Pop art is the stylization of images for certain colors. To take your photos in this style, it is not necessary to be a guru, since special online services make it possible to produce pop art styling in just a couple of clicks, which on most photos it turns out to be of very high quality.

Here you do not need to make special efforts to achieve the desired effect. In most cases, it's enough just to upload an image, select the pop art style you're interested in, perhaps adjust a couple of settings, and you can download the converted image. However, if you want to apply some other style that is not in the editors, or significantly modify the style built into the editor, then you will not be able to do this due to the limited functionality of the service.

Method 1: Popartstudio

This service gives a large selection of different styles from different eras - from the 50s to the late 70s. In addition to using pre-built templates, you can edit them using settings to suit your needs. All features and styles are completely free and available to unregistered users.

However, in order to download the finished photo in good quality, without the watermark of the service, you will have to register and pay a monthly subscription costing 9.5 euros. Additionally, the service is fully translated into Russian, but in some places its quality leaves much to be desired.

The step-by-step instruction looks like this:

1. On the main page, you can view all available styles and change the language if necessary. To change the language of the site, in the top bar, find English(default) and click on it. From the context menu, select "Russian".



2. After setting the language, you can start choosing a template. It is worth remembering that settings will be built depending on the selected layout.



3. Once the selection is made, you will be redirected to the settings page. Initially, you need to upload a photo with which you plan to work. To do this, click in the field "File" By "Choose File".



4. Will open "Conductor", where you need to specify the path to the image.



5. After uploading the image on the site, you need to click on the button "Download", which is opposite the field "File". This is necessary so that the photo that is always in the editor by default changes to yours.



6. Initially, pay attention to the top panel in the editor. Here you can flip and/or rotate the image by a certain degree. To do this, click on the first four icons on the left.



7. If you are not satisfied with the default advanced settings, but do not want to mess with them, then use the button "Random Values", which is represented as a game die.



8. To return all default values, pay attention to the arrow icon in the top bar.



9. You can also customize colors, contrast, transparency and text (the last two provided that they are provided by your template). To change colors, look at the colored squares at the bottom of the left toolbar. Click on one of them with the left mouse button, after which the color selection palette will open.



10. In the palette, the control is implemented a little inconveniently. You initially need to click on the desired color, after which it will appear in the lower left window of the palette. If he appeared there, then click on the icon with an arrow, which is located to the right. As soon as the desired color is in the lower right window of the palette, click on the apply icon (looks like a white checkmark on a green background).



11. Additionally, you can "play" with the contrast and opacity parameters, if any, in the template.
12. To see the changes you have made, click on the button "Update".



13. If everything suits you, then save your work. Unfortunately, the normal function "Save" is not on the site, so hover over the finished image, click on the right mouse button and select from the drop-down menu "Save image as...".

Method 2: PhotoFunia

This service has a very poor, but completely free functionality for creating pop art, besides, you won’t be forced to pay for downloading the finished result without a watermark. The site is entirely in Russian.

A small step-by-step instruction looks like this:

Method 3: Photo-kako

This is a Chinese site, which is quite well translated into Russian, but it has obvious problems with design and usability - the interface elements are inconveniently located and run into each other, and there is no design at all. Fortunately, there is a very large list of settings here, which will allow you to create high-quality pop art.

The instruction looks like this:

It is possible to make pop art using Internet resources, but at the same time, you may encounter limitations in the form of small functionality, an inconvenient interface, and watermarks on the finished image.

Text: Viktor Bespaly

The computer has changed its role more than once during its evolution. If earlier it was bought in order to create, now it has turned into a multimedia entertainment center. On a computer, you can watch movies, listen to music, play - and for most people this is enough. But not for those who want to create. Today we will talk about how you can draw on a computer - and at the same time draw beautifully.

A real designer is unthinkable without art education, he must be fluent in the technique of drawing (pencil, charcoal), graphics (watercolor, gouache, pencil, ink, etc.), painting (gouache, watercolor, tempera, acrylic, oil). But everyone can master computer graphics. A computer in the hands of an ordinary person can turn into an obedient tool for the embodiment of his artistic thought - the very one that he cannot translate on paper.

The first thing to remember is that there are two types of graphic files: vector and raster. The set of tools and programs you need will depend on which graphics you prefer. In vector files, the picture is formed by a set of curves and shading functions. Each time you open this picture, the editor program draws the image from scratch. In raster files, a picture is a set of dots with a color parameter, and the picture is universal, but takes up more space.

