So that’s how it’s done.
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So that’s how it’s done.
I’m glad you said that, because I read most of Name of the Rose, but skipped the long history lessons, so I might have missed things too.Umberto Eco is a great writer, but F’s Pendulum was too dense & complex for me. Name of the Rose was more accessible, but I still had to skip great swathes of dense prose — and thus completely missed great swathes of the plot
I reckon Salman Rushdie is a much better indicator, Ann - have you read Midnight’s Children or Shame? Bliss
I notice he has one background reference while driving along the country road but when he gets home it will be lacking from his windshield view. Hmmmm, that’s not the way I saw it.
I came back to this post to see if you could add some more details how you did this. But now that I’m reading it more carefully step-by-step-step I can understand it quite well. Starting right away with Imaengine puts all of your elements into abstraction at the first formative stages of your work. I tend to hang on to the photo elements too long into the process.So this is the result of my flower and insect abstract.
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Apps: Imaengine, Aerograph, Procreate. SuperImposeX
This is the background image which I ran through Imaengine
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Looking at the result, I couldn’t help but see an image of a person on the left. This is where you can’t predict what you are going to do. I wasn’t going to add a person into the mix but this just leant itself to it.
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I added the bugs in Procreate that I also transformed using the same setting in Imaengine, cut them out in SuperImpose X, and finally added the person and some extra flowers. Ran the final result through Aerograph.
These references to reading a book in a language you don’t really understand gives me the impression that a person would end up with an abstract view of the book.I’m glad you said that, because I read most of Name of the Rose, but skipped the long history lessons, so I might have missed things too.
Well, I should understand it, because I read it in English. But there were long boring bits (well, I thought they were) in the middle.These references to reading a book in a language you don’t really understand gives me the impression that a person would end up with an abstract view of the book.
Ah, yes, English. I can relate to that wit some books. Even so, skipping sections of the book is sort of like dropping out tonal areas of an image, for instance posterizing, which leads to a fractured understanding of the image. I was thinking of other references to Spanish and, I can’t remember the other. I can get by in French but I miss quite a few words.Well, I should understand it, because I read it in English. But there were long boring bits (well, I thought they were) in the middle.
I have engaged the abstract winner selector app which is similar to RoseCat’s art describer program.Meantime, while Starzee and I quietly gibber at each other about intentionality
in the nice padded room, it’s time for FundyBrian Brian
to choose his favourite/s for this week
And Weekly APPstract #7 is here !
Please join in Tom. We’re here, following a theme if there is one, and doing our own thing if there isn’t. Making an abstract image and then telling everyone what apps we used.What are you doing here? It's brilliant!
APPstract #6: The Winners!
I appreciate that people were willing to try the concept of creating with intention combined with the making of abstract images. In fact, it never occurred to me that this would present a problem to people. From where I am in the abstract biz I’m no further ahead, or behind, using some planning compared to not planning anything. There are so many avenues to explore and I haven’t yet established any particular way of working so it’s all the same to me.
Maybe it’s just where I am at the moment but I want my work to mean something or to convey some sort of meaning or emotion. I find when I work randomly I sometimes produce interesting blobs or patterns but they don’t say anything to me, besides, well there’s an interesting pattern. In order to express something I need to be thinking about it before I start opening apps, and each thing I try I can ask, is this getting closer to where I want to go, or not.
As a friend, I feel some concern when I see creative people limiting their way of working to the way they have always done it before. Abstraction is SO HUGE, so wide open you need to be ready to try anything. Deliberately start out differently every time. Coincidentally, I just recently listened to a podcast called “Breaking Out of Our Resistance Bubble” so I’m feeling especially conscious of areas where I have resistance to entertaining ideas different from my current experience. Another good topic would be to make an abstract using methods you have never used before. So enough of that. Let’s get down to handing out the virtual gold.
I felt every entry showed considerable merit and it wasn’t easy to pick a winner. I’m endlessly in awe of the APPstracts people make on MobiTog.
Numero Uno: zenjenny with her anxiety inducing image -
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In spite of zenjenny’s misgivings at the results this is quite fascinating to look at.
Peacefully coexisting in Second Place: ImageArt & JillyG, and JillyG & ImageArt. It’s impossible in our linear method of expression to list both at once but that’s the way I’m thinking about it.
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So much to explore in this image, but I think the perpetrator is getting away with no one in pursuit.
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The bird has taken on a very prehistoric look, perhaps the rough hairiness of the edge lines helps to give it that dangerous appearance.
zenjenny - it’s up to you to wipe the slate clean after the way I messed things up and get things back on track.
I LOVE this idea. It’s brilliant. And perfect for this Challenge.After my failed “barn” idea ( not failed, just set aside for a re-think) and continuing to follow the thread, I realized that planning an abstract out specifically may not be realistic. Working from a theme, another thing I’ve never tried with abstracts, until this challenge, is not only do-able but inspirational, at has been least for me.
