The Benefits of Custom Pop Art Photos

Have you always loved the look and feel of Warhol style portraits? By ordering your very own personalised art in this style, you wont have to worry about going out to the store and spending money on something other people already have. This option gives you the ability to be unique and not only do something creative but make it truly your own by using your favorite pictures from your wedding, anniversary, birthday party, etc.

Printed on 100% cotton canvas, your art piece will stand the test of time, unlike traditional photos, which can become prone to yellowing and curling at the edges. Even digital images saved on a person computer or hard drive has the ability to fall prey to being deleted, lost or destroyed if anything happens to the equipment.

Imagine how popular your custom pop art piece will be with friends and family each time they come to your home for a visit or get together. In addition to the numerous compliments you are bound to receive, chances are you will be bombarded with questions as to how your family and friends can order their own copies.

Ordering & Customization is Easy

Getting your own pop art canvas prints is convenient, easy and fast because the entire process takes place online. Simply select the shape and size you want to have your photo printed in. Whether you want a smaller canvas (12×12 for square shaped or 12×12 for rectangle shaped) or have a larger wall to decorate and want a properly sized canvas to fill the space (41 x 41 for square shaped or 40 x 54 for rectangle shaped), you are bound to find just the right type for your needs. Next, upload your image, add any special instructions and provide your basic information that’s it! Now all you have to do is wait for your canvas to arrive at your doorstep.

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Marilyn Monroe Warhol Pop Art quad

Our Andy Warhol style Pop Art is going from strength to strength, in case you havent already used Blue Horizon printing to transform your photos into personalised Pop art works of art then here’s a little bit about what we do:

We offer a boutique but cheap (compared to many others) Pop Art creation service where we customise your photo and make it into a Warhol portrait like the Marilyn Monroe art on this blog.

Our custom made service caters for everyone and offers great value for money as the canvas prints we offer are the best quality available but our prices are low.

We offer the prices we do becasue we are experts at creating Pop Art and it takes us less time to achive a better result than some of the other companies. We create premium quality pop art such as the famous Audrey hepburn warhol in lees time tha the competition and have 100% customer satisfaction.

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One of the most notable pop artists was the artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987), real name Andrew Warhola is known in particular for his Marilyn Monroe portraits and his paintings of a Campbell’s soup can. The Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe style has forged a new wave of warhol style pop art with many companies offering a service transforming photos into Warhol Andy Pop art. How much closer can you get to the pop culture of the 60′s than a can of soup? Warhol is noted to have mingled with many different subculture circles and these social circles must have had some influence on how and why he created the art that was famous for.

Another notable pop artist was Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997). Lichtenstein loved doing abstract expressionism but later was drawn to pop art in the 60′s. He created art using comic strips as the subject. He also was known for creating pop art style reproductions of master painters like Monet. Personally, I always like to see someone play with a master’s artwork. What better exercise could an artist receive?

In 1962 the world’s first public exhibit of pop art was shown at the Pasadena Art Museum. The works included artists Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Dowd, Phillip Hefferton, Joe Goode, Edward Ruscha, and Wayne Thiebaud.

Some books of interest:

Pop Art (Taschen 25th Anniversary)
by Tilman Osterwold

Pop Art (Movements in Modern Art)
by David McCarthyby Tilman Osterwold Illustrated

Andy Warhol: Giant Size
by Editors of Phaidon Press, Steven Bluttal, and Dave Hickey

Roy Lichtenstein: Beginning to End
by Fundacion Juan March, Juan Antonio Ramirez, Ruth Fine, and Avis Berman

Sources: Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, Amazon.com

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Andy Warhol (real name Andrew Warhola) was born in 1928 in the US, he was a painter, film maker and printmaker. Warhol as a pioneer of the visual art movement and partially created a style of art called Pop art. Pop art was an art movement that became famous in the mid to late 1950′s, it challenged traditional thought by using mass produced commodities of popular culture removed from their context and often in isolation and asserted these creations as art.

Some of his more famous artworks used products from everyday life or advertising campaigns at the time, most famously seen in the Campbell’s soup cans, he also experimented with portraits of celebrities at the time such as Marilyn Monroe , Liz Taylor and Mick Jaggar. These portraits were often an experiment with context and colour and the popularity of these portrait styles has recently seen a big come back as technology that is readily available on most PCs allows people with little or no graphic design training to recreate portraits with similar results.

There are a number of characteristics that can be seen when Andy Warhol created these popular portraits and it is worth bearing these trends in mind when looking for suitable images to be used for Andy Warhol style art. They are as follows:

• The subject fills most of the space.
• The head and a portion of the shoulders were mainly used.
• There was usually a good contrast between the colour of the hair and the background, i.e. if if the hair is light coloured then the background is dark or if the hair is dark coloured then the background is light.
• The portraits usually had the hair back exposing the neck
• The lighting was often from above and from the side creating some shadows and depth
• There was often extra decorative detail such as earrings

Sourcing a company that has expertise in creating Andy Warhol art prints is also very important. Though the technology is available on popular software such Photoshop there is a lot of work involved in creating a professional looking portrait that resembles the originals. Many companies offering Warhol portraits will take short cuts and the final result is often less than satisfactory. When sourcing a company to create the artwork and canvas print you should expect to see a proof of the portrait before the printing and stretching begins. A reputable company will often allow changes to be made to the artwork in terms of colours and other details.

There are a number of modern interpretations of the Andy Warhol style that are also worth experimenting with, before submitting your image to the printer of your choice it is often worth going to Google images and researching the various styles and colours available. The traditional colour scheme used in the Marilyn Monroe is generally softer pastel shades whereas a brighter more neon colour choice often creates a good modern version of the traditional style. Ask your canvas printing company what other styles are available and they should be able to take the time to discuss some other options.

About your author

Gary Klungreseth is the owner operator of Blue Horizon Printing , based in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs they print photos on canvas and sell canvas prints. In addition to selling premade canvas prints they also offer a custom art creation service creating art to specifications including Pop Art such as Andy Warhol Portraits.

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