Tuesday, May 3, 2011

A Butterfly Deconstructed: A Butterfly Reborn

Started with....
my dog <3
Added the negative image blended on a diagonal...

Creating...

Then...


Creating...

This is where it gets a little bit complicated.
(I'm a little unsure of what I did at this point)...

I definitely rotated the image 90 degrees to the right- 











There was definitely some 'film grain' filter applicatiion-












Eventually I had this-

See this part...?

This part...

I recreated these to show where the butterfly came from- 

Flipping the wing shape along the gray axis arrow created this...

You can see it better here...

See them?
Butterflies!!

But I really have no recollection of how I got from here... 










to here...

But eventually I had this image.
I flipped the wing in this image to make the actual butterfly image in
Butterfly in Flowers... 

See it...











Flip it...


And there you have it... 
(I'm creating a new print or series of prints from this one.)

Then negate it and add a little contrast and adjust the color saturation...


You may also recognize the beginnings of the flowers... 

Put it all together and what do you get?

A couple more tweeks...

And finally...

 Butterfly in Flowers by Kristin Sharpe

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In creating this posting, I have recreated images in order to illustrate what I did. I tried to repeat my actions as truthfully as possible.  But honestly, sometimes in the heat of the moment I forget to hit 'save'.  In recreating the steps I took to create Butterfly in Flowers, I was inspired to create many new pieces.  This posting has inspired a whole new series I'm referring to as 'the Butterfly series'.  There will be an upcoming post about the new works, but I think this one is quite long enough.  Hope you enjoyed :)

2 comments:

  1. AWESOMENESS in AWESOME...bet the dog really loved it. Your work in progress is much like using a microscope!!
    Using a microscope in my work at present and about to get some finished work off with it..have a dry lizard..Will post on my blog prob next week if not to mind blown.
    Absolutely love this butterfly discovery of yours and look forward to more of your work.
    Regards to you and your dog - Andy:)

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  2. I look forward to seeing your new work and I hope your mind gets blown too. :)

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