How to achieve this texture

[IDarklord]

I'm trying to figure out how to make an image look like this. Basically a watercolor cartoon image that has been printed in a book. I've seen some halftone textures and it doesn't seem to give the same effect. Any help is GREATLY appreciated as I'm under a deadline and I am fairly new to photoshop

 

[Rich54]

These textures look like fabric to me.

• Find an image of fabric that looks like what you want. Convert it to Black & White.
• Apply a Levels adjustment to either darken, lighten, increase contrast, decrease contrast, etc. Whatever looks good to you.
• Here's a fabric texture I found. The left half shows the image as downloaded. The right half shows my Levels adjustment.

• On a new layer above that, paint some colors and change the layer blend mode to Multiply. See below.
• You can experiment with different layer blend modes. Color Burn has a slightly different effect that you may prefer.
• Depending on how dark your underlying fabric layer is, you may want to brighten your color layers to make them more vibrant. Use a Levels adjustment for that.

There are a few tutorials out there with other techniques. Search YouTube for Photoshop Fabric Textures.

 

[IDarklord]

Although the original picture is a actually a scan/photo from a book, the fabric texture does look very similar. Thanks for the idea.

 

[[ iLLuSioN ]]

If it's a (low resolution) scan from an old unaccurate print, you can use color halftone effect...

Halftoning 101: How to Halftone Images in Photoshop

In this simple guide to halftone, learn how to achieve an authentic vintage, pixelated, out-of-focus look for your images.

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Your image shows also compression artefacts.