Easy Cartoon Illustration Effect 2264964

It takes some real skill to draw realistic characters and portraits, but there’s a shortcut you can take using this illustration Photoshop action. This action will allow you to create the outlines, colours, and shading of a digitally painted image automatically, without the need to trace, paint or draw by hand. The action has been tested and working on Photoshop CS6. Make sure you have an oil paint filter

How to use action

• 1. Load the action into Photoshop
• 2. Hit CTRL F2

Alternatively, you can open up the action panel by going to – Window Action and then find the \’Illustration Effect\’ and hit the play button.

Voila! The final result is a cartoon-like illustration effect with bold outlines, vibrant colours and defined shading.

This Photoshop action works best with images at the standard size of 1920×1280 pixels.

Enjoy!