How to Color a Pop Art Portrait in Photoshop (The Andy Warhol Method, Broken Down)

How to Color a Pop Art Portrait in Photoshop (The Andy Warhol Method, Broken Down)

Client asks for something “fun and bold” and suddenly you’re staring at a blank canvas wondering if you should’ve stayed in bed. I’ve been there more times than I care to admit. Pop art styling - that flat, graphic, Warhol-esque treatment - is one of those looks that seems simple until you’re knee-deep in layers wondering why everything looks muddy. The good news: Aaron Nace over at PHLEARN has already figured it out, and his two-part series on creating a Marilyn Monroe-style pop art portrait is genuinely one of the cleaner breakdowns of this technique I’ve seen.