Fun with Photoshop

Here's a couple of fun and interesting-looking photoshop tutorials I found while browsing the web recently, instead of doing my work.

How to Make a Color Photo Look Like a Black and White Sketch

This one is quick and easy (two of my favorite things). I used it to make the picture for my blog profile, transforming this handsome visage...

...into this!

Excellent! I am now ready to be in that video by A-Ha.

The tutorial for this was provided by the fine folks at wikihow.com:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Color-Image-Look-Like-a-Sketch-in-Photoshop


The second tutorial is a bit more labor-intensive, and I haven't actually tried it out myself, but it sure looks cool.

How to Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect

Here's the final product: And, the tutorial can be found at the psdtuts.com website:
http://psdtuts.com/text-effects-tutorials/create-a-spectacular-grass-text-effect-in-photoshop/