Purpose:

• To learn about Pop Art and Artists associated with the art movement;

• To create your own Pop Art inspired by Andy Warhol;

• To work individually to follow directions and problem solve;

• To use creative problem solving skills to learn new tools and techniques in Photoshop.

The process for these photos was very difficult for me. I had to use Photoshop, which I had never used to change the colors of a picture before. I had to become completely comfortable with all the new tools and complex buttons on Photoshop.

Here were the steps I followed: 

1. I took a photo of myself & imported it into Photoshop on my laptop

2. I resized my photo to make sure it would make a square

3. I desaturated & posterized my photo

4. This was the hardest step: selecting the subject & making sure I didn't have any of the backgrounds in my selection, then bringing it to a new layer to be able to duplicate.

5. I duplicated my photos to make sure they were arranged in a grid to make a perfect square

6. Working on each picture & layer separately, I changed the colors by experimenting with filters, gradient maps, and colors. I tried to use the same 4 colors and alternate them between the background and subject.

7. I did the whole process again with the pop art object and tried to keep the colors similar to make it look like part of a larger collection.