For those who have the sketch action (and believe me, I know there are many out there) and would like to try something different, try this~
1. Make two duplicates of your original and put the original away.
2. Rename one sketch, the other paint.
3. Run sketch action on sketch, then run you favorite paint effect filter, for the sample I've posted here, I used pallette knife, really muck it up because you are just using the general color outline of the original.
4. Flatten sketch image (to get rid of levels adjustment layer)
5. Select all of your painted image and copy
6. Edit/Paste on your sketch image, change blend mode to multiply.
7. Because your image will be darkened, add a new blank layer.
8. On the blank layer, hold down alt key and merge layers for a composite of the lower 2 layers. Change the blend mode to screen and adjust opacity for your image. Bump up the saturation big time. Anyway I think you get the idea. I've gotten some different looks...Dave
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