USEFUL IRON

One of the most important parameters of a computer is the amount of RAM.

Contrary to many claims, a very fast processor is not needed to draw on a computer. A real frequency of 1.5-2 GHz is quite enough, it will be Intel or AMD - it doesn't matter, it all depends on the means and preferences you have. The most important parameter of a computer working with graphics is the amount of RAM; the more it is, the better. Our working applications, such as Photoshop, Painter, OpenCanvas (or even 3DS MAX), are very fond of having a lot of RAM. And if you are going to create complex multi-layer compositions (and you are definitely going to?), then you can’t get away with standard 512 MB DDR. You can recommend to put at least 1 GB; the speed of RAM affects performance less noticeably.

An ultra-modern video card is not needed for drawing, the brand also does not really matter. However, there is an established opinion that the best cards for drawing and graphics are produced by Matrox.

Now the main thing: the periphery. And we'll start with the good old scanner- without it, the artist will have a very difficult time, but he is needed, first of all, to enter background blanks into the computer. For example, you have drawn a palm tree, and now you need to place it on an island by the sea. Take a similar illustration on paper, scan it, style it like a painting and place it as a layer under a palm tree. A digital camera can compensate for the lack of a scanner, but in this application it will cope with the task with a C grade. You can make sketches by hand on plain paper, and then correct them on the computer, having previously scanned them. A decent scanner will cost you 2 - 2.5 thousand rubles.

And finally, the main peripheral device for a computer artist - digitizer or tablet. They come in two main types - drawing and graphic. Drawing tablet designed for CAD applications such as AutoCAD, 3DStudioMAX and their equivalents. Such tablets have a pen without a degree of pressure - it is either pressed or not, details are not provided here. The main advantages of these tablets are high resolution and positioning accuracy; an old model with a large area will cost about 1,800 rubles.

Graphics tablet differs in the following: a small platform (for graphics, the areas are small compared to the drawings); it positions the point rougher, but it feels pressure on the pen, and this is a big plus. If you use Adobe Photoshop, then working with chiaroscuro and brushes of different thicknesses will be much easier. Additionally, you can use the function that makes the stroke brighter or paler, depending on the force of pressing - as a result, we get the opportunity to draw a lighter or darker "spot" without changing the brush.

For our case, graphic tablets are best suited. Prices for non-professional models start at 800 rubles; as you understand, the more expensive the tablet, the better it is and the more convenient it is to work on it. However, even on a small A6 matrix, everything can look quite tolerable.

Another useful device uninterruptable power source. Better to play it safe than later grieve over the loss of a brilliant creation, over which you pored over for a week. Estimated price depends on the desired capacity and the number of connected devices. In order to have time to save the drawing at the right time and turn off the computer correctly, a UPS worth 1,000 rubles is enough.

Mice are ordinary

A rather exotic input method is trackball- an inverted mouse with a big ball. The user rotates this ball with his fingers. The advantage of the trackball over the mouse is the high accuracy of cursor movement at low speeds. For everyday use, the trackball is inconvenient.

In choise mice everything is quite simple: whether it sits comfortably in the hand, whether there is scrolling or a 3rd button, etc., all this is entirely up to your taste. A separate conversation about rugs, carpets must be bought specifically, and not use those that come as a bonus to a new computer.

A mechanical mouse pad needs to be slippery and grippy at the same time. This means that the mouse should not stick to the carpet, but the ball should literally bite into it. For optics, it is better to choose such a rug so that the mouse does not jerk the cursor while standing still. The size of the rug should also be optimal - too large ones take up a lot of space on the table, and too small ones make the user often move the mouse away from the edge of the carpet.

You can also draw with a regular mouse. But not necessary.

PROGRAMS FOR ARTISTS

There is a whole range of software tools - from simple tools for drawing on a computer to professional packages. The Windows shell includes one of the simplest packages - Paint. On the example of working with this package, you can get an initial idea of ​​\u200b\u200bhow to create graphic files. There are also more serious packages, for example, Adobe Photoshop. Let's try to briefly go through the main programs and highlight their advantages and disadvantages.

