Pencil sketch effect of a photo

Hi guys! today i am going to show you a very easy and cool tutorial of photoshop .Have you ever thought about making your friends sketch? very tough if you are not good in drawing. But you can make now anyone sketch within just two minutes. So here is the easiest tutorial for you.

Step 1: First open any image.


Step 2: Go to Image> Adjustments> Desaturate or press Ctrl+Shift+U.Duplicate the layer by pressing Ctrl+J and then go to Image> Adjustments> Invert or press Ctrl+I. The image will seem like below.


Step 3:Now set the duplicated layer blending mode to 'Color Dodge'.

Step 4: Select the duplicated layer, go to Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur and set the radius 3.0

Step 5: Select the duplicated layer, go to Image> Adjustments> Levels or press Ctrl+L and apply these following setting:


Step 6:Now duplicate the first layer by pressing Ctrl+J and place it on the top.
Set this layer blending mode to 'Soft Light'.

And here is the final result