{"id":1036,"date":"2021-09-01T21:24:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/?page_id=1036"},"modified":"2022-07-22T22:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:07:33","slug":"m0dels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/series\/m0dels","title":{"rendered":"m0dels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this series I create pixel portraits: I create a portrait by combining pixels from different existing photographs. I was looking for a way to create a portrait from existing images. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to just layer the images on top of each other, in for example photoshop, and then blend them using opacity on the layers. But this tended to result in a bit of a blurred muted image. I looked for a way to maintain the brightness of the pixels in the original images. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I invented a way to place the full original pixels from the images next to each other, and not blend them at all. When you see the resulting picture from a distance the pixels blend together into a new picture, if the source pictures are well aligned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use a checkered mask which shows the individual pixels without any distortion, and placed them in a grid next to other full bright pixels from the next image, and so on. This is the way the process looks in Photoshop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kylie_makingof_photoshop.png\" alt=\"The making of Kylie in Photoshop\" class=\"wp-image-879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kylie_makingof_photoshop.png 700w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/kylie_makingof_photoshop-480x363.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>The making of Kylie in Photoshop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>by resizing and repositioning the images in the different layers I can create a combined portrait in what feel like a very painterly way, when at the same time I am only using pre-existing images and a very pre-defined grid. A portrait like this is successful for me if I cannot identify any of the original images used and I immediately recognize the model being portrayed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also been making portraits like these &nbsp;using computer code to combine the images. I already use existing images, and a very rigid systematic grid, why  not automate the process, and have the computer generate the portrait, based on 4 random pictures, out of a collection that I put together?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-06-at-23.03.36.png\" alt=\"The program in Processing code\" class=\"wp-image-1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-06-at-23.03.36.png 901w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-06-at-23.03.36-480x524.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 901px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Processing code<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So I have been developing a program in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/processing.org\" target=\"_blank\">processing<\/a> language to do just that. I tweak the program to get different results, and every instance of the program I use a different model as the source, to create a new work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t believe in randomness so much that I just let the program go and accept the first portraits that come out \u2014 I use it as a tool; I still want to decide myself which images in the end become &#8216;the work&#8217;. I generate 1000 images with each program and select 8 that I think work best. I chose 8 images because 8 bits is a byte, and I name these works for the model used. For example <a href=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/candice-byte\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2132\">Candice (byte)<\/a> is the first m0del I generated with this program.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photoshop based portraits are 1\/1 portraits, also of a model. Often I create both a computer generated series (byte) and a single photoshop produced portrait (bit) of the same model, to see what difference it makes, if any\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Lara.webp\" alt=\"Lara\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Lara.webp 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Lara-980x980.webp 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Lara-480x480.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Lara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/lara01.png\" alt=\"Lara 01\" class=\"wp-image-939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/lara01.png 1000w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/lara01-980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/lara01-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Lara 01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 0 in m0dels  refers to the fact they are made digitally, most with computer code, but in the case of the single portraits, in photoshop, very much emphasizing their digital nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use images of fashion models to see if beauty is something that will come through no matter what. I hope I will find the essence of the beauty of every one of these models this way. I use another single model as the source for every work in this series. hoping to create a series of essential, iconic, portraits of the great m0dels of our time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have created a way to make a portrait by swapping pixels from existing photos. 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