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# So it's my mate Paulie's 50th birthday, and I bought him a copy of GTA 5. Unfortunately I have Gimp and no artistic skills whatsoever.
Does anyone know of a way to convert his pic to a more posterised version that will match the rest of the front of the box?

Lo res version:



And no, you're not my Potatoshop bitches, I was just hoping for pointers...
(I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 9:19, archived)
# I have never used Gimp, so cannot say what options might work.
With Photoshop, it'd probably be a case of messing with selective colour, adding a bit of posterization and finishing with the stroke option.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 9:35, archived)
# ah yes, the finishing with the stroke option!
(I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 9:41, archived)
# Happy endings, every time.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 10:22, archived)
# Vinegar strokes every time.
(I helped save b3ta! Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 14:13, archived)
# I always finish with the stroke option
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 10:15, archived)
# gimp has a 'cartoon' filter

which is a good starting point
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 9:51, archived)
# Thanks, I tried that but the source pic doesn't have enough contrast to make it effective, and when I tried to up the contrast the skin tones look awful.
I suspect I'm going to have to print it out and go over the picture highlights in pen then scan it back again!
(I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 9:53, archived)
# that sounds like an 'artistic skill'
:D
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 9:55, archived)
# There's a few tutorials online
Just do a google search for 'cartoon a photo in Gimp'
Like this one: ocaoimh.ie/2004/10/01/cartoonizing-photos-with-the-gimp/
(I helped save b3ta! Q4nobody, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 11:04, archived)
# Thanks. I'd tried that, but you get an awful lot of black speckles!
Best I did was with smudge to even out the blocks, reduced colour palette and then posterized it. Still needed a bit more touching up though (but don't we all...)
(I helped save b3ta! da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Sat 28 Sep 2013, 14:11, archived)