LeapFrog, he applied a filter to the picture of his dog in Photoshop, gives it that artistic look. Played with your image a bit, Greenhead, hope you don't mind. Popped into my head when I saw your pic, it's a character from my favorite video game (Red XIII from Final Fantasy 7).
haha, that's awesome, I actually remember that from back in the day, works pretty good for that. And yes, it's really simple, just use the plugin I mentioned above to achieve that look. It isn't a free plugin, though.
ah i wish i could see the picture but the link's broken or something! FF7 is my favorite game of alllll timmmmeeee