Turn photos into Amazing Artwork
Many of us take photos - only a few of us are artists. However, today anybody can turn a photo into a piece of art on sites like Photowow, BeFunky and Photofiddle.
You can do this yourself and share it via email and the Internet; do it yourself and have somebody print in on canvas or just send in a photo and have it done for you. Any way you approach it - you will amaze your friends and yourself to see your photos as fabulous artwork!
BeFunky - Turn Photos into Art
Anyone can be Artist

BeFunky Photo Effects allow everyday people to easily create photographically rich and artistic results from their digital images without the need for any technical knowledge. These "one-click" photo effect options produce desired results effortlessly and each effect comes with the option to make simple adjustments.
As you can see below - they currently feature 8 options with more in development. BeFunky makes it easy to get photos from your favorite web sites. Apply special photo effects and save back to your account -- Facebook, MySpace, Flikr, bebo, Hi5 and Friendster.

Photo to Cartoon
You Can Make Cartoons DIRECTLY from this Lens
PhotoFiddle
For Serious Art - Canvas and Prints

Photofiddle.com allows users to create art from photos with free online photo effects software. Photofiddle will transform any picture into art with over 50 photo art styles to choose. Select from oil painting, Warhol pop art, watercolor painting, modern art, abstract art, Leroy neiman art style, Lichtenstein art style, outline sketches, color pencil sketches, photo collages, impasto art, film strip photo collages and more. Have them add a photographic tint like a sepia tint, blue tint, red tint, or green tint to any photograph.
Photofiddle.com is the only website that allows a user to instantly transform their uploaded digital photo into various styles of art. The user can order their design in practically any size ranging from 8"x8" to 6 feet by 20ft in canvas or art prints, framed or unframed, the choice is completely yours. They enable the novice to produce high quality artwork, just like limited edition artists do. They offer many online designs to suit almost any vision!
Wall size canvases can get expensive, but I was surprised and pleased that smaller sizes are well within reach - particularly as a nice gift.


One of the many PhotoFiddle Options
Your Artistic Side - Photos to Art
Custom Art from your photo at

Portraits, pet portraits, a portrait sketch image as a memorial, a child portrait...these are just some of the possibilities with yourartisticside.com. A watercolor photo style makes a great home portrait. Even an artistic image of a classic car. (or not so classic car) can be done using artists sketch technique. Art from a photo of your favorite spot at the mountains or coast ....
Whether it's a housewarming gift, graduation gift, anniversary gift, birthday gift, retirement gift or just a treat for yourself., an artists drawing or a custom portrait from your photo is a
great personalized gift and will be a cherished Image to enjoy for years to come!
Tucia Photo Enhancement and Animation

I love editing photos, but when you have the photos say from a wedding, a reunion or a graduation you might want a professional touch. Tucia can add a person into a family portrait or remove an unwanted stranger from your photo. They can digitally open up closed eyes or fix hair. They can also offer glamorize and digital cosmetic enhancement options - get a tan, clear acne or remove braces. Simple touch-ups such as digital camera mark or red eye removal and cropping are also available.
Photowow
Photo Art for the stars - Oprah, Meryl Streep, John Travolta, Meg Ryan and more!

In 1997, the owner of Photowow, Robert Schiff, wanted to decorate a large wall space by combining different photos and images into a big piece of art - without paying a fortune. Not having the benefit of the Internet, he picked up the Los Angeles Yellow Pages and started calling print shops. No shop was interested in creating his artist idea. But, as luck would have it, he was reading an article in a magazine within a week of his search about companies competing in the brand new large format printing business. A light bulb went off and Photowow, the original photo into digital art business, was born. The first Photowow retail store creating custom art from favorite photos was opened on December 4, 1997. That same fun capability became available to anyone in the world with access to the Internet on September 12, 1999.
myDaVinci Artworks
Art that clicks.

MyDaVinci allows you to create hand created artworks from your favorite photos.
1. You send the photo(s) via mail or email.
2. DaVinci.com starts the artwork.
3. They evaluate the artwork, and email it to you if it meets our quality standard.
4. You can request modifications if necessary after reviewing.
5. They process your emailed feedback.
6. You approve the artwork online once satisfied with the artwork.
7. They deliver the artwork to you.
Wow-a-pic Photo Touchup
When the photo needs a professional touch

I love editing photos, but when you have the photos say from a wedding, a reunion or a graduation you might want a professional touch. It was the photo of the windy hair that convinced me to try out this service from Wowapic.com.
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Dec 1, 2009 @ 7:07 am
- I've got to try it! I've featured this on my fan-club thank-you lens so - thank you!
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Nov 22, 2009 @ 3:31 pm
- I lensrolled this to my photo lenses! Love your lenses!
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- CoolFoto CoolFoto Nov 13, 2009 @ 10:21 am
- Handy to have all these photo resources in one place!
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- GonnaFly GonnaFly Oct 26, 2009 @ 4:40 am
- Ooooh. Can't wait to try some of these out :-) 5*
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- g.bhoobalakrishnan g.bhoobalakrishnan Aug 29, 2009 @ 8:49 am
- its super and how to download this software
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