I accidentally stumbled across this effect and I thought it looked wicked cool, or at least with this base it looked wicked cool. I'm talking about the coloring effect but the black and white before it also looks nice, and since the black and white steps are on the way to color, this icon has two outcomes.

I'm using Photoshop 7. It isn't too difficult and should be translatable to other programs.

How to go from to or .

( Watercolory icons starring Jack and Sawyer. Who else would you expect? )