Christmas is round the corner, bringing with it the season of happiness, cheer and family reunions. Portraits are often commissioned during this time, as a personal keepsake or as a symbol of family get-togethers. If you too are planning for a family portrait, then here are five interesting pop art styles that you may like to think about.
Scanner Darkly Style
Inspired by the cult film, a Scanner Darkly, this style of portraits is fresh in the market today. Creating this style makes use of the technique of interpolated rotoscoping, whereby normal videos/pictures are processed with animation done on them. This involves tracing on each image frame by frame making the use of vector keyframes. Technicalities apart, what results is a cartoon style portrait, that looks highly futuristic. Heavy black lines and solid blocks of colour dominate this style which looks great in contemporary settings. The background image of the portrait can either be selected from a readymade collection or be customized as per your choice.
Ligne Claire portraits
Lovers of Tintin will love this too. The 'ligne claire' or clear-line style of art focuses on line drawings with colour. Introduced by Herge, the Belgian creator of the Tintin series, this form of art found new life after the release of Spielberg's version as a film. Another style of cartoon portraits, what stands out here is the use of colour mixing and cartooning. The uniformity of line is used throughout the picture, colour contrasts are downplayed and equal attention is given to all depicted elements. The backgrounds are highly realistic while images are cartooned to create this effect.
Delftware style portraits
For those who constantly look for new styles in portraits, the Delftware promises a lot of freshness in idea and concept. Influenced by the pottery style in Delft, Netherlands, this pop art style makes use of aquamarine blues on a stark white background. Only outlines of the portrait are highlighted to give a picture that is interesting and that will look good against any background. Floral motifs that symbolize the original prints of Delft pottery can also be used to create a frame for the picture, adding to its look and appeal.
Andy Warhol Panels
When pictures of more family members need to be put together on one canvas, the panels style of Warhol portraits are a promising choice. The number of panels can be picked up as per choice and different portraits can be brought together on a common surface. For those who are not much aware of the Warhol style, this promises real images in bright contrasting colours. These can also be interspersed with messages or content to help the entire portrait communicate beautifully.
Photo collages
To put together the different elements of a Christmas get-together or vacation, collages are an interesting medium. Done up in a range of colours, styles and fashions, photo collages make up for great home and office décor. Different pictures depicting emotions, events or places are put together in plain, checkerboard, crystallized or random styles.
All these are just a few of the portrait styles which you can plan around. To get more information on them or to check out how your portrait would look in this style, do check out online galleries or ask experts for support. And we are sure that you will love the effect it will create.
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