The Warhol Effect

Andy Warhol was a painter and printmaker who led the visual arts movement known as pop art.  He led a fascinating life.  When you have time, you should read more about him. 

Andy Warhol photographed by Jack Mitchell

You have probably seen his work - and imitations of it - in poster shops, on t-shirts, on mugs, online, etc.

It is a bit time-consuming, but not too difficult to achieve a Warhol effect in Photoshop.  I made this in about an hour and a half, with lots of trial and error!

Here are some examples from last year's classes:

Today I'm going to walk you through the steps for achieving this effect.  The first step is to choose an image.  It should be an image with fairly clean, strong edges.  It can be a portrait or a still life.  You need to cut it out as neatly as possible using the magnetic lasso tool.

I relied heavily on Melissa Evans' blog post for steps in achieving this effect in Photoshop.  Thank you, Melissa!