One of the nice things about the iPhone is the number of photo editing programs available.  As I see it, there are three kinds of iPhone photo editing applications:

1)  those that provide basic editing tools such as changing exposure and contrast, cropping, and so on.

2)  those that provide "filters" that change the whole look of a photo (for example, giving a photo a "golden glow").

3) those that actually change the photo into what appears to be a drawing or painting.  It is this third category that I will discuss in this post.

 The original - a photo of downtown Portland, Oregon:

Now, a Grungetastic version:

 Photo ArtistaOil starts with this photo of a flower sale:

 and gives it an impressionistic look:

PhotoArtista Haiku starts with this picture of a bike path:

 and makes it look like a Japanese drawing:

 Toon Paint takes this photo of Yours Truly:

 and turns it into a line drawing.  Then, using Juxtaposer, I superimpose the original over the line drawing, and "paint in" the amount of the original that I want.  The result looks kind of like a watercolor:

 With Mobile Monet I can take these flowers:

 and turn them into a painting:

 There are a number of other applications that do similar things, and it seems that every month new applications become available.  So if you are tired of the same old photos and editing tools, you might consider an application that will give your photos an entirely different look.

By the way, using PhotoSync you can transfer photos both ways between your computer and the iPhone wirelessly using your wifi home network.  This makes editing very easy and faster, since you don't have to mess with a cable and wait for the devices to synchronize.  I have Aperture on my Macbook, but most of my editing apps are on the iPhone.  PhotoSync for the iPhone is $1.99, and the desktop client is free.

And as always, I have no interest in any of the above-mentioned applications except as a satisfied customer.