Julian Opie Style Portrait

This image was created by taking a photo using the computer's built in webcam then replacing the general colour of the various parts of the image with a monochrome affect by taking a sample colour and using the bucket tool to replace the textured, real life, affect. 

During this exercise we used Photoshop in order to make our own version of Blur’s iconic ‘Greatest Hit’s’ album cover. I was able to learn how to use a variety of Photoshop tools including: layers, the magnetic lasso and the bucket.

Here are the step-by-step shots of the image coming together: