Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Photoshop: Pop Art #2

We will be continuing our exploration of Pop Art today with a 2nd project.  We'll be using the same techniques, but doing it in a different way.
  1. Begin with a picture of a person (a woman's face works well)
  2. Go to IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > THRESHOLD
    1. Set your threshold and click "OK"
  3. Soften the edges with a FILTER > BLUR > GAUSSIAN BLUR
  4. IMAGE > MODE > GRAYSCALE
  5. IMAGE > MODE > BITMAP
    1. Halftone
    2. Frequency: Down to about 20 for larger dots
  6. IMAGE > MODE > GRAYSCALE
  7. IMAGE > MODE > RGB COLOR
  8. Duplicate the graphic layer (Or select all, copy and paste)
  9. Insert a blank layer between the graphic layers
  10. Fill the blank layer with a bright color (i.e. bright red)
  11. Select the top graphic layer
  12. Go to SELECT > COLOR RANGE and choose the white color with a "fuzzy" selection area
  13. Press DELETE (which should reveal the color underneath)
  14. Click the bright color layer, do a CTRL+A (Select All) and delete.  This will reveal a white background
  15. Use some colors and a paintbrush with hard edges to paint features (i.e. lipstick or eye color)
  16. You can mute the colors a bit with the Opacity tool

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