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

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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 :)