how do you make an image look like this? (see inside for picture)

[kiko_friendly]

http://usera.imagecave.com/daae_x2/ggg/fdfd.png

that is the image, i wanna know how to do that effect

[ian]

There are a number of different effects being used there.
If you use photoshop, you may want to search through the tutorials at http://www.good-tutorials.com/ they are categorised by type of effect.

[kiko_friendly]

ughh lol i've been looking all day and i learnt some things and now i am getting to the point where i see an image and think ahh now that will look good if i did this then this then this and when experimenting things work quite well. i did a clay aiken picture for a friend.
http://home.neopets.com/templates/homepage.phtml?pet_name=o_um_anel
my first EVER blend is at the bottom of that page is it okay?

also can someone tell me what tutorials to use to get that as i have no clue?