Andy Warhol Pop Art - Paint.NET
Make a pop art picture of yourself in the style of Andy Warhol. We will use Paint.NET for this activity.
The steps and techniques used here are simple but the results are still quite good. This lesson is a good illustration of the use of layers in graphics applications.
Video tutorial here:
Finished Example:
Step One:
In Paint.NET open a new file and set the width to 800 pixels and the height to 800 pixels.
Step Two:
Import your headshot. Layers > Import From File > Kidfiles > Kid pictures > headshots.
Step Three:
Color the background and clothing using the bucket tool.
Step Four:
Make a copy of the colored picture. Later, you will be using this copy to help make the other three pictures. Edit > Copy.
Step Five:
Change the Hue and Saturation to change all the colors.
Adjustments > Hue / Saturation.
Step Six:
Paste that picture you copied earlier into a new layer, and then slide the pasted picture over to the right.
Edit > Paste in to New Layer.
Step Seven:
Change the Hue and Saturation of the pasted picture.
Adjustments > Hue / Saturation.
Step Eight:
Paste that picture you copied earlier into a new layer, and then slide the pasted picture down under the first picture.
Edit > Paste in to New Layer.
Step Nine:
Change the Hue and Saturation of the pasted picture.
Adjustments > Hue / Saturation.
Step Ten:
Paste that picture you copied earlier into a new layer, and then slide the pasted picture down under the second picture.
Edit > Paste in to New Layer.
Step Eleven:
Change the Hue and Saturation of the pasted picture.
Adjustments > Hue / Saturation.
Step Twelve:
Crop picture as necessary to remove all the white space.