Warhol Repetitive Image

Andy Warhol Marylin

The highest-paid Andy Warhol artwork sold Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, $195 million in 2022.
- This painting also holds the record for the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever sold.

The Photoshop Project

Step 1:

Pick an image of a person (this can be online or a personal photo)
- or
Item from POPULAR culture

Step 2:

Create a blank canvas
- File- New
  - Width 16 Inches
  - Height 12 Inches
    - Resolution 150

Step 3:

Go to
- View
  - Guides
    - New Guide Layout

Step 4:

Columns: 3
Rows: 2
Gutters: 0

****(If you would like to make 9 squares, make Rows: 3)

Step 5:

Bottom of the Layers Pallet click the + sign
- This will add New Layer
  - Double click where it says Layer 1
    - Rename it Box

Step 6:

Select the Rectangle Marquee Tool (not the shape tool!)
- Draw a box in the top square so it fits perfectly

Step 7:

Go to
- Edit
  - Fill

Step 8:

Click on Contents
- Color
  - Pick the color you would like for the box
    - Click ok
      - Box will now be filled with this color

Step 9:

Right Click on the Boxes Layer
- Duplicate Layer
  - Name this Layer Box 2

Step 10:

Click on the Move Tool
- Drag box 2 to the right

Step 11:

Go to
- Edit
  - Fill

Step 12:

Click on Contents and pick Color
- - Pick a different color for Box 2
    - Click ok
      - Your box will now be filled with this color

Step 13:

Repeat the above steps until you have 6 boxes in different colors

Step 14:

When you have finished creating 6 boxes in different colors
- Flatten Image

Step 15:

Open the Person or Object you picked from step 1
- Using the Quick Selections Tool
  - Select the Person/object
    - Be sure you have cut out any space in between the person/object
      - You do not want to have any extra area left when you move this image

Step 16:

Select the Move Tool
- Move the person/object onto the 4 square

Step 17:

Click Control – T
- Make the image fit into most of the square
  - Do not make it to big or to small (see my example below)

Step 18:

Go to
- Image
  - Adjustments
    - Desaturation
      - Your image will now be black/white

Step 19:

Go to
- Image
  - Adjustments
    - Threshold

Step 20:

Move the arrow to center of the graph
- Threshold Level number does not matter because it will be different for each photograph
  - Use your judgement on how much black to white areas you have
    - Do not have toooooooooo much white or toooooooooo much black

Step 21:

Right Click on Person/object layer
- Duplicate Layer
  - With the Move Tool
    - Drag the duplicated person/object to the next square

Step 22:

Repeat Step 21 (duplicate the person/object and moving them into the 6 boxes)
- You will have 7 Layers when done

Step 23:

Click on your Layer 1
Go to
- Image
  - Adjustments
    - Gradient Map

Step 23:

The Gradient box will pop up. It does not matter what the colors are
- Click anywhere in the middle of the color graph

Step 24:

Click on the Bottom Left little box
- Click on the Color Box below the box

Step 25:

Pick any Dark Color from the Color Picker area
- This will change the black area to the new dark color
  - Click OK

Step 26:

The Gradient Map box will still be there
- Click anywhere on the Gradient Map box

Step 27:

Click on the Bottom Right little box
- Click on the Color Box

Step 28:

Pick any Light Color from the Color Picker
- This will change the White area to the new Light color
  - Click OK

Step 29:

Repeate steps 23-28 for each person/object
When you have finished changing all the colors of all 6 people/objects
- Flatten Image

Step 30:

We will now be changing the color of small areas on your image
- Pick a SMALL area in your photo
  - This can be anything you want
    - shirt, lips, eyes, hair, ect

Step 31:

Select the Paint Bucket Tool
- Pick a color
  - Click on the SMALL area that you wish to change
    - You must be very careful where you paint so that it doesn’t change a Large are of color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Step 32:

Pick another SMALL area in your photo
- Select another color
  - Use the paint bucket tool to change the color of this second area

Step 33:

Repeate Steps 31 & 32 for all 6 squares
- Make sure you are using DIFFERENT colors each time