Is it possible with just photoshop?

[Postino]

Cool !! I'll try it out.

Don't be discouraged kiwi. It took me hell alot of tries to get each image right. Hey maybe u can use the cloth in the picture and make into a brush. That way it might be easier to draw the cloth
whaddaya think?

 

[wbiss]

Ah yes, the old texture channel/lighting effects trick! Good idea Stu!

 

[Guest]

Looks really nice Wendy, wanna share how you did it?

 

[wbiss]

Gaussian:

Looks really nice Wendy, wanna share how you did it?

Okay!

1. Opened up original image
2. Examined the "channels" palette to determine what channel showed the most (b+w) contrast
3. Copied this channel
4. Gaussian blurred it
5. Went back to my original image
6. Rendered a lighting effect, and loaded the copied channel as a texture