in reply to Image Sketch Convertion

Image::Magick has a 'charcoal' mode that might do what you want. Examples of the various modes are available. Perhaps 'Detect Edges' followed by 'Charcoal' will come close, though you'll certainly have to play with the parameters. You can try imagemagick out on Cristy's server. If none of these work, the source code (in C) is available.

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