pop art

The strongest technical aspect of my assignment was my use of the desaturation tool and the pen tool.  In order to isolate the portrait from the background the first step was to draw an outline around the picture then invert the selection. Then after desaturating the portrait it was important to use the masking tool to color in bright vibrant features for the pop art design. The weakest technical aspect in this image was the use of the threshold tool. It was difficult to accurately capture Marilyn's facial features along when the detail was made too dark. If the deatil was there the shadowy look overwhelmed the sapces to put color in.

The easiest part of the project was the coloring in of the picture.  All you had to do was mask each layer and add in the desired pop of color.  When i selected what colors I wanted I based my choices off of her actual attire and what normal popart images look like created by Andy Warhol. The hardest part of the project was the pen tool.  For some reason I stuggled with double clicking and finding the make selection option.  This may seem like a very simple step yet each time I had to have assistance in fixing the issue.

The objective of the assignment was to create an image that would resemble that of Andy Warhol's along with demonstrate the importance of the pen tool.  I learned that you can create multi layer masks like the landscape project. Basically the main objective is just to learn and explore new
unfamiliar tools in the program of photoshop. If I were to change anything in this project I might
have selected a different more iconic picture of Marilyn because this picture ended up being a tad too dark for my personal preference.