Destroy the Icon

First Post - February 20

This is the image I decided to work with. As some people will recognize, it is the series of early photographs taken by Eadweard Muybridge. The Horse In Motion was formally published in 1882, and is considered by many to be the beginning of motion film. 

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In Class Update - February 20

This is the beginning of one idea, just sorta playing with blending modes and orientation. Not crazy about anything yet, but I guess it's a start...

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And this is the beginning of my second idea. Focusing on textures with a liquify effect applied on top... 

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Update - Monday, Feb. 27th

Beginnings of idea number three. I actually kinda like where this one is going, but we'll see....

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Update - Later That Day

...and here are some variations on that idea. Just trying to work in different blending modes and pattern overlays and stuff. Looking for those happy accidents...

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Update - Wednesday, Feb. 29th (LEAP!)


IDEA #1. Here is what I ended up doing with the cube-based idea. Played around with a bunch of different brushes and then applied blending modes. I'm pretty happy with it...

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IDEA #2. I went back to the liquify idea, but started from scratch. Here is how that turned out...

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IDEA#3. Next, I started working on the pattern based image. I messed around with it for a while with the typical stuff: brushes, blending modes, adjustment layers, etc. And here's the result of all that...

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 But ultimately, I liked a simplified version that happened earlier in the development process...

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IDEA #4. Finally, I approached the scanogram based image and, funny enough, it ended up being largely pattern-based. Here's the pattern I created for the base layer...

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and here's the final image.....