Turn Any Photo Into a Cartoon in GIMP

In this GIMP tutorial, I show you how to convert any photo into a cartoon or a comic book style illustration using GIMP 2.10.20! I use a combination of built-in filters and free plugins, plus color correction and other photo editing techniques to achieve the result. In the end, your photo will look like a high quality sketch or comic book drawing.
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0:00 - Intro & Resources
1:04 - Open Photo & Erase Background
2:52 - Posterize Image
3:49 - Smooth Out Color Transition
4:58 - Outline Subject
5:40 - Adjust Composition Colors
8:36 - Sharpen Photo with High Pass
9:24 - Add Sketch Effect
10:35 - Add New Halftone Background
12:23 - Final Thoughts
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[@calibuttafly]

In order to do this "tutorial" I need to do 20 other "tutorials" first :( But it was awesome to watch

[@poison2power314]

ya wtf man your awfull dude like this pissed me off what a waste everything is just watch another video gtfooh

[@athimahan]

@@poison2power314 ikr 😭🤧

[@patrickfargie1146]

Takes needed skills.

[@kingtrill7070]

Really man you should be more considerate.. you’ve lost a watcher in me

[@hiphophippi2646]

yea exactly... don't forget the plugins too.

[@jesse6327]

Another fantastic tutorial as always Michael. I've got some pictures of my daughter I'm going to do this to. She'll love it!

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks for posting!

[@jumijamm2511]

I cannot download the G-MIC plugin, it gives me an error message saying "The requested URL was not found on this server" , What should I do?

[@uriahjaeger7691]

Exactly...

[@artigotale]

Omg !!! Awesome tutorial, you are fantastic!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@GaryParris]

another great tutorial! :O)

[@PP3D]

Excellent, thanks.

[@orlandoscott4417]

I'm interested in creating images in this style. Is it possible to save the amendments made on one photo, so they can be applied to a different photo, without repeating the steps?

[@mahaminmondal6248]

Waiting for non destructive editing in GIMP. Hope they release new update soon

[@darrencunningham4475]

mind. blown. 12 minute video :) would probably take me 4 hours to do it :) ... awesome stuff.

[@Falco13]

Wonderful job

[@sober_bgmi]

Congratulations for 100k 🔥

[@Gus4r4po]

Thank you from Spain!!!

[@omarjones8481]

it would help a lot if you put links to all the past videos we need to watch to follow along. it takes longer than the vid to search for them

[@Kxarwarx]

Jesus Christ this is amazing WoW, Michael! Just Wonderful! It would be great if GIMP supported a batch converter. I mean, for example, I created the installation, and then I specify it as the main setting for converting all downloaded images or selectively. Thank You, Davies Media Design!

[@thilinaalagiyawanna3680]

Thank you very much 🥰

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

5:49 Thinking that maybe use an edge-detect filter on the original image to produce a line-drawing layer. That would give less uniform, more organic-looking lines than a simple stroking of the path.

[@jaank8982]

wow thanks!

[@CinaCast]

It would be nice if I didn’t have to watch other tutorials just to figure out how to do this tutorial

[@abose7ta]

Very cool vid mr.Davies Media Design.

[@PitzPromotionsuk]

When i use dream smoothing the finished image is left with a washed out overlay look. any help?

[@elidiachenko8729]

had the same thing happen to me

[@RicKuklinski]

The Michelangelo of GIMP

[@JMastrix]

Thank you, Jamie Lannister

[@DickHill]

great stuff

[@thilinaalagiyawanna3680]

Thank youu very much

[@ankitsharma6409]

In this tutorial I apply exactly same but after smoothing image the face of my model get poor and all is good but there is problem with face of model , help me to correct it

[@cosmo0080]

hi Dave, wondering how big is your monitor ?

[@reviewsforjesus8585]

4:28 how d you get your computer to behave? I clicked ok over 9 minutes ago now and it's still processing. what did I do wrong?

[@petekwando]

Maybe its because the source image is a scan of an older photo, but in my case GIM'C soften produces a result that is more surrealist than illustration. Looking for other options to remove the pixelization.

[@TheWesselke]

Have you found any?

[@halimmimo2555]

is Gimp gonna be updated normally or i need to download the latest version myself ?

[@jesse6327]

The normal way to update it is to go to the site and download the new version. It will upgrade the current version you're installing. If you want to know when Gimp is updated, I recommend you subscribe to this channel. Michael is usually the first to create videos showcasing new version features.

[@DSWood-zr7kv]

This better be good, damn it. I skipped work to do this for my schtick.

[@AceHardy]

🙌💥

[@accross3998]

Thank u

[@AK-sj6vt]

For people who don't want to spend money to download apps like me Photoshop is very fool decision when there is a awesome free software like this

[@venkat.sairam]

how can i make my gimp look like yours?

[@daulatraopatil8486]

Hey Man, will u add some tutorials on flat character design in inkscape ?? BTW I really enjoy your vids.... +1

[@thepeculiarcat6086]

Can I use Gimp on my mobile phone? Thank you.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

No

[@pattyorigami]

G'MIC doesn't look the same as the preview when applied. What could be causing this?

