Take Photo

Here's the original image as taken with the iPhone 5s. The only editing at this point was to crop it using Snapseed.

Opening the image into a square document in Sketch Club I then painted over the background using a soft textured brush. I selected a tan color from the existing background which complimented the scene.

The result was rather dull and flat looking. The next step was to take this image into Brushstroke where I used the F2 Frayed Painterly preset for the results below.

Back to Snapseed to Tune Image (Brightness, Ambiance, Contrast, Saturation, Shadows, Warmth). There is no set rule for this - you just have to judge for yourself how much to adjust each parameter. I also wanted to add a little vignette around the right edge so I used the Center Focus feature in Snapseed and centered it on the figure. When I decreased Outer Brightness, the vignette was exactly where I wanted it. 

For the final step I usually like to add a Texture (either one of my own or using a texture app). I used the "Coconut Crust" texture in Stackables at about 50% strength.

If you give this tutorial a try and post it to Instagram, please tag me on the image so I can have a look!