Hello,
I enjoy turning photos into cartoon images.
So, I made many experiments with Gimp and G'MIC. I tried the "Cartoon", "CarTOONize", "Toon-inator" Gimp filters. Those ones gave surprising results but I didn't like that many black spots. I tried "Cartoon" G'MIC filter. It gave good results but I would want something nearer from original. And, finally, I tried "Engrave" filter, which gave very amazing results but I didn't want all these lines in each black shadow.
So, I made my own experiments : My challenge was "Don't draw (So, no pencils, no brushes, no selections) ! Just use color adjustments, filters and layers."
Finally, I decided to write my own python plugin that encode my last found method.
Here is an instance of my results:
Firstly, the original image (Photo courtesy of USDA Agricultural Research Service)
(To the question : "Convert to the RGB Working Space", I answered "Convert")
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And the result of my plugin (with default parameters):
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