[@TFGourmet]

in my version, G'MIC doesnt come with Artistic Dream Smoothing

[@pattyorigami]

@@TFGourmet Interesting, is it an older version?

[@TFGourmet]

@@pattyorigami I dont think so... I just downloaded the filter

[@pattyorigami]

@@TFGourmet That's odd, it should be there. Are you looking under the "Artistic" tab? My only theories are that you downloaded it from a site that had an older version, or maybe there was an error in the installation of the plugin. Maybe try reinstalling it.

[@ARMA2ARMENIA]

Hi, great video, can you please show how to make halftone picture (semi trasparant for DTF t-shirt printing)

[@pointstoponder1727]

Why my interface is different I am not able to locate tools like him

[@sanjaykarmakar100]

What massive laptop are you using??

[@N91ural]

I can't figure out how to get G'MIC on Mac OS..can anyone help?!?!?

[@assassin1234567]

WTF IS THIS?! I have to do tutorials just to get through this tutorial?!?

[@vixxkigoli345]

This is the first video on KZbin I see that have 0 dislike.

[@14bqdonk]

just for a moment

[@UbiquitouslyOpinionatedMe]

"I'm not going to show you that here" is annoying

[@itsss_gage4306]

ikr

[@TFGourmet]

in my version, G'MIC doesnt come with Artistic / Dream Smoothing

[@m_r_studio2266]

So much like the photo when installing windows 98se

[@CourtneyKae83]

"I explained the rest of this tutorial elsewhere" Oh. Well. We came here for it. So. Won't make that mistake again.

[@arushsharma8297]

Gmic is not working in my gimp

[@pri5469]

Gimc program is only for 64bit pc users... Not for 32 bit pc

[@subscriptionfreeman]

that g'mc plug in link didn't work

[@MalProductions100]

GMIC DOES NOT WORK FOR MAC FOR ANYONE CONCERNED

[@jesse6327]

Not as concerned as I am about your Caps Lock key apparently malfunctioning.

[@overcheats4518]

so not even 2 minutes in and i have to watch another 2 videos...

[@wizzelhoart]

"so you're going to click on the image ... if you don't know how to that i have a tutorial" Dude either show the whole process or put it behind a pay wall

[@olverasfam1]

hey man, you talk to fast!!! and your movesment are to fast, dont forget that many people hre are beginers, and we dont have your speed. you move your mouse and you say use this use that and put here but you dont say click in this icon, if you explain at normal speed and teach a little more slow every body undestand much better.after all you are amazing.

[@williamseaman6781]

Look for the "Gear" icon at bottom right of the YT screen. Click it & then choose "playback speed" (has 7 different ones - .25 is vvvveerrrrrryyyy sssslllloooowww & the audio is pretty much useless. I often use either .75 or .5 since you can make out the audio. This comes in very handy when the cursor is bouncing around at a fast pace & you can't telll what was clicked. There is a highlight cursor app (think it's a Windows app) that I wish all would use, but that is a different story. Hope this helps, cause it really has helped me 🤗

[@PrutteHans]

@@williamseaman6781 william seaman more like willy semen xD

[@PrutteHans]

@@williamseaman6781 sorry that was too far

[@PrutteHans]

@@williamseaman6781 sike!! thats the wrong number!!! ohhhhhhhhh!!!! 😈😈😈

[@brandonc.6500]

While I appreciate it is free, GIMP is ridiculously confusing and puts me off from using it any further.

[@TFGourmet]

thats why you have to learn to use it thru this tutorials

[@JM-zu2pd]

Should've included all the steps in one video instead of referring to videos... Now we've got to go back and forth. Needlessly overcomplicating things.

[@logicallyyy]

well your learning more that way and he has already repeated it so many times i think i would get bored of repeating it so many times so i dont blame him for doing that.

[@myaseena]

He goes into quite some detail about those tools in the mentioned videos, repeating all that here would make it overly bloated and complicated.

[@JM-zu2pd]

@@logicallyyy I don't know I can see both sides of the coin.

[@jesse6327]

Actually JM, I would posit that most folks here have already watched his other video tutorials and are probably thankful there isn't a ton of repetition which would make these tutorials excessively long. I recommend going to his site to get a nice list of Gimp tutorials, or checkout his KZbin channel.

[@logicallyyy]

@@jesse6327 yep i already watched all his other tutorials so..

[@subdermalfusion]

Seriously? We come to you for the complicated stuff... not the, "I made this easy so here I'll show you what everyone can do." We can all use the lasso... what happens when the background isn't easy? So dumb

[@DFiantFigure]

Dude what’s the point in making someone have to learn from a different video before getting to this part? Pointless video my guy

[@itskrestfradipta2311]

Well its just you who are unskilled enough to follow trough, this guy has given the best method to do, also it is a way faster to do it... so if you had an issues you'd rather watch the vid's that are alrdy given and get back here or just leave... these guy wanna teach us on how to do stuff using the most effecient way, he's not gonna repeat stuff he have done it 👍

[@DFiantFigure]

@@itskrestfradipta2311 I’m just saying, it’s pointless if there is one video before this one. I like a video that is in depth, step by step. An I am not unskilled. I’m already learning to animate fool. Lol 😂