Create a Pencil Sketch of a Photo in Photoshop

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Pencil sketch (After)[/caption]
Drawing/sketching is not easy or a gift, but rather a skill. If you lack in this skill, but what to show off. This technique is perfect and be prepared to amaze your friends and family at what a good artist you are! I will be demonstrating the technique to create a sketch from a photo on a paper texture. So, that it looks realistic and then you can print it out, frame it and gift your friends.

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Steps:

1. Open your Image/Photo in PS and duplicate the background. (CTRL + J)
2. On the new layer, then goto Image->Adjustments and select “Desaturate”.
3. Then duplicate the new desaturated layer and invert it (CTRL+I) and change the blending options to “Color Dodge”.
4. Then right click on the layer and select “Convert to Smart Object”.
5. Next, goto Filters->Blur and select “Gaussian Blur” and adjust the radius approximately to 20 pixels.
6. Download the paper texture image and open in PS.
7. Using the move tool drag and drop the texture image in your project where your main image is.
8. Then select the texture image (CTRL+T) and fit the texture image using SHIFT key over the your main image.

1. Next, change the blending mode to “Multiply”.
2. And at last, decrease the fill to 75%.

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