Artistic Tuesday: Give Marilyn a Make-Over

Each Tuesday, I post an art prompt to spark a little bit of inspiration for your creativity. These posts are versatile and can be applied to a variety of creative mediums. Whether you enjoy digital art or acrylic painting (or anything in between like tags, digital art, mixed media, etc), these fun prompts will help you generate ideas for a new project, or maybe add a fun spin to a current project.

I love pop art, and am a huge fan of Marilyn Monroe. I am also a fan of pink. Pink is my favorite color, actually. And, as with many of my creative ideas, I was just flipping through some stock images on my desktop when I came across an old photo of Marilyn Monroe. The stock image was in black and white and (I felt) lacking all the glamour, color and texture that the real Marilyn would deserve (and appreciate) so I immediately went about dressing her up and adding some pink.

Eventually, after hours of cutting and pasting and digital painting, this finished image immerged:

So the art prompt for this week is to Give Marilyn a Make-Over!

You can do what I did and add some head dress. Perhaps you want to give her a new outfit. Maybe recolor her hair? Anything goes! Just take a photo image of Marilyn and give her a make-over, your style!

I have provided a stock image of Marilyn below, you are free to use it. Or if you have your own image of Marilyn, use that.