» Adobe Fireworks</h1> <article> <h1>Create Your Own Pop Art Portrait</h1> <p>Josh Stauffer — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:48:23 +0000</p> <div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"> <a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joshstauffer.com%2Fcreate-your-own-pop-art-portrait%2F"><br /> <br /> </a> </div> <p>This weekend I learned how to create a pop art portrait using <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/" title="Adobe Fireworks, Vector Graphics Editor, Vector Image Editor" target="_blank">Adobe Fireworks</a>. I am surprised because I am not artistic at all but I think it came out pretty well. The tutorial caused me to use tools that I don’t normally use when designing. I never realized how powerful the pen tool is especially for tracing and outlining objects. I used to use the eraser tool to crop objects out of a picture but from now on I will stick to the pen… big time saver! Thank you <a href="http://www.family-portrait-artists.com/" title="How to do pop art portraits" target="_blank">www.family-portrait-artists.com</a> for expanding my knowledge.</p> <p>My first pop art portrait:</p> <p></p> <p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.joshstauffer.com/disable-image-toolbar-in-ie6/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Disable Image Toolbar in IE6'>Disable Image Toolbar in IE6</a></li> </ol></p> </article> </main></body></html>