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Pop Art Project


For this project, we started out by photographing our partner. We chose a specific location in our courtyard so there would be an interesting background and our subject would still look good. Once we had our photo, we took it into photoshop and started editing it. I started the editing process by copying the picture and then making then picture black and white. Then I cut out my subject and made him his own layer. I then applied a filter to the background, and separated it into two different parts-the tree and everything else. I then used the paint splatter brush to add a little bit of color back into the background, while also keeping the features from the original filter. I then moved to editing my subject. I started by separating him into three groups (hair, skin/head, and shirt). First, I edited the hair. I selected it by using the quick selection tool and then started painting it in my desired colors. I also put a slightly darker shade of purple around his head to create a shadow-like effect. I then moved on to his face. I added a filter that made him look kind of grainy with a bunch of little dots in it. I then changed the colors around a little bit to how I liked. Lastly, I changed the color of his shirt by using the brush tool and changed the blending mode to create the color I was looking for. Lastly, I added a few red circles to the tree to represent apples. 

Going into this project, I didn't have a huge plan for what I wanted my color scheme to be, so I kind of changed things on the go. In hindsight, this probably wasn't the best plan because I feel like I added too many colors to my piece, which made them clash a lot. This also lessened the subject's "pop" since their were so many colors included in the piece. Instead I think I should've opted to use green and pink in the background, and blue and orange for the subject.

My piece was mostly inspired by Roy Liechtenstein's work. He used a lot of simple dots and lines to help create his subject. For my piece, I used multiple photoshop filters to kind of mimic this effect and I also used the paint splatter brush to add more to my design.

As a whole, this was a fun project to work on. I learned a lot about different brush types as well as how to use and apply different filters effectively. If I were to do this project again, I probably would've planned ahead a little more so my design would look even better, but I still think I did a good job incorporating all of the requirements into my piece.
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