Lakaran imej dengan Photoshop

Ghastly Images – Sketching with Photoshop

I developed this (super easy) technique for turning a photo into a glorified pixel-y type sketch while racking my brain for a new Facebook picture. It is partly inspired by the awesome Threadless shirt I’m wearing. This is something fun you can do quickly, and with one of your own pictures!
With Halloween coming up soon, consider creating one of this for your Ghost self.
Head on after the break for the full tutorial!

First you’ll need a picture. Don’t worry about the background, everything will be covered over in the end. Just make sure the photo you choose is large enough that you can zoom in to see the details (this photo is only at 50% of its actual size).
Grab the pencil tool and set it to 1px. Select a colour – I chose a light blue, but this can be changed in the end using a Colour Overlay, so don’t fret over it too much. There’ll be time for experimentation.

Create a new layer. I named mine ‘lines’. This is where you will begin sketching.
Start tracing your image. Be as precise or as messy as you want. Trace over most of the details or keep it simple. It’s all up to you!


Now here comes the fun part. Create a new layer below ‘lines’. Fill it with white.
That should wash out the background so you can see what your new line sketch looks like.


Let’s start with the scratches.
Use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to roughly select the area around the subject. Cut it out (from the ‘white’ layer) and past it back in place, on its own layer.


Set this newly pasted layer to 90% opacity.

Grab the Eraser tool. Set it to 1px with a low opacity. Proceed to scribble away at the ‘white’ layer.


This should erase parts of the layer covering the background, allowing some of it to show through.
If you want an additional layer of white scratches, that’s easily done as well. Create a new layer (‘white scratches’), set your Pencil Tool to 1px, and start scribbling!


Once finished with both layers of scratches, you may want to highlight a particular area of your photo, allowing the background to show through. Grab a large, soft Eraser, and get rid of some of the ‘scratches’ layer.

Adding more colour to this photo is really easy to do. I decided on a gentle gradient for the background. Select the ‘white’ layer, and add a Gradient Overlay.


You may also decide to change the colour of the sketch lines. Try adding a Gradient or Colour Overlay to the ‘lines’ layer as well to produce some psychedelic effects.


And there you have it, a neat hand-made sketch effect of your favourite picture.

I definitely encourage you to play around with this. Try different thickness of lines, different subjects, different background colours, etc.