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Some more options, with Topaz and a different program which is sort of scary -- Dynamic Auto Painter.

Original:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/1ca78da3079715f34af886e12fdd6320/tumblr_miwuzmEMdD1r6r3iqo4_1280.jpg

Topaz "Cartoon":

http://24.media.tumblr.com/6d96109d2aa99193bcb85fb78cda336f/tumblr_miwuzmEMdD1r6r3iqo3_1280.jpg

DAP Test 1:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb7a46cf1dad9b913c27ba2103d06a86/tumblr_miwuzmEMdD1r6r3iqo2_1280.jpg

DAP Test 2:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/c7cc25ba173401e08534464de107e39f/tumblr_miwuzmEMdD1r6r3iqo1_1280.jpg

All of these can be tweaked quite a bit, as well. These are just the default settings. Once I have it set up the way I like, I can just save the pre-set and it's a simple "single click" away!

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If you can get more of a defined line with either version of DAP you'd have a real winner. Try a more contrasty photo?

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@iJim: Here's a more batman-ish image that I converted. I imaging most of the images I take for the comic will be somewhere between the two in terms of quality. I'll want it to be well lit, like the Batgirl/Robin image, but maybe less colorful/bright.

Either way...here's more, again after just 15 min of playing around.

Original:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/c5aeb19d3eb13573c7cfff7ea57df86e/tumblr_miwxtmyXhm1r6r3iqo1_500.jpg

Cartoon:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/bcffc02f396ebd6fdd0e93ecd4c7dee2/tumblr_miwxtmyXhm1r6r3iqo2_500.jpg

DAP Test 1:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/ee5fd0009fb348c5ca0cb63ff151df8e/tumblr_miwxtmyXhm1r6r3iqo3_500.jpg

DAP Test 2:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e3c92651a6c2fedb624209e5586b882/tumblr_miwxtmyXhm1r6r3iqo4_500.jpg

DAP Test 3 -- Mixed 1 & 2 in Photoshop:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/111fb337b3e52aa53b55020b6d847c39/tumblr_miwxtmyXhm1r6r3iqo5_500.jpg

The thing is, the "artwork" ones, by their very nature aren't going to have detailed faces. There is a "realistic" paint style, but it's not that impressive. To me, I'm not decided on what filter, or combination of filters, I will use on the final product. I do, however, think it's safe to say that I can successfully take photos, arrange them into comic format, and apply a set of filters in a way that it looks drawn...maybe not amazingly so, but at least enough that comic readers won't be immediately turned off by it.

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Wow. Any of those could work. It's a matter of taste, theme, and goal now.

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I would agree, though the first test one stuck out to me the most.

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I vote carton.

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+1 for the cartoon

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Cartoon FTW!

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The cartoon batman actually looks pretty damn realistic  smile

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I love it too. smile

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If you like the painterly look of the DAP Test but want more detail, you could put cartoon on top of DAP Test as a layer and reduce it to 40-50% opacity. Pretty cool.

Warning: I'm probably rewriting this post as you read it.

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Tried this with stock PS CS4
http://i.imgur.com/mhuPaUy.jpg
Even with filters, you can still enhance your effect by drawing an outline and highlights on a blank layer.
http://i.imgur.com/MkzNLSm.jpg

Last edited by Dave (2013-03-09 05:20:35)

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