Easy Cartoon Illustration Effect

The making of cartoons, like everything else, is an art. It can take many years to learn how to draw realistic cartoon figures. Not to mention the amount of training it takes to master this art. There are many skills involved: clear outlines, precise shading, vibrant colors. These are not skills that come easily. They require practice. No longer do you have to sit for hours trying to create them with your pencil and sketchbook.

It’s rare to find a Photoshop effect that gets all these things just exactly right. Even with all the handy tricks of Photoshop, you might think that this process is much too intricate to achieve. But the right Photoshop cartoon effect will make all this effortless. And that’s what I am offering you today.

This action will allow you to create social media posts, memes, digital book illustrations, flyers and brochures, websites, meaningful gift ideas, and all automatically, without the need to trace, paint or draw by hand.

As an artist, you’ll have a unique product to offer your client base…opening up more contacts, more visibility, more profit. Because it’s so easy to use, you can produce a large number of beautiful, professional-quality cartoon images in a very short amount of time! This is something that would be impossible if they all had to be drawn by hand.

But it’s not just about your career as an artist. This effect has value on a personal level too because it’s just so much fun. Like a really cool magic trick that you’ve always wanted to try. Best of all, this magic comes to you at a price you can afford.

This Photoshop action works best with images at the standard size of 1920x1280 pixels and requires the oil paint plug in.

Enjoy!

UPDATE

This action has been updated to now work on PS CS6, PS 2020, and PS 2021