A portrait in the style of pop art looks unusual, interesting and is often used by designers in various projects. In its creation, the Photoshop program will help us. In this lesson we will use the Russian version. There are several ways to make pop art in Photoshop. Consider one of the simplest. As a source you can take any photo, including with animals or plants. But most often used images of people. You can process a photo of any quality, but, as practice shows, it is more convenient to work with high resolution, about 300 pixels. In Photoshop, it’s much easier to process a quality source.
Getting started in the program
First, select an image to process in order to turn it into an art object. Then we create a new document by selecting the appropriate item in the File menu. In the window that opens, set its size to 1400 x 1200 pixels, and the resolution to 300 pixels. This size is suitable for printing a future poster. Leave the background white. Press the ok button. Drags the image with the portrait onto a new file and stretches it to the desired size, holding the Shift key, given that there will be a frame at the edges of the poster.
How to select an object
Select a person’s shape using the Quick Selection tool. You can go to the Quick Selection tool by pressing the W key. In the settings, set the size to 4 pixels. If the background is light, no problems should arise. With insufficient contrast, select all sections in turn and delete with the Delete key. Before you make art in Photoshop, you need to fix all the flaws. You can remove unnecessary selection with the same tool, but with the Alt key pressed. If distortions occur along the contour of an object, they can be corrected using the layer mask or the Eraser tool with maximum stiffness and opacity. It is most convenient to navigate through the image by clamping the space bar and dragging the object with the left mouse button.
Work with filters
Before making an art portrait in Photoshop, we prepare the object. To do this, right-click on the picture and copy the selected area to a new layer using the "Selection" menu. Turn off the visibility of the background and discolor the object using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + U. At the next step of our lesson on how to make a portrait of “pop art” in “Photoshop”, we need to apply a special filter to the image. Go to the "Filter" menu, select "Filter Gallery" and in the "Simulation" tab we find "Outlined Edges". Specify the following values in the parameters: “Intensity” - 0, “Pasteurization” - 2. You can change the second item as you wish, choosing the optimal parameters for a particular image. We apply the filter and close the window. To the current layer add a correction layer with the value “Pasteurization”. You can do this in the layers menu by clicking on the round black and white icon. In the parameters, set the value to "20" and hide the palette. The value of pasteurization can also be changed, focusing on the quality of your image. It is advisable to choose the parameters with the least amount of noise.
Color fill
Before you make art in Photoshop CS6 or any other version of the program, you need to colorize it in the right colors. Create a new adjustment layer, this time with the value "Gradient Map", and call the editor window. In it, select any gradient you like and set your own colors:
- at position 0% - dark blue;
- at position 25% - dark red;
- at position 50% - light blue;
- at position 75% - neutral orange.
Copy the neutral orange code and paste its value instead of the last hue. Colors can be changed to your taste, but it is important to choose matching shades.
Adding Texture
Using art as a professional will help make art in Photoshop. Some portraits in this style look beautifully textural elements. Therefore, before making art in Photoshop, add a texture to one of the shades on a person’s face. Go to the layer with the object and use the Magic Wand tool to select the face. Then create a new empty layer and add a mask to it. Fill the layer with gray color with an opacity of 50%. To do this, set the “B” value in the color palette - 50%, and reset the remaining parameters. We apply the action, close the window and fill the image with color using the keyboard shortcut Alt + Delete. In the "Filter" menu, select "Filter Gallery" and in the "Sketch" tab, select "Halftone Pattern." We set the contrast to maximum, reduce the size to zero, “Pattern Type” - a line. Now the banding effect will appear on the face.
Create a frame around the poster
Now we need to work on the photo and create a frame. We fix the adjustment layers and the texture layer above the portrait so that they do not move. To do this, simply click on the layers while holding down the Alt key, and drag the layer with the shape down. Using the Selection tool, draw a rectangle, the right side of which should be located exactly in the middle of the photo. Then, using a pipette, select a dark blue color and fill their selected area. We do the same with the second part of the background, filling it with dark red. Remove the selection with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + D. Now go to the topmost layer with the gradient map and create a new layer. Select it whole, go to the "Selection" menu and select the "Modification" item. In the window that opens, set the value to "Compress by 45 pixels." We do the inversion of the selected area using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + I. In the palette, select a light yellow tint and fill the frame by pressing Alt + Delete. Deselect with Ctrl + D. Now you know how to make art in Photoshop.