Achieving traced image effect?

[Haig Larsen]

Does anyone know how to create a traced image effect like the flowers in the first few images at this page http://www.electricheat.org/ ?

I have several techniques I use in photoshop (Poster Edges, Find Edges, etc) but none of them achieve such a clean look. Outside of tracing the images of flowers by hand in Illustrator, is there any other way to get this effect?

Thanks much,
Haig

[slinkyart]

Looks to me like they're hand drawn with pencil and paper and scanned in. That is the best way to do it.

[jay-em]

I dunno, but Im lovin that style...
Im thinking maybe theres some line art scanning going on, but its possible that its all digital. illustrator and painter ix.....?

[simplistik]

Illustrator paths... Photoshop paths... I HIGHLY doubt that those are done w/ a filter. Just open up a canvas select a solid brush and start drawing. Put a little elbow grease into it, filters aren't a solve all (for that matter most need to be gotten rid of)

[Haig Larsen]

Ok, I'll use my Wacom and trace away. Thanks all!

[Shiuk]

Just take some normal pictures of flowers, remove the background and color, Alt -> Filters -> Stylize -> Find Edges. Remove any unecessary edges (such created by different saturation values.

If you need it bolder just use Glowin edges, and recalibrate the colors.