I’ve recently been dabbling in digital tools as part of the creative process. Below are a few of examples of how I used photography and digital image processing to achieve something that I think feels a little different.
Here’s some #pixel art from my walk today. I wrote a python script to pixellate a picture from my phone and remap the colors to a limited palette. I also used Microsoft Paint to manually add some of my own color.
Here’s one more piece of #pixel art from the neighborhood walking trail generated with a photo that I took on my phone while out on a walk.
Basically, what’s happening here is that I’ve given the computer a list of 8 colors to use - a palette. And the computer simplifies the image and finds the best color match from the limited palette I’ve given it.
