Easy Silhouette

Step 1.

Open up your image and go to: Image->Adjustments->Desaturate (or press Ctrl + Shift + U) on your keyboard.

Step 2.

Next using the Lasso Selection tool, or the Pen tool carefully select the contour of your image, and remove the background of the image such as I have done here:

Press Ctrl + D to deselect the area.

Step 3.

Next go to: Filter->Artistic->Cutout, and apply these settings:

You will need to adjust the "No. of Levels" value to anyone from 2 - 4 depending on the complexity of your image.

Step 4.

Press Ctrl + L on your keyboard to open up the "levels adjustment" panel, and apply similar settings to your image. You may need to move the sliders around to get a good visible area in your image, just move the small nodes to the right or left:

Here's what you'll end up with:

Step 5.

Now if you'd like to smooth the image out a bit so it looks more like it was done in ink follow these two easy steps.

Step 6.

Go to Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur and apply these settings:

Step 7.

Next press Ctrl + M on your keyboard to open up the "Curves Adjustment" panel and apply these settings:

Step 8.

Here's how my image ended up after the curve adjustment:

All you need to do is adjust the settings slightly to get the best looking image. I know this one is a little dark silhouettes are created in photoshop.