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Looking to decorate your house with some cool artwork?
Grab Some Great Graphics from the Internet
Your theme could be anything, sci-fi related or not.
For this example, weve used the eleven actors that have played Doctor Who since 1963.
Since youre printing these images for your own decorative purposes, they fall under the umbrella of fair use.
Keep in mind that using copyrighted images like for any sort of commercial sales is a big no-no.
But for simple home printing purposes, you might rest assured youre within the confines of copyright law.
Google Image SearchorBing Image Searchare excellent ways to find good pictures, as isWikipediaorWikimedia Commons.
When youve found the images you want to use, this simple first step is over.
Use as many as you like, but keep in mind even numbers are better.
Youll see why shortly.
However, youll have to resize them before we filter them for maximum quality.
Fire up Photoshop if youve got it.
will desaturate your image, turning it into a grayscale.
If your image is already grayscale, this is an unnecessary step.
Navigate to Image > Adjustments > Posterize.
Youll want to use somewhere around 3 or 4 for best results.
Now, if you dont have Photoshop, heres how to pull of this same trick with freeware.
Open whatever image you chose to use in Paint.NET.
Navigate to Image > Resize to adjust your image to the proper size to filter.
8x10 at 300 dpi is a good size to use, as illustrated above.
Adustments > Posterize will will allow you to create your Pop Art Graphic look.
When youre satisfied with your image, save it and be get ready to print your poster.
Buy exactly as many as you want to use, rather than buying entire reams elsewhere.
Load your paper into your printer like normal.
When your images are done, flip them upside down and tape them together on the back corners.
Acid-Free tape can make your poster last longer, but is not necessary.
How did your Pop-Art Poster turn out?
Artwork by Andy Warhol assumed fair use.
All other images by the author.
