In this tutorial I will teach you how to convert a picture into a sketch which can be used in sketch books. Step 1: We will use the photograph below for our tutorial.

Step 2: Duplicate copy of the Background by Selecting the Duplicate Layer Option from the Layer Menu. We do this just in case any mistake is done then we do not end up ruining the original Image.

Step 3: Convert the background into layer by Layer via Copy option in the Layer Menu. We should make a copy so that if we go wrong at any point we have an image to start a fresh from.

Step 4: We will convert the photograph into grayscale by selecting the Desaturate option from the Image.

Step 5: At this point we will make another copy of the grayscale photograph.

Step 6: Convert the Image into a negative by selecting the invert option from the Image Menu as shown below.

The image will look some thing like given below.

Step 7: Now select the Color Dodge option from the Blending Mode Menu in the Layer Palette. This will make the image completely disappear.

Step 8: We will get the sketch of the image by selecting the Gaussian blur option from the Filter Menu.

Now as you will move the Radius slider in the Gaussian Blur dialog box toward the right we will see the sketch of the photograph reappear.

How to draw a computer monitor in Photoshop using the ellipse, rectangle and circle tool.

Step one:

Start with a large #4894CD colored canvas, in your layers window make a new layer set and name it Monitor Graphic. Choose your Ellipse Tool, in a new layer draw a 85 x 837 pixels, #B4B5B7 colored ellipse shape.

Step two:

With your step one layer add the following layer styles:

Step three:

In a new layer draw another 85 x 837 pixels, #B4B5B7 colored ellipse shape.

Step four:

With your step three layer add the following layer styles:

Step five:

Choose your rounded rectangle tool with a 4 px radius, in a new layer draw a 25 x 26 pixels, #66676B colored rounded rectangle on the middle of the ellipse shape.

Step six:

With your step five layer add the following layer styles:

Step seven:

Now draw a 25 x 26 pixels, black rounded rectangle on top of the first rounded rectangle.

Step eight:

With your step seven layer add a gradient overlay layer style and the set the layers blending mode to lighten.

Step nine:

Make a new layer and draw a 175 x 117 pixels, #D8D6D9 colored rounded rectangle. This will be the first part of the screen.

Step ten:

With your step nine layer add the following layer styles:

Step eleven:

In a new layer draw a 159 x 97 pixels, #005FA7 colored rounded rectangle on the center of the screen design.

Step twelve:

With your step nine layer add the following layer styles:

Final:

Monitor Graphic Design.

©2008 Kevin M. Sugrue