Andy Warhol
's style instantly is recognizable.
Andy Warhol's pop art paintings are famous for their strange combinations of vivid colors and bold, tightly cropped images of celebrities and other notable images from the 20th century. The original paintings were created by applying quick coats of paint to a canvas, which was then covered with an image employing a printing press. The paintings were created in large quantities to simulate over saturation and commercialization. His style is reproducible in the digital format through a series of alterations to a regular photo.
Instructions
1. Crop your selected photo so that the subject is the focal point of the image.
2. Right-click on the "Background" layer of your document in the layers panel on the right side of the screen and make a copy of it. Change the name of this layer to "Photo."
3. Create a new layer named "White," and place it behind the "Photo" layer. Fill it with a white background.
4. Remove the background of the "Photo" layer using the program's Pen Tool and Eraser. The white background layer placed behind the "Photo" layer now will be clearly visible.
5. Desaturate the image using the program's Desaturate feature and adjust the brightness and contrast of the image so that the black and white portions of the image are more striking.
6. Use the program's Cutout filter on the "Photo" layer, and modify the settings so that the image is simplified with only black, white and a couple shades of gray. Click to accept the changes once the image has a flat, illustrative quality. Your settings will vary depending on the image you're using.
7. Add color to the image. Change the hue and saturation of the "White" layer to a color such as bright yellow, pale blue or black. Change the hue and increase the saturation of the "Photo" layer so that it contrasts the background color. Experiment with different colors to achieve an authentic pop art result.
8. Save your image.
