select sections and apply the filter at different levels to different areas of an image. This way you can keep more detail in some areas, while simplifying others.

I've attached your image to show the difference...

[Cyber Cat]

T Paul thank you very much. you right about adding the line. i didnt notice that. *off to fix*

[Swampy]

Our puppy, Kaycee (Yellow lab mix)

#1, original
#2, Live Trace version
#3, PhotoShop straight posterization at 6 colors

I wanted to play with Illustrator CS2's auto trace feature so I fixed her "dog eyes" in PhotoShop to make them brown again (camera reflects blue or green for animals ya know). Used the pen tool to select her outline and saved as a native PSD file.

Opened this PSD file in Illustrator CS2 and chose the Live Trace function and set it for "Color 16" (I tried Color 8, but it lost details in her eyes).

Copy and Pasted the trace back into Photoshop as pixels. Added a shadow and background.

I think the result is acceptable as a fun illustration and the Live Trace makes for more realistic colorization of the shades of fur.

[dbuckle]

Thanks T Paul for the tip. Nice job.

[creeduk]

CyberCat was that done in PS or illustrator?

[Cyber Cat]

creeduk first -photoshop, then illustrator.

[creeduk]

I thought so , nice job by the way. Do you have CS2 illustrator if not have you tried the new trace feature (with the trial) it works very well.

[Cyber Cat]

thanx no , i dont have illustrator CS2. (just CS) and i prefer pen tool to any auto trace fanction.
oh btw you can use flash instead of illustrator (works quiet well)

[creeduk]

Yes I have done a lot of work with flash, I have cartoons of all my coleagues done in flash, started about 3 or 4 years ago. There I use the pen tool also. I have done some recent ones with illustrator and just recentley I tried out the trace tool n a phot that I turned into a sketch in Photoshop then I was able to scale with no loss for a card I built in flash and it came out GREAT.

[Cyber Cat]

i think you should share your creations!!!

[creeduk]

Well the guys at work did not really want to end up on the web, so rather than not post I found some guy on free stock photo web site and cartooned him up, this is the same process (using flash) that I used on my team. Only difference is in any animations I use different lips (animated lips/mouths, more cartoonish as attached image)

sometimes I might add more eye detail but really I just like to keep it simple, 50% of time I use gradient in flash for hair as seen here other times just one color. This is an export to png then taken to photoshop to add the original image. Of course in flash this is vector so loss-less.