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This is the same image with the Ocean Ripple effect.The place to start is the Filter Gallery (Filter>Filter Gallery). Here, Photoshop gathers many of the special effects that can turn a normal photo into a painting, a drawing, a stylized image or something else. Each effect---from Poster Edges to Ocean Ripple to Reticulation---has slider controls to customize the view. A standard photo of a cyclist, for example, can become a Bas Relief or a Charcoal drawing or a poster. It even can be made into Notepaper as a background for stationary. -
This image has the Flourescent Chalk Action added.More elaborate special effects are available by going to Window>Actions. These Actions are preset special effects such as Sepia Toning, Fluorescent Chalk, Aged Photo and Soft Posterize. Each of these contains a script that does several things to a photo to give it an unusual look, so make certain you are working on a saved copy of the photo. If you don't like what you get, go to File>Revert to return the photo to its original state. -
The image has the Difference Clouds effect.There are simpler effects in Photoshop, too. In Image>Adjustments>Photo Filter, for example, you can "warm" or "cool" an image using orange or blue respectively. For an unusual color cast, go to Image>Adjustments>Desaturate to make the RGB image grayscale, then go to Image>Adjustments>Variations. You can give a photo a distinct color cast such as purple or red or green. You also can use the separate Filters such as Pointillize (Filter>Pixelate>Pointillize), or go for a surreal image by using Filter>Render>Difference Clouds.
