Sketching on paper with Photoshop

In this tutorial you’ll use a photo image to create a sketched portrait in a notebook or sketch pad.

1.Open an image with a piece of paper on it. It can be an open notebook or just any sheet of paper you’ve decided to put a portrait on.

2.Open the photo you are changing into a portrait.

3.Crop it if needed.
4.Go to Filter > Filter Gallery > Sketches. Use settings shown below. You may vary darkness parameter for the needs of a perticular photo.


5.With white color brush remove all unnecessary strokes and spots.

6.Copy the portrait as a new layer to the image with the paper.
7.Set layer blending mode to Multiply.

8.Position the portrait in its place. you may use transform > perspective if needed.
9.To make the portrait look softer use Filter >Blur > Gaussian blur