Playing with Pixels

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.

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