Hope Poster Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairy Hope Poster Inspired 

 

    

       

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Part 1:  Choosing the Photo for the poster                                         

• Choose a HIGH RESOLUTION Photo of a person from the chest up
  • Should be 1000 pixels or more
• NO full body
• This can be a personal photo or from online

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Part 2: The Person 

Step 1:

• Open the main subject file
  • Go to the Background Layer
    • Double click on the lock
      • It should now say Layer 0 

Step 2:

• Pick the Quick Selection Tool
  • Select the entire subject

Step 3:

• When you are done selecting the image
  • Go to Select
    • Inverse

Step 4:

• Click the Delete Key on Keyboard
  • Background will be gone

Step 5:

• Go to Select
  • Deselect

Step 6:

• Click Control   J
  • This will make a copy of the subject

Step 7:

• •  
• Go to Filter
  • Blur
    • Surface Blur

Step 8:

• Radius:10
• Threshold: 10

Step 9:

• Go to Filter
  • Filter Gallery

Step 10:

• Artistic
  • Cutout
• Move with the sliders around until you get the look you want
  • Be careful NOT want to lose the features of the persons face

Step 11

• Click on the Black/white circle at bottom of layers
  • Pick Channel Mixer

  Step 12

• Click Monochrome ( little box above the color sliders)
  • Project will turn black and white

Step 13

• Click on the Black/white circle bottom of Layers Pallet
• • • Posterize
      • Make Levels: 5

Step 14:

• Click on Black/White Circle at bottom of layers(Adjustments)
  • Pick Gradient Map 

Step 15:

• A LONG bar will show up under Properties
  
  • It does not matter what the colors are

Step 16:

• Double Click on the Gradient Map bar

Step 17:

• A new long bar will pop up
  • Click on the little box at the Botton Left of the graph
    • Nothing will happen

Step 18

• Click on the box that says Color 

Step 19:

• At the bottom of the color box type 
  • 00324D
    • Click OK

Step 20

• Location:   O

Step 21

• Click anywhere on the bottom of the color bar
  • This creates  a new box  (It does not matter what the color is)
    
    • Location:  25

Step 22

• Click on Color 

Step 23

• Type  E01825
  
  • Click OK

Step 24

• Click anywhere to the Right of the 2nd box
  • This will create a 3rd box
    • Location:  50

Step 25

• Click on Color

Step 26:

• Type  7498A4
  • Click OK

Step 27:

• Click anywhere to the right of the third box
  • Location 75
    • Click on Color
      • Type FDE5A9

Step 28:

• Click on the bottom far Right box
  • Location 100
    • Click on Color
      • Type FDF2C5

(You should now have 5 boxes at the bottom going from Dark Blue- Red- Light Blue- Yellow- Light Yellow)

Step 31:

• Right Click anywhere on the Layers Pallet
  • Merge Visible (Do NOT flatten)

Step 32:

• Save the person now before continuing. You do not want to lose the work you did
  • File
    • Save as
      
      • PSD Photoshop  (do not save as any other kind of file)

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Part 3: Background

Step 1:

• Go to File
  • New

Step 2:

• Width:  10 Inches
• Height: 13.9 Inches
• Resolution:  150
• Background Contents: White 

Step 3: 

• Go to View
  • Guides
    • New Guide Layout

Step 4:

• Color
  • Black
• Columns
  • Number: 2
• Margin
  • Top/Left/Bottom/Right: 0.35

Step 5:

• Select the Rectangle Tool (bottom of Tools bar)
  • If you can’t find it, right click on the shapes

Step 7:

• Stroke
  • White Box with Red Line 
• Fill
  • Click on the box (doesn’t matter the color)
    • Click on the Color Picker Box

Step 8:

• When the new screen pops up, change the bottom number to
  • 7498A4
    • Click Ok

Step 9:

• Draw a Rectangle in the left side margins 

Step 10:

• Click Control  J
  • This will make a copy of the rectangle

Step 11:

• Select the Move Tool
  • Move the Rectangle copy to the right
    • Fit in the right side of the margins

Step 12:

• Double Click on Rectangle 1 Copy Layer
• When the new screen pops up, change the bottom number to
  • E01825
    • Click Ok

Step 13:

• Go to Layers Pallet
  • Click on the + at the bottom
    • This will create a new layer 

Step 14:

• Double Click on top colored square at bottom of tools bar
  • When the screen pops up, change the bottom number to
    • 00324D
      • Click Ok

Step 15:

• Select the Rectangle Tool again
  • As you draw the box you will notice little number with the Width and Height will show up
    • The Width should touch the inside edges of the margin (number doesn’t matter)  
      • The Height should be between 2.890 –  2.904

Step 16:

• Save the Background now before continuing. You do not want to lose the work you did
  • File
    • Save as
      
      • PSD Photoshop  (do not save as any other kind of file)

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Part 4: Putting it Together

Step 1:

• Open the Background file and Person file

Step 2:

• Select the Move Tool
  • Click on the Person image
    • Move Person onto the Backgroud 

Step 3:

• Go to Layers Pallet
  • Click on the Person Layer (should be at the top of Layers)
    • Drag it inbetween Rectangle 2 layer (dark blue)  & Rectangle 1 Copy Layer (Light Blue)

Step 3:

• Click Control  T 
  • Make the image touch the top and edges of the canvas
    • Don’t worry if it goes into the white area.  We will fix that in the next step

Step 4:

• Right click on the Layers Pallet
  • Merge Visible

Step 5:

• Select the Eye Dropper Tool
  • Click anywhere in the Yellow area

Step 6: 

• Select the Rectangle Tool

Step 7: 

• Fill: White box with Red slash
• Stroke: Yellow Color just selected 
• 25 pt

Step 8: 

• Draw a box that covers JUST the white area of the poster

Step 9a: 

• Go to View
  • Guides
    • Clear Guides 
      • Black guide lines will now be gone

Step 9b:

• Right click on Layers
  • Merge Visible

Step 10: 

• Go to 
  • Filter
    • Filter Gallery

Step 11: 

• Texture
  •  Texturizer
    • Scaling: 75%
    • Relief:   2 

Step 12: 

• Select the Eye Dropper Tool
  • Click anywhere in the Light Blue Color

Step 13: 

• Select the Text Box 
• Draw a Text box that fills up the entire Dark Blue area

Step 14: 

• Go to the top of Photoshop
  • Change Font to: 
    • Eras Bold ITC 
      • Font size between 150-200 (depending how long your word is)

Step 14:

• To the Right of the font size
  • Click 2nd box of lines 
    • Color Box:  Light Blue you selected  

Step 15:

• Put the Cap Lock on
  • Type a word that relates to the person 
  • You may NOT use the word HOPE.  You must pick something else!
    • The word MUST be appropriate  

• When Finished Flatten Image and Save