- Open Photoshop
- Select a picture to edit and drag over the Photoshop Icon on the dock

- Crop as necessary and adjust the levels +L

- Use the pen tool to extract the image from the background


- When you have a selection press +J to duplicate the background layer

- Make a copy of this layer and turn it off
- Click on the background layer and then create a new layer (either click on the New Layer Icon in the layer palette or press +SHIFT+N)
- Fill this middle layer with a solid color

- Click on the top layer and desaturate +SHIFT+U
- Select Image>Adjustments>Threshhold

- Apply a gaussian blur between 1 and 3
- Duplicate this layer by Right or CTRL clicking it in the layer palette. Select Duplicate, type dots in the field, select new and name the new document new. The duplicate layer will open in a new document

- Convert to grayscale
- Convert to bitmap. Select halftone. Select round and a number between 12 and 30. You may have to do this a few times to get something you like.

- Convert to grayscale
- Convert to RGB
- Right or CTRL click on the background layer and to duplicate the layer select the original document from the pulldown menu as your destination
- In original document press +G to add the new layer to the clipping group.
- Press +E to combine the two layers together
- Press +J to create a duplicate layer
- Change the blend mode on the top layer to Multiply
Select Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast to change the brightness and contrast. Move sliders, until new layer is white. Move layer underneath dots

- Click on the white layer and add an adjustment layer of solid color. Pick a color for the face

- Press +G to create a clipping path

- Press D to select Default colors and select the Paint Bucket (G) fill the current layer with "black"

- Switch back and forecolors so that white is your forecolor. Select a brush and paint in the face
- Repeat the last 4 steps for each additional color
- Save
Part 2
- Drag the copy of your extracted image to the top and turn it on
- Create two new layers. Fill both with white. Drag one below the extracted image. Turn the top layer off

- Create a new top layer
- Click on the extracted layer and turn down the opacity
- Create a new brush



- Select the pen tool and draw a line for the top of the lip
- Go to the Actions palette and create a new action. Name it Stroke.
- In the Path palette select stroke path
- Now select delete path
- Stop recording action
- For thicker lines like the brows choose fill path then delete path
- Turn on the white layer underneath the lines to check your progress, then turn it off
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