This page was created in response to a question on Yahoo Answers by Eddie
This is the original...
Here's the finished image...
Here's a version where the character image has been adjusted for brightness and contrast...
Here's one with the background Gaussian blurred a little...
This was done by selecting the character - easier to do that than trying to select the background. Inversing the selection and tidying it up and using Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.
