Photoshop: How do you turn a normal picture into those cartoon-like embossed pictures?

I'm trying to figure out how to do just a regular black and white picture style cartoonish/embossed pictures you see on t-shirts. The best example is the whole Obama Change picture that obviously started as a real picture...



http://www.myhiphoptshirt.com/files/1824



Is there a certain name for this kind of style because cartoon doesn't fit and nor does emboss, but embodies a bit of both styles. The outcome would be a straight up contrast of shadows or darkened spots of the photograph.



Any help please? Thanks.Photoshop: How do you turn a normal picture into those cartoon-like embossed pictures?
The best way to do it, especially if you are going to reproduce it for prints or shirt or something is to vector it. You just trace over the image in the vector tool section by section and fill it.



It actually takes some artistic skill if you want it to look nice.Photoshop: How do you turn a normal picture into those cartoon-like embossed pictures?
step 1: Open the picture in photoshop

Step 2: Go to image %26gt; adjustments %26gt; desaturate

step 3: Go to filter %26gt; blur %26gt; Gaussian blur

step 4: set the blur at about 2 or 3 %26gt; click ok

step 5: go to image %26gt; adjustments %26gt; posterize

step 6: set the posterize between 3-6

step 7: ADDING COLOR - use the magic wand tool to select an area of gray and ON A NEW LAYER apply a fill with the paint bucket or with edit %26gt; fill