Turn any photo into a dot grid artwork with these Photoshop actions. You'll get great results with dots that change size. They get larger in brighter areas and smaller in darker areas. Free download available.
- Reds: +19
- Oranges: +7
- Greens: -4
- Blues: +2
Luminance
- Reds: +7
- Greens: -2
- Blues: -1

Radial Filter
- Exposure: +0.15
- Highlights: +7
- Shadows: +7
- Blacks: +5

And finally, everything should look like this.

Final Results

One comment on “King Lion Photoshop Tutorial”
Suggestion.... Use "Place Embedded" because your PSD will have issues if you "Place Linked" and you delete the JPG file.
Also, why do you rasterize the layers? It is better to keep as smart layer.