Photo courtesy of Photojojo
So, I fell in love with all the projects in this book and decided to find them online and I immediately subscribed to their newsletter. Then, I spent the next few hours looking through their archives where I found a couple of projects that I thought would be quick and easy! The following is pasted directly from their website. Click on the title to check it out on their page.
THE INGREDIENTS
- An Etch A Sketch
- Some photo paper and a printer
- Strong glue like Goop or Gorilla Glue
- A picture frame hook or easel, stolen from an old frame
- A photo-editing program (We’ll use Photoshop CS2, but you can use the photo editing program of your choice.)
STEP 1: PICK YOUR PHOTO
For this technique, images with strong foreground elements and less background details / textures work best. Also, look for photos with high contrast and simple lines.
Photo Credit: Daniel Weisser
STEP 2: GIVE YOUR PHOTO THE ETCH-A-SKETCH LOOK
The first step is to make your photo black and white. Click “Image” –> “Mode” –> “Greyscale” from the menubar to get rid of the color.
Now lets make it sketchy. Select “Filter” –> “Filter Gallery” from the menubar. In the window that pops up, select the “Sketch” filters and look for the one called “Photocopy”. For the settings, we used Detail: 4 and Darkness: 10.
Now you need to give the image a gray tint to mimic the aluminum powder. Create a new layer by selecting “Layer” –> “New” –> “Layer…” form the menubar. Fill that layer with a medium gray (we used #999999) using the Paint Bucket tool. In the layers window, change the Overlay setting for your new gray layer to “Multiply” and then adjust the Opacity until it looks Etch-A-Sketchy grey (we found 30% looked about right.)
The last step is to take away the shades of gray by applying a threshold to your photo. Click “Image” –> “Adjustments” –> “Threshold…” from the menubar. We used a Threshold value of 128.
That’s it! Now just print your image, cut it to 7″x5″, and you’re ready for the next step!
STEP 3: SLIDE THE PHOTO IN
Work the image in a little bit at a time and be gentle so you don’t wrinkle your photo.
STEP 4: FRAME IT!
Alternatively, use the easel stand from a tabletop frame and attach it using glue or tape so that the Etch A Sketch can stand on its own as in the picture at right.
Wait for your glue to set, hang, stand, and enjoy!
WHAT NEXT?
You can also try printing your final photo onto a transparency at a copy shop instead of photo paper. That way, you’ll still be able to use the etch a sketch to add real lines to your photo using, you know, the knobs.
Here is how mine turned out:
The photo was one of our engagement photos and the photographer, who was a family friend, actually did this in photoshop for us.
Side view of the frame
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