Warhol Elvis Style ScreenPrint

Warhol:  Elvis Style Print 

Warhol’s Double Elvis is a silkscreen painting, which reproduces the second image, almost as a shadow

A Triple Elvis’ was sold for $81.9m in 2014

 

 

• If your image is not black and white you MUST turn it black and white first
  • Image
    • Adjustments
      • Black and White
• Make sure your layers are flattened (only 1 layer)

Step 3:

• Open the Person Image 
• Pick the Quick Select Tool 
  
  • Select the image

 

Step 4:

• Add a Mask to the image (background will disappear)
• Right click
  • Convert to Smart Object

           

 

Step 5:

• Save and Open one of the background papers below or find your own image

Step 6:

• Select the Move Tool
• Drag the Image onto the paper

Step 7:

• Make the image fit 
  • A border should be left around the image in the spots indicated in the sample

Step 8:

• Go to
  • Filter
    • Filter Gallery

Step 9:

• Artstic
  • Posters Edge

• • • Edge Thickness  0
    • Edge Intensity   0
    • Posterization  2-6
• Do NOT make the image look high contrast!

Step 10:

• Right Click on the person layer
  • Duplicate Layer

Step 11:

• Select the Move Tool
  • Move the duplicated images to the right
    • Make sure that it overlaps the first image

Step 12:

• Change the Opacity between 45-70% depending on how transparent you want the second image

Step 13:

• Click on Adjustments (black/white circle)
  • Solid Color

Step 14:

• Pick ANY color you would like.  It doesn’t matter 

Step 15:

• Right Click on the Color Fill Layer
  • Create Clipping Mask

Step 16:

• Click at top left of layers where it says Normal
  • Pick Screen

Step 17:

• Click on the box on Color Fill Layer
  • Pick the color you want to change your image to
    • You do NOT have to do a color
      • You may want to just leave it black and white 

Step 18:

• Highlight both
  • Color Fill and Layer 1 Copy 

Step 19:

• Once they are both highlighted
  • Right Click
    • Merge Layers

Step 20:

• Move Color Fill 1 Layer
  • BELOW Layer 1

Step 21:

• The Image will now be behind the main image
  • You may move it around if needed

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Step 22  – Step 25 is optional

These steps are to be used only if you’d like to add a 3 person

Skip to Step 26 if you only want 2 people in your project

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Step 22:

• Duplicate the Color Fill 1 Layer (Control J)

Step 23:

• Move the Color Fill 1 Copy to the left

Step 24:

• Image
  • Adjustments
    • Hue Saturation

Step 25:

• Change the Hue Slider to any color you’d like

Step 26:

• Save the two grunge images below to computer

Step 27:

• File
  • Place Embedded
    • Pick black-grunge-background-1.jpg file

Step 28:

• Move the Texture until it covers entire paper
  • It is ok if it looks pixelated 
    • Click Enter

Step 29:

• Click at top left of layers where it says Normal
  • Pick Screen
    • Lower the Opacity to your liking

Step 30:

• Repeat Steps 29 and 30 for the second texture
•  File
  • Place Embedded
    • Scratch-Texture.jpg
      • Move the Texture until it covers entire paper
        • Click at top left of layers where it says Normal
          • Pick Screen
            • Lower the Opacity to your liking

• Right Click on Background Layer
  • Merge Visable

Step 31:

• Pick the Eye Dropper Tool
  • Zoom in to find the whitest area of the background
    • Click the eye dropper tool over the whitest area

• Image
  • Canvas Size

Step 33:

• Add 2 inches to Width
  • Add 2 Inches to Height
• Canvas Extension Color
  • Click Other and the colored box next to it

     

 

Step 34:

• The Color Picker will open
  • Locate the two color boxes on the bottom of tool bar
    • Click on the top color box
      • This is the color you picked with the eye dropper

Step 35:

• There will now be a boarder around your image which should match in color
  • Flatten your image
    • Save as jpeg