Painter is one of the best drawing software.

painter- the best program for computer artist. Version 8 is now out, called Corel Painter. Don't be fooled by phrases like "Procreate Painter is better than Corel Painter" - it's the same program. Painter easily imitates all currently known real materials for drawing and painting, and even the styles of individual well-known artists. The interface is intuitive, the only drawback of the program is that it is paid.

Adobe Photoshop- a package focused more on photo processing than on drawing. However, it contains many essential tools for an artist. Painting in it is not very convenient, but coloring pictures of comics is the very thing, and applying various styles and filters to them is even better. The great advantage of Photoshop lies in the fact that a huge number of filters, brushes and other add-ons have been created for it. You can easily convert all sketches into a single gallery with a recognizable style. Photoshop is paid and expensive, but it's worth it.

Photoshop is the most powerful graphic editor for all occasions.

OpenCanvas- a completely free program for artists, very easy and convenient, but in terms of functionality it is very inferior to expensive counterparts. In many ways it repeats the flagships, but greatly simplified. The project is developing, new updates are released periodically. Would recommend to all budding artists.

OpenCanvas is free and functional - that's what it's good for.

Ambient Design ArtRage- a special program that allows you to draw almost artistic works using a tablet computer or tablet. You can draw either yourself, or use any digital photo as a substrate; you can draw not only on a tablet computer, but also using an ordinary mouse or tablet. Very useful and absolutely free program.

Ambient Design ArtRage is designed specifically for tablet computers.

Corel Draw- vector graphics editor. For a long time it was considered a toy for amateurs, professionals disdained the program, preferring Adobe Illustrator. But the Canadian company Corel did not stand still - the situation changed after the release of the 10th series. The program has grown so much that today we can already recognize it as a very serious vector graphics tool. Everyone will like it - from a green beginner trying to draw “in Corel” for the first time, to a pro who, in no time, makes some fashionable trademark or label for a new beer with it.

Corel Draw is a powerful vector editor.

Combining these editors together, you can achieve almost any result. The only thing to remember is that the vector editor is always primary, and the raster editor is secondary. That is, having edited the file in a raster editor, it can no longer be converted to vector format, it will only be possible to overlay the next layer.

Summarize. The required set of a computer artist is Painter or Photoshop. Optional - Flash, Corel Draw, OpenCanvas. A vector editor will allow you to create an image from scratch, while a raster one works better with blanks. This, of course, does not mean that in the same Photoshop it is impossible to draw something decent, or even brilliant. But it is more convenient to draw in vector programs.

Options for practical application

Budget. Mouse, pad, bitmap editor.

If you invested a little more than the standard $ 10 in a mousepad and mouse, and if you have a lot of patience and no less time, then, of course, you will draw something. Sadly, drawing with a regular mouse is very difficult. At best, drawings are obtained in the style of children's primitivism.

Minimum. Scanner, sheet of paper, pencil, mouse, raster or vector editor.

This method is quite laborious, but allows you to get good results. The meaning is simple - you make a sketch on paper, scan it and process it in a graphics editor. The better the software, the better the drawing will be.

Comfortable. Mouse, scanner, Corel Draw, quality mouse pad.

It is very convenient if the mouse polling frequency is high, and with the help of vector editors you can draw any curved lines correctly. But this method is good only for vector editors.

How to. Graphics tablet, scanner, trackball, Corel Draw and Adobe Photoshop.

With this set you can draw at a high level, you are limited only by your skills and imagination.

Graphics tablet

A tablet is the perfect drawing device.

Probably, almost everyone who has ever picked up an electronic pen and tried to draw something on a graphics tablet has experienced bewilderment and disappointment. It looks so much like a regular pen, but the feeling of drawing is completely different. And the results, frankly, are not brilliant. Perhaps the result will be better if you understand the principle of operation of these wonderful plates.

A special grid is installed inside the tablet. These are conductors made of the thinnest copper strips. Each of them can be compared to a receiving antenna that receives a signal from an electronic pen. They allow special microcircuits to track the position of the pen on the tablet and transmit its coordinates to the chip. Further, the driver and the drawing program are included in the work.

When we draw a pen over the active area of ​​the tablet, then on the screen, if we have a graphics editor loaded and a drawing tool selected, a trace remains. Many tablets have a transparent plastic cover that can be removed and you can put a picture or photo under it. This will allow you to trace the image while copying it. At the pen itself, one end is for drawing, the other is for erasing. The device and principle of operation of all tablets are almost the same.

