Fake Vecoring in GIMP

Tutorial

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How to make a fake vector in GIMP. Not a real vector, but something that looks like it :D

BEGINNING IMAGE:

We have ourselfs a image of Mariah, you can save and open into GIMP, just to do it as you read it :D

Step one.
Open the image in GIMP.

Step two.
I usually make the image all nice, like go around the edges of her hair and erase the little blobs that appear is crappy pictures.

Step three.
Go to Filters>>Blur>>Selective Gaussian Blur. And then have the settings some where around these, in the following comparison of the original and previewed image:

Step four. Click ok and save!!

ENDING IMAGE:

You can take it an extra step, and go around the hair, and get the little blobs. Pixely blobs, or smooth looking blobs are just horrible, remove of them, completely :P