Also this has reminded me of a game I play when I’m waiting for something that will take a while. I take 3-5 photos in the room, maybe a central image, a texture and something with lighting. Then I wreck. layer, blend and mask away. I guess that would be planning. And it helps pass the time.
My point is that this thread has been very enlightening for me.
Thank you, Brian.
But don’t let it go to your head....
Well, I should understand it, because I read it in English. But there were long boring bits (well, I thought they were) in the middle.
I have engaged the abstract winner selector app which is similar to RoseCat’s art describer program.
Excellent choices Brian! Congrats zenjenny Jen!! I'm glad your lady got the crown.APPstract #6: The Winners!
I appreciate that people were willing to try the concept of creating with intention combined with the making of abstract images. In fact, it never occurred to me that this would present a problem to people. From where I am in the abstract biz I’m no further ahead, or behind, using some planning compared to not planning anything. There are so many avenues to explore and I haven’t yet established any particular way of working so it’s all the same to me.
Maybe it’s just where I am at the moment but I want my work to mean something or to convey some sort of meaning or emotion. I find when I work randomly I sometimes produce interesting blobs or patterns but they don’t say anything to me, besides, well there’s an interesting pattern. In order to express something I need to be thinking about it before I start opening apps, and each thing I try I can ask, is this getting closer to where I want to go, or not.
As a friend, I feel some concern when I see creative people limiting their way of working to the way they have always done it before. Abstraction is SO HUGE, so wide open you need to be ready to try anything. Deliberately start out differently every time. Coincidentally, I just recently listened to a podcast called “Breaking Out of Our Resistance Bubble” so I’m feeling especially conscious of areas where I have resistance to entertaining ideas different from my current experience. Another good topic would be to make an abstract using methods you have never used before. So enough of that. Let’s get down to handing out the virtual gold.
I felt every entry showed considerable merit and it wasn’t easy to pick a winner. I’m endlessly in awe of the APPstracts people make on MobiTog.
Numero Uno: zenjenny with her anxiety inducing image -
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In spite of zenjenny’s misgivings at the results this is quite fascinating to look at.
Peacefully coexisting in Second Place: ImageArt & JillyG, and JillyG & ImageArt. It’s impossible in our linear method of expression to list both at once but that’s the way I’m thinking about it.
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So much to explore in this image, but I think the perpetrator is getting away with no one in pursuit.
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The bird has taken on a very prehistoric look, perhaps the rough hairiness of the edge lines helps to give it that dangerous appearance.
zenjenny - it’s up to you to wipe the slate clean after the way I messed things up and get things back on track.
Thanks!Beautiful.
Gracias Jen. Y sí, es Fold Defy la app que crea esa ilusión.Glorious colours. And as JillyG says, who ever tires of the beauty of fractals?
I thought at first you had used Decim8, but it must be Fold Defy that created that repetition?
Muchas gracias Catherine. Me alegra te haya gustado.Looking at this on the big screen of my Mac, and this is even more beautiful! So many different parts are lovely abstracts in their own right.
Muchas gracias Jilly!Beautiful Rodolfo. I love fractals and their infinite beauty.
Well done, Jen! And great manip, Jilly. Thanks Brian for my third.APPstract #6: The Winners!
I appreciate that people were willing to try the concept of creating with intention combined with the making of abstract images. In fact, it never occurred to me that this would present a problem to people. From where I am in the abstract biz I’m no further ahead, or behind, using some planning compared to not planning anything. There are so many avenues to explore and I haven’t yet established any particular way of working so it’s all the same to me.
Maybe it’s just where I am at the moment but I want my work to mean something or to convey some sort of meaning or emotion. I find when I work randomly I sometimes produce interesting blobs or patterns but they don’t say anything to me, besides, well there’s an interesting pattern. In order to express something I need to be thinking about it before I start opening apps, and each thing I try I can ask, is this getting closer to where I want to go, or not.
As a friend, I feel some concern when I see creative people limiting their way of working to the way they have always done it before. Abstraction is SO HUGE, so wide open you need to be ready to try anything. Deliberately start out differently every time. Coincidentally, I just recently listened to a podcast called “Breaking Out of Our Resistance Bubble” so I’m feeling especially conscious of areas where I have resistance to entertaining ideas different from my current experience. Another good topic would be to make an abstract using methods you have never used before. So enough of that. Let’s get down to handing out the virtual gold.
I felt every entry showed considerable merit and it wasn’t easy to pick a winner. I’m endlessly in awe of the APPstracts people make on MobiTog.
Numero Uno: zenjenny with her anxiety inducing image -
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In spite of zenjenny’s misgivings at the results this is quite fascinating to look at.
Peacefully coexisting in Second Place: ImageArt & JillyG, and JillyG & ImageArt. It’s impossible in our linear method of expression to list both at once but that’s the way I’m thinking about it.
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So much to explore in this image, but I think the perpetrator is getting away with no one in pursuit.
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The bird has taken on a very prehistoric look, perhaps the rough hairiness of the edge lines helps to give it that dangerous appearance.
zenjenny - it’s up to you to wipe the slate clean after the way I messed things up and get things back on track.