Not only am I a cartoonist and artist I love all this computer geek stuff! I came across this free piece of software that is really cool for creating “art” from you photos, in perticular the pen and ink cross hatching grabbed me! Fantastic! Looks like a real, drawn illo!
http://fotosketcher.com/
I don’t know If I said it already but …Great site…keep up the good work.
I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks, 
A definite great read..Jim Bean