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Tutorial Turn any photo into an abstract oil painting<br />

Liquify Tool<br />

04<br />

Go to Filter>Liquify. Using the Forward<br />

Warp Tool, slowly push the beard<br />

outwards so that the edges are vertically<br />

straight to keep the illustration clean and<br />

geometric. Using the Bloat Tool, click on the eye<br />

a few times to enlarge it.<br />

Add details<br />

05<br />

Using a black Soft Round brush, roughly brush in the mouth. On a new layer, use a<br />

white Soft Round brush to paint over the highlight areas, use black for shadow<br />

areas. Set the blending mode to Soft Light to make these areas more defined.<br />

Achieve symmetry<br />

06<br />

Select the left side of the image with<br />

the Rectangular Marquee Tool,<br />

Cmd/Ctrl+J to duplicate, Cmd/Ctrl+T to<br />

transform. Right-click and select Flip<br />

Horizontal. Shift the layer accordingly to<br />

achieve symmetry.<br />

High Pass sharpening<br />

07<br />

We’re going to bring out some of the<br />

details for the oil painting effect. Go<br />

to Filter>Other>High Pass. Set Radius to 1px.<br />

Set the layer blending mode to Linear Light,<br />

Opacity at 40%. Select the layers and Cmd/<br />

Ctrl+E to merge them.<br />

Glass Filter<br />

08<br />

Go to Filter>Filter Gallery>Distort><br />

Glass. Set Distortion and<br />

Smoothness to 15, Texture: Tiny Lens,<br />

Scaling: 200%. Check Invert. Your image will<br />

now be transformed into an abstract pattern.<br />

Oil Paint filter<br />

09<br />

Now enlarge the image to fill up the canvas. Go to<br />

Filter>Oil Paint. Set Stylization and Cleanliness to 5,<br />

Scale to 10, Bristle Detail and Shine to 0. Hit Cmd/Ctrl+F to apply<br />

the filter again.<br />

Bas Relief filter<br />

10<br />

Use Cmd/Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Go to Filter>Filter Gallery><br />

Sketch>Bas Relief. Set Detail to 13, Smoothness to 3, Light at Top<br />

Left. Hit Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate the layer. Set the blending mode<br />

to Overlay, with Opacity at 30%.<br />

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