Decim8 This! with Janell

1. @anniemaropis

2. @doppel_ganger

3. @smmmm

Here’s what Janell had to say about this week’s selections:

First off, thank  you again for letting me share a photo with everyone.  There is a sense of liberation in letting go and seeing what results during the process of recreation by others.  Decim8 is great for this process since you can either see a very subtle change to an image or you can really decimate the image beyond recognition.  What a great thing!

Reviewing the images I left comments on many of them since I knew I was charged with picking three that I found intriguing and I enjoyed reviewing each of the images multiple times.  I also went and viewed a lot of galleries that I was not familiar with, I’m getting there!  I’ve seen all of the photos for a couple of days off and on and today I went through them to do an overview and start pulling ones that I wanted to focus on.    Last part was eliminating from that list and I like my final choices.

1. @anniemaropis

Her use of #01rectine and #veth produced what I would think of as more similar to the original image.  Right!  There are some orbs and a couple of vines writhing around the image, the colors have morphed from a natural green and yellow to hot pink, a wicked sherbet orange and that green that reminds me of medical scrubs – but in a good way.  The use of #veth created enough repetition of the shapes, but left us with a third that marches to it’s own beat.  Isn’t that the rule – power of thirds?  Two thirds make a symmetrical image with a totem like feel  and the other third flattened out the orbs and created more of a pattern with repeats than any specific shapes.

2. @doppel_ganger

Bold choice of #brainfeed3r and #TI994X(SHA5mix).  I use #brainfeed3r a lot but the other choice (please don’t make me type it again) is one I have always been afraid of.  Not sure why, but there it is.  In @doppel_ganger ‘s image I can appreciate this option for it’s simplicity and sparseness.  I like how the yellow is retained (and speaking of yellow, not a favorite colour of mine, but I like it in this image), there are subtle differences in each of the yellow squares and the image has completely #decim8d the original.  That is what I enjoy the most about this image – it’s not mine at all anymore.

3. @smmmm

Accomplished this image using: #fingerblib #xexox #graboid and #01rectine.  There is nothing like a lot of color to make me happy and this image does just that.  Bright acid green, hot pink and periwinkle, red and black move forward and backward depending on your mind.  Abstract yet I can see a vine moving through the top and at least a couple pieces of the ‘fruit’ (never did figure out what they actually are) are still apparent.

IF I could make a fourth choice (and I did); it would be one of the images by @mocamasezapaz .   Monica’s image is the most recognizable yet has such lovely movement to it that I was drawn to it.  Again, that rule of thirds, in this instance the bottom third has taken a bit more detailed dive into the image yet fits with the upper section without me thinking about it.  Space and shapes are so distorted and there is a dance going on the fruit wall.

So again, to you Suzanne and David, thanks for the opportunity – I have truly enjoyed this but now would like to get back to creating a new image from someone else’s wonderful image.  It’s the best!

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The Cr8ors of Decim8nday [ @_suzanne_ and @david_baer ] and I thank you, Janell, for participating this week – we hope to do it again in the future!

Stay tuned as we welcome Matt, @busylittle1way,  as guest editor for week 10.