Status: 11% zombie, 89% perk
Yes - I'm skipping ahead. Skipping past the downloadable media because I'm not in a spot where I can slap on a pair of headphones and tune out the world. I'll come back to it later...maybe when summer reading is over. Ha!
Anyhow, this week's out of sequence exercise has to do with online image generators. I actually find that term to be a little bit misleading, as really we're talking about image manipulators...or modifiers...
Generator implies (to me anyhow) making something completely new. A long while back, I came across a site that takes any words you type in and makes a lovely collage looking picture, like so ~
Try it out here, at Typogenerator.
As for image manipulators/modifiers, my site of choice is fd's Flickr Toys, because - as you may have guessed - I can mess around with my photos from Flickr, and then directly upload my creations.
Easy peasy!
Even better, you don't have to have a Flickr account to play around here - you can upload photos from your computer. So anybody can play.
My favorite toy here is the mosaic maker - which allows you to create a mosaic of your favorite photos. Sometimes you have a group of photos that just call out to be combined into one cool creation - like the series at the top of this post.
Gurgle gurgle blurp.
And who doesn't like Old Faithful?
Or bugs?
Okay - I didn't take all of those pictures myself - but some of them are mine! I selected a few cool bug pictures I found here and there on Flickr and made this creepy crawly creation...be sure to click through and take a look at it close up!
One last little trick - the Hockneyizer...
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