Blogging Assignment 5

Kevan Mann

ISTA 301 Blog 5

Glitch Art & Processing

Part 1: Glitch Art

"Glitch-ty Shades of Cactus"

Glitch art is defined by Wikipedia as the creation of art through digital or analog errors by either corrupting code or manipulating electronics. With my image of the cactus, that is exactly what I've done. I liked the outcome of my glitch because it distorted the original image just enough to give me a creative and unique piece but not so much so that the image is unrecognizable. As for what this image means to me. I think the various distortions and color glitches have created a rather accurate depiction of the different shades of color the Arizona sunlight can cast upon a cactus such as this one. I took this picture a few weekends ago in Phoenix, AZ, and as a Phoenix born-and-raised local, this image to me contains the various shades of AZ sunlight from different times in an Arizonan day, even though the picture was taken at only one time in the day. The upper areas of the image show what the cactus would look like in the morning sunlight while the lower sections show what it would look like at sunset. The image evokes a sense of homesickness in me, for I miss the mornings I would wake up at 5am to go to work outdoors and be surrounded by cacti just like this one. I would experience the 5am shades in the morning and the 4pm sunset shades in the evening on my drive home. This is a pretty evocative image for me, indeed. 

Part 2: Still Life Drawing with Processing

Apple Tray