(image enclosed) What image effect is this?

Question

What is this effect called, and i would also like to know how i could do this. Would it be

possible to do this with the Gimp?

I would like to use this effect on my own image, but for now here is what i am talking

about:

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m244/harrysf/imageeffect.jpg

Image taken from http://www.thefeeling.com

Answer 1

It is possible in the gimp 2.2 its a filter called photocopy and is available under the menu filters/artistic/photocopy

Answer 2

It looks like the cutout filter on Photoshop, with some mild contrast tweeking and color change. Not sure if you use it with the Gimp.. never used the Gimp before.

Answer 3

Posterizing or posterization.