QUOTE (Captain Kerthorse @ Jan 9 2008, 22:32)

I'm trying to manipulate a conventional photo into the same style as the pic below (i.e single clour sketchy type image) however despite much fiddlement i cant find the correct method... not knowing the technical name for the style makes it tricky to find a solution by way of a tutorial etc
any helps?

Off the top of my head:
Convert to greyscale.
Set Contrast to 100%
Muck about with the brightness (and then maybe the contrast again) until you get your desired effect.
After that you can colourise the image and chose whatever colour you want.
I'm sure a genius will explain it much better.