Hello,
So I have been trying for a while now to turn this picture:

into this style of image:

Now after reading and watching a lot of tutorials on the subject I came up with that mediocer result:

wich looks like garbage if you ask me...I used the following techniques: Reduce noise, increase contrasts and clean up the skin with the smudge tool.
It doesn't look anywhere near what I want to achieve.
So I was wondering if someone could walk me into the right direction to get the effect I wanna achieve...
So I have been trying for a while now to turn this picture:

into this style of image:

Now after reading and watching a lot of tutorials on the subject I came up with that mediocer result:

wich looks like garbage if you ask me...I used the following techniques: Reduce noise, increase contrasts and clean up the skin with the smudge tool.
It doesn't look anywhere near what I want to achieve.
So I was wondering if someone could walk me into the right direction to get the effect I wanna achieve...