How would you like your image to have that comic look? It’s really easy with just three simple steps and your pop art is set.
The three main steps include deciding on the image, filling the image with color, and creating the dots. You can, either, use Photoshop or Illustrator.
The first step involves deciding on what image to work on. You can use simple, modular and more detailed, preferably black and white, line art. Open the image in Photoshop or Illustrator. When working with Photoshop, make sure that the image is in the RGB color mode. If it’s not, convert it by clicking Image Mode, then, RGB Color.
Next, color your image. If you are using Photoshop, you have to make a new layer for each color. To do this, at the base of the Layers palette, click the Create a New Layer button. From the toolbox, select the Paint Bucket. In coloring your image you may want to fill in areas from your line art. Select All Layers options box in the tool options bar. Click on the Set Foreground Color swatch in the toolbox. Select the color of your choice then click OK. Click on an area within your image to fill it with color using the Paint Bucket tool. Repeat these steps until you finished coloring your image.
If you are using Illustrator, you have to select first the area you want to color. In the Color Palette, click the Set Foreground Color swatch. Choose a color. Drag the swatch into the Swatches palette so that you will be able to color other areas with the same color without doing over all the previous steps. Repeat the steps when filling other areas with a different color.
If you are through coloring your image, you can now go to the final step, creating the dots. This is, actually, turning of the colors into dots.
To create dots with your Photoshop, select the color that you want to convert in the Layers palette. Make another copy of the image. To do this, drag the layer into the Create New Layer button. Hide the original copy of the image. Reselect the layer that you just copied. Choose Filter, then, Pixelate, then Color Halftone. A window will pop out. On the Color Halftone window, adjust the Max. Radius setting from 4 to 127. The larger the number the larger the dots will be. Then, click OK. Repeat this procedure to all other areas that you want to have dots.
If you want to edit your work, choose the copied version of the image. Select it to make it visible. Choose Layers and click Screen. Then, select from the options given. Repeat this procedure until you are satisfied with the result.
In creating the dots with Illustrator, select one area in the image. Then choose Effect, then, Pixelate, then, Color Halftone. A dialog box will open. In the Color Halftone dialog box, set the Max. Raduis. You can select from 8 to 20. In using Color Halftone, the results will vary on the color mode. In RGB the dots are translucent, while in the CMYK darker dots cover the lighter ones. Process colors can’t be converted into halftones. After adjusting the radius, click ok. Repeat the steps to all other areas you want to fill with dots.
With these easy and simple procedures, creating an excellent pop art is not a problem
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