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I want to know if there is an easy way to turn a normal looking icon into one that looked sketched. I need some or a web project I am working on, ill give an example.

Normal image:
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Sketched looking:
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Now I want to do this for some icons that are not available, such as the android logo:
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the example which you are showing is way different from what i made, all you have to do is recreate all of your icon the way i did till any one suggest something ;), its quite difficult to get the same output as you want(Gmail icon) with the help of Photoshop....

first of all go to filters and add some noise and follow SS.

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If you can use adobe Illustrator

Hope this will help....

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Wow this looks actually pretty good, I am going to try this with a few different icons, see how the results are. I think this is the best that can be done. Awesome!! – Saif Bechan Aug 9 '11 at 10:12
A useful preliminary step would be to run Filter > Distort > Ripple, with the "Small" setting. Give yourself a little bit of extra canvas to allow the edges to roughen up. For extra credit, instead of Ripple, build a displacement map you can use for all of your icons. Use Filter > Distort > Displace on each icon before you run the steps Jack has given. (See Photoshop Help for details of how to set up a displacement map.) – Alan Gilbertson♦ Aug 10 '11 at 21:37
cool man. really great example! Appreciate all the screenshots too – Jake Rocheleau Aug 11 '11 at 11:59
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In CS5, at least: Filters→Sketch→Graphic Pen, go to town.

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Thanks for the answer. I tried this, but it turns it black and white. – Saif Bechan Aug 9 '11 at 0:47
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throw a Layer on it and recolor it? – Lauren Ipsum Aug 9 '11 at 1:59
I like "go to town" -- A quick pit-stop at Starbucks, then off to the movies? :-) – Alan Gilbertson♦ Aug 10 '11 at 21:03
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can it be a local coffee shop? Starbucks is undrinkable sludge without the candy-bar-in-a-cup toppings they drown it with. – Lauren Ipsum Aug 11 '11 at 0:09
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I imagine the easiest solution is to print out the image, place it under some tracing paper and then grab a pencil.

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… a pencil, or, a graphic tablet! Would be able to skip the scanning and then the retracing. – koiyu Aug 9 '11 at 8:56
Yes I am considering buying this. Do you maybe have some information on what is a good graphic tablet to consider buying. I mean one that is good for basic stuff, but for a reasonable price. – Saif Bechan Aug 10 '11 at 21:18

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