tag: Grabcut

Another big part in creating the Visually Similar artwork was the image textures themselves. The idea for the piece is that the textures would be related in some way to the 3D model. I decided from the beginning that I wanted to have some control over this and so I gathered the images through keyword searches and reverse image searches.

But then I needed to cut out certain parts of them. I wanted it to look like a rough collage, as if the images were pages in a magazine that had been ripped out, leaving behind tears and occasionally ripping through the important bits.

Making digital art is quite a lengthy process and even moreso if you’re using non standard processes or making your own software. For awhile I’ve wanted to write about my processes and how I’ve overcome the bugs and problems. In what will hopefully be a regular series of blog posts I’m going to give a bit of insight into this process. In a way it’ll be a tutorial. Let’s go!