Category: nearscapes

Working with Hexagons (Hexelate?)

I have been working with an image processing programming language (yes, I have been programming!) trying to produce something that looks different. I have gone through several iterations working towards a different look. Some of this works, some of it hasn’t. Here are some results:

base image
Base image used as a starting point
4- colour hexagon pattern used for splitting the image:
4- colour hexagon pattern used for splitting the image
4 image transparencies processed differently then combined
4 image transparencies processed differently then combined

There is in the above image B&W conversion, posterisation, high saturation…

Then this blending with the hexagon pattern
Then this blending with the hexagon pattern

I wasn’t satisfied with these so went back to my program, simplified it and changed the basis of how it worked. This gave me the actual image split into 4 transparencies – here is one:

One of the 4 hexagon transparencies holding a quarter of the image
One of the 4 hexagon transparencies holding a quarter of the image

Now I can manipulate each transparencies individually. Here are some of the results:

1st composite version
1st composite version
2nd composite version
2nd composite version

This is now very easy to manipulate colours and effects – there is almost infinite variety. This I am happy with!