Really need 2 tutorials !

Hi! I'm a new user and a Photoshop user for years...
I need 2 tutorials, maybe you guys can help me out?

First one:
http://www.4u-events.be/photoshop/rapper.gif
http://www.4u-events.be/photoshop/caliente.gif
I know there's a fast way to obtain this effect (turning an picture into vector-like image) and I really need it !!

Second one:
http://www.rootsjam.com/
http://www.4u-events.be/photoshop/split.jpg
http://www.ilovetechno.be/2003_INDOOR/index.html
Are there some tricks for turning pictures into a grungy look. Are there some special brushes for this or is it just some kind of tutorial?

Thanks !!!!

brushes ahhhh brushes, lovely things
check the resource section. .

http://www.rebel-heart.net/brushes/indexx.html
theres a site with nice brushes, but like i said check out the resource section

~ mikey

Well the first one...Well you draw the vector people with illustrator or the pentool in photoshop...there isn't really an easy way...
You can put it in flash and press change to bitmap or what ever it was called but it looks really fake and blah.

Second one, try google!
http://www.google.fi/search?q=photoshop+grunge+brushes&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=fi&btnG=Google-haku&lr=

Thanks!

But about the first one again: I recently saw a few minutes of movie entirely in this vector-style. So i guess there must be an easier way ... but I'm gonne try yours first.

PS I tried it with adobe streamline but I don't understand it"s settings

On the second link the grunge font is called Depraved, if that's any help.

for a fake vector look, try adding a posterize adjustment layer with the levels set pretty low, then color it with a hue/saturation adjustment layer.

It won't be truly vector, but you can get a similar look that way.

I think I found an easy way to vectorize an image, check out this extremely easy tutorial. It only has around two steps. I tried it with a few of my pictures and they turned out realy nice.

Vector Tutorial

Hope this helps.

That was cool as $hi*, I'm going to try that tonight.

Fawkes, please do not post vecpix, but rather the original writer of the tut: systemdark... wait... his site is down for the moment... gr... and those rippers still got the tuts...

Anyways, it is not a vector tut ; it looks like vectors...

theDPQ made a tut for vectorizing, u'll have to search for the link, but i think i may have posted it awhile back w/ all the links of people asking this question. i forget. i'm anal like that i suppose. anyways though, that filter thing doesn't leave u much artistic freedom i suppose. the dpqs method is a go-go.
gooood luck