This page was created in response to a question on Yahoo Answers by Eddie

This is the original...

Here's the finished image...

Here's a version where the character image has been adjusted for brightness and contrast...

Here's one with the background Gaussian blurred a little...

This was done by selecting the character - easier to do that than trying to select the background. Inversing the selection and tidying it up and using Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.