Successful work!

Perhaps you have long wanted to learn how to draw beautifully on your computer. To date, there are a lot of programs on the Internet for this. Some are better suited for children, where there are several brushes and a lot of paints, others for professional photo editing, and others for creating 3D characters. Which program to choose for drawing art on your PC? In this article, I will describe the best software for you.

ArtRage was created specifically for creating realistic art drawings using a brush on a computer. Various drawing tools are on the palette and are available at the click of a mouse. Among them: watercolor (Watercolor), oil (Oil), palette knife (Palette Knife), roller (Paint Roller), pencil (Pencil), pen (Ink Pen), airbrush (Airbrush), it is very convenient. Based on which tool is selected, its settings are available to you (dryness, pressing force, etc.). You can also observe all the properties of the selected tool in front of you and select, for example, the size of the stroke that you want to apply.

The editor is perfect for those who want to learn how to paint with watercolors, oils, pastels and other artistic techniques. Users are provided with 2 versions of the editor: Studio and Studio Pro.

The "Pro" version has many additional and advanced features. It has a Photoshop-compatible filter, scripting a painting, blocking changes in the transparency of enhancements and layers, etc. A version of the ArtRage editor is available at https://www.artrage.com/artrage-4/. When creating pictures in this program, the final image is so high quality that it seems to have been created in a special art studio.

Pixia is a simple raster graphics utility for drawing art on a computer.

Despite its small size, Pixia is designed to draw art on a computer and does it very well. This is because it is endowed with many features that are not available in other programs of this level. The editor is considered a light version of a full-fledged graphic editor. Each brush can be customized to your liking, you can use different graphic objects as a brush.

You can download the Pixia editor at http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/download.html . It is distributed free of charge, created by Japanese programmer Isao Maruoka.

Its feature is plug-ins that can be found on the web. Thus, its functionality can be increased by adding some filters from Photoshop. The program is easy to learn, has a nice and clear interface. Here you can create any graphic file in 10240 x 10240 pixels. The developer claims that Pixia can handle as many layers as your RAM can hold.

Inkspace is a program for creating artistic illustrations.

Inkspace is a free and open source vector editor. It was specifically created for editing SVG graphics. The program is equipped with a large arsenal of tools, has great functionality and is one of the most popular programs for drawing and editing vector graphics. Many web developers underestimate vector graphics, although its advantages lie on the surface:

To download the editor, follow the link https://inkscape.org/ru/download/windows/ . If you want to learn how to work with graphics in the Inkspace photo editor, then practice is worth more. The program allows the user to convert all raster images to vector. Able to work with layers, contours, text. Allows you to use various geometric shapes, edit and rotate them.

Artweaver - editor with filters and effects for Windows

If you decide to find a program to draw art on your computer, then Artweaver was created especially for you. This editor is aimed specifically at professionals and amateurs who have knowledge about software like Photoshop, Corel Painter. For the artist, there are all suitable tools - brush, pencil, chalk, various paints, airbrush. You can complete each project in an artistic style by adding different filters, noise, blur. Every unfinished drawing in Photoshop can be completed in Artweaver. If you are interested in this editor, then you can try it by downloading it from the link https://www.artweaver.de/de/download .

Advantages over other programs:

Flaws:

• The editor is the development of German specialists, so the default language is German, you can change it to English. To install Russian, you need to install the file yourself.
• There is no layer support for formats - PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP.
• After the first version, the program becomes shareware.

Paint is a multifunctional and simple program to draw colorful art

The very popular graphic editor Paint has survived many versions of the Windows operating system with which it was bundled. The photo editor has also been included in the latest version of the OS, but has not changed much. It has all the same familiar tools - a pencil, a fill, a palette, a magnifying glass, an eraser and various brushes. The main advantage of the application is its simplicity. At the choice of the artist, the program has 9 different brushes and a RGB color model, which is quite enough to create a full-fledged picture. The size of each tool when drawing art can be reduced or increased. Does not support working with layers and transparency.

Using a pencil in Microsoft - Paint

Gimp - photo editor will help in illustrating art images

Gimp is my favorite editor, which is located in the same "weight category" with such a graphic giant as Adobe Photoshop. But unlike him, it has a much smaller size. Gimp is aimed at working with raster images, partially supports vector graphics.

