Make Warhol pop art using your home computer and a photo editing program.
Andy Warhol, a leading American artist known for his creation of the style known as pop art, has been inspiring copy cats for generations. Now, with tools such as Photoshop, it's simple to create your own Andy Warhol-inspired pop art with personal photographs. Virtually any photograph can be transformed into a pop art masterpiece in a few easy steps, providing you with a new way to display and show off your favorite snapshots and memories.
Instructions
1. Select the first photo you'd like to use for your Warhol project. Duplicate the background layer by clicking on it and dragging the background icon to the bottom of the layer window. Rename the layer "picture." Create a new layer and select white. Drag it below the "picture" layer and name it "background." You can then delete your original background.
2. Crop out anything you do not want in your photo, such as furniture, background scenery, etc. Warhol pop art looks best with an isolated, focal image rather than a scene scape or cluttered photograph. Using the "picture" layer, use Photoshop's pen tool. Press Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate the photo. Adjust the contrast or anything else you want to do to make the picture more dramatic. Play around with it to get the look you want.
3. Using the Photoshop filters, select the Cutout filter to the "picture" layer with the settings at 4, 2 and 2. Adjust the levels until the photograph is black, gray and white. Repeat this process again, applying the Cutout filter. This time, the settings should be 4, 4 and 2. If you do not like those numbered settings, play around to get the defined edges and shading you desire. Save your photo.
4. Select the Duplicate Layer setting in Photoshop, repeating until you have four pairs of the photograph. Click on the Layer Thumbnail and select a color for "bg1". You can use an Andy Warhol picture off of the Internet as a color guide if you need it. Create a new layer in frame one's set and rename it. Place the layer between your two already present layers and then choose Load Selection. Play with different color combinations and layering links until you get exactly the look you want.
