How to recreate this effect?

[ThatAlexKido]

Hi there,

I'm new to this forum - I've used Photoshop for a while but I'm a bit stuck on this one.

I really want to recreate this effect used on the players sketch, with the colour + black and white, but I'm a bit stuck. I've tried using filters on Photoshop but they're not having the same desired effect, have a feeling I need to overlay some colour but not sure how. Any help?

 

[revnart]

There are many ways of creating this effect, starting from "one layer" approach with gradient map to more customizable option which I attach.

1. Open a photo
2. Add brightness/contrast adjustment layer (this will give you more options for end result)
3. Add posterize adj. layer and set number of colors (in this example - 4 = dark blue, lighter blue, gray, white)
4. Add gradient map adj. layer (and if you want you can set colors here
5. Add Hue/Saturation adj. layer to alter overall hue easier than in gradient map

layers panel should look like:

result is:


I'm also attaching psd file for testing.
P.S. It's best to have white background behind person.