Gimp is a multi-purpose program that is used not only to draw beautiful art on a computer, but also to fully correct a photo. Filters and tools will help you improve saturation, color balance, remove various image distortions, change perspective, edit a littered horizon, crop, remove defects, “revive” foggy details, and much more.

Download the editor on the Russian site - http://gimp.ru/download/gimp/.

When you start the graphical editor, you will see three separate windows, each of them can change its size, they can be stretched or reduced. The editor for drawing art images can be customized to your liking. There are many different types of brushes for the artist to choose from, and each of them can be edited. Choose the right one and start working in Gimp.

Hello everyone, in this manual I will tell you how to make such art

What is needed:
1) Adobe Photoshop cs6, you can download
2) Straight arms
3) Photo with which we will work
Let's start:
Step one: photo selection. The photo must be at least 800x600 resolution so that it can be processed with high quality. I will use this photo

Step two: create a new transparent layer Shift+Ctrl+N
Step three: Let's start outlining the face. Choose a regular brush: size 1, hardness 100%, color black.
We put a point in the place from which we will begin to trace.

Hold down SHIFT and set the second point, a straight line will be drawn between these points, so make sure that the line runs along the contour of the place that we circle. It should turn out like this:

Step four: start filling.
Select the FILL tool, select the desired part of the photo, press ALT, an eyedropper appears, then fill the selected area. You should get it like this:

It's up to you to circle the background objects or not, I didn't do that.
Step five: Here comes the most difficult choice, how you will draw the face, if you want to be as close as possible to the real photo, then go back to step 3 and circle the lips and nose.
Or you can make parts of the face with simple lines, I will do this. It should turn out like this: (I changed the skin color, because I didn’t like it).

Now the choice is yours, you can leave the black lines, or you can paint over them, and emphasize the chin with a darker skin color.
Our art is ready, save the picture, brag to your friends.
I didn't try hard because I was tired.
I hope this article was helpful ;D

The modern world changes everything, and anyone can become anyone, even an artist. In order to draw, it is not necessary to work in some special place, it is enough just to have programs for drawing art on your computer. This article shows the most famous of these programs.

Any graphics editor can be called an art drawing program, although not every such editor is able to please your desires. It is for this reason that this list will include a variety of programs with different functionality. Most importantly, each of the programs can become both a separate tool in your hands, and enter your set, which you can use in different ways.

This graphic editor is not intended for drawing art. More precisely, it was not designed for this. When it was created, the programmers were inspired by children, and the fact that it is in childhood that we become who we are now. This children's program has musical accompaniment, many tools, but is not very suitable for drawing quality art.

artweaver

This art program is very similar to . It has everything that Photoshop has - layers, corrections, the same tools. But not all tools are available in the free version, and this is an important disadvantage.

ArtRage

ArtRage is the most unique program in this collection. The fact is that the program has a set of tools that is great for drawing not only with a pencil, but also with paints, both oil and watercolor. Moreover, the image drawn by these tools is very similar to the real one. Also in the program there are layers, stickers, stencils and even tracing paper. The main advantage is that each tool can be customized and saved as a separate template, thereby expanding the capabilities of the program.

Paint.NET

If Artweaver was like Photoshop, then this program is more like standard Paint with Photoshop capabilities. It has tools from Paint, layers, correction, effects, and even getting an image from a camera or scanner. Plus, it's completely free. The only negative is that sometimes it works much slower with 3D images.

inkscape

This art drawing program is quite a powerful tool in the hands of an experienced user. It has a very wide functionality and a lot of possibilities. Of the possibilities, the most prominent is the conversion of a raster image to a vector one. There are also tools for working with layers, text and paths.

GIMP

This photo editor is another copy of Adobe Photoshop, but it has a few differences. However, these differences are rather superficial. Here, too, there is work with layers, image correction and filters, but there is also image transformation, moreover, access to it is quite easy.

Paint Tool Sai

A huge number of various instrument settings allow you to create an almost new instrument, which is a plus of the program. Plus, you can customize the toolbar directly. But, unfortunately, all this is available only for one day, and then you have to pay.

In our modern time, it is not necessary to be able to draw in order to create art, it is enough just to have one of the programs presented in this list. They all have one common goal, but almost each of them approaches this goal in different ways, however, with the help of these programs you can create truly beautiful and unique art. What art creation software do you use?