Tessellation Portrait

Find a black and white portraitRight click> copy image

Edit> free transformresize

edit> adj.>brightness and Contrast

Find and copy a black and white line Tessellation

edit> pasteEdit> free transformScale it up so it fills the page but is not warped

Find a abstract color background. copy image

Edit> pasteEdit > free transform

Drag the tessellation layer to the top of the layer list.Lock the tessellation and color background layer

1.Click on the portrait layer

2. Choose the poly lasso tool

Click around the contour of ONE of the tessellation shapes

edit> copy

edit> pasteMove pasted layer above tessellation layer

Click back onto the portrait layerAgain using the poly lasso tool select another shape and

edit> copy

Edit>paste and drag that layer above the tessellation layer

Continue to Cut and paste at least 30 shapes

Unlock the tessellation layerChange the tessellation layer mode to Darker Color

Choose/ click on one of the shape layers

Filter > filter galleryChoose a filter that enhances/ styles the piece

*you are going to apply two filters to each piece so choose two that look similar

Choose another shape layer

filter>filter galleryChoose another filter that looks good or similar to the last filter

Continue to add one of the two filters to each of the shape pieces

Hold shift and click on all the shape layers

Layer> merge layers

image> adj> hue and saturation

Find a colored abstract shape picture that uses a Complimentary color to your colors…. I have a lot of purple so i choose yellow*it would look good if its a similar pattern to your tessellation

Edit paste

Change the layer mode… your choice!