Andy Warhol portrait-1
Andy Warhol inspired portrait
Here is an example of the ideal self-portrait you need to start off with. Lighting should highlight features on the face, yet there there are subtle shadows on one side. The background should be plain.
Crop your image to a square format and desaturate it so it's B&W. Watch the tutorial above to follow along the steps. |
Andy Warhol was drawn to the glamorous worlds of Hollywood, fashion and celebrity. His interest in pop culture manifested itself early on in his childhood collection of autographed celebrity photographs. Warhol bought and read teen magazines and tabloids to stay current on what was pop, even into adulthood. He carried this interest into his artwork, creating iconic paintings of mega-stars such as Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Warhol appropriated images for his portraits from magazines, newspapers or directly from publicity photographs.
Warhol used photographic silkscreen to create his celebrity portraits. This method of printing creates a very precise and defined image and allows the artist to mass-produce a large number of prints with relative ease. Warhol adopted the methods of mass production to make images of movie stars that were themselves mass-produced. Now we have fantastic and easy shortcut to create the same visual style that Andy used in his silkscreen portraits on a photo image in Photoshop.
Warhol used photographic silkscreen to create his celebrity portraits. This method of printing creates a very precise and defined image and allows the artist to mass-produce a large number of prints with relative ease. Warhol adopted the methods of mass production to make images of movie stars that were themselves mass-produced. Now we have fantastic and easy shortcut to create the same visual style that Andy used in his silkscreen portraits on a photo image in Photoshop.