More Facial Abstraction

Output from a new Studio Artist 4 MSG processing effect i was working on. Facial source image was used as input to the cartoon style effect.

Extreme Facial Abstraction

Trying some experiments in extreme facial abstraction. Output is a processed head shot source image. Generated with MSG processing in Studio Artist 4.

More Abstract MSG

Another abstract image generated the other night playing around with MSG processor evolution.

Abstract MSG

Abstract image created by directed evolution of MSG processors in Studio Artist 4's evolution editor.

Soft Color

Or soft colour as they say in Australia. Trying some abstraction ideas using FSA MSG processors. Since they are FSA filter based the effects are resolution independent.

BW Abstraction

Black and White abstraction effect generated using 2 channels of the new MSG processor composited together in a single MSG preset.

Color Abstraction Effect 3

Another abstraction example generated in Studio Artist 4 using a new MSG processor.

Color Abstraction Effect 2

Another abstraction example using the new MSG processor in Studio Artist 4. I'm also using the Colorize Ip Op to generate this final effect after the initial MSG processing.

Color Abstraction Effect

Another example of the new 1FilterFSA MSG processor in Studio Artist 4. I'm running it twice for this particular abstraction effect followed by a few image operations to polish the main effect output. I've got the PASeq for the whole processing chain so that will be distributed at some point as a factory PASeq.

BW Sketch

BW sketch effect generated using the new MSG processor to process a source image followed by a vectorizer pass to generate eps vector output.

Fake Wash Effect

More fun with the new MSG processor. This has a watercolor wash thing going on when it processes a source image.

New MSG Processor

I've been playing around with a new MSG processor i added to Studio Artist 4 yesterday. You can do a lot of different abstraction things with it. This one almost has a Dali kind of thing going on in some areas.

I'm following a classic MSG design pattern, which involves running different image processing operations on the 3 color channels. This particular effect is resolution independent since it's based on FSA processors.

Organic Complexity

Organic looking procedural art image generated in Studio Artist 4 from MSG evolution.

Vector Woodcut Simulation

Vector woodcut simulation generated in the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer.

More Recursive MSG IO

Another image generated with MSG warp processors and recursive IO connections. This one has some crazyness going on since it's not the usual regular banding effect but something more elaborate.

MSG Recursive IO Connections

This procedural art image generated in Studio Artist 4 by directed evolution of MSG processors shows a characteristic visual appearance caused by recursive IO connections when using warp processors. The bands happen because the MSG processors associated with the warp thread to multiple processors. 8 processors in the case of the above image. With 2 or no multiple processors the appearance would be totally different. And of course if you used 3 temporary output buffers as opposed to the same image streams for input and output (what i mean by recursive in this case)the appearance would be very different as well.

Loop Action Cat

Screen capture from some live loop action processing in Studio Artist 4.

Biohazard Photo Mosaic

You can never use the biohazard movie brush too much. Photo mosaic image generated in the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer using a movie brush composed of biohazard images.

Painting with Chaotic Attractors 2

Another painting of a source image using dynamic chaotic attractor brush shapes generated from a MSG source brush in the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer.

Painting with Chaotic Attractors

Source image painted with chaotic attractors in Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer. The paint preset is using a MSG source brush to generate a paint brush composted of dynamic chaotic attractor images.

Pile of Chaotic Attractors

Jumbled mess of chaotic attractors generated with MSG source brushe in the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer.

MSG Processing Effect

Source image processed by a custom MSG preset in Studio Artist 4.

MSG Symmetry 2

Another in the endless series of MSG symmetry images that look like abstract head shot images.

Abstract MSG 5

Cool MSG procedural art image generated in Studio Artist 4.

Abstract MSG 4

Another abstract MSG procedural art image created in Studio Artist 4. The colored banding is generated by using a color palette mapper to go from a single channel image stream to a 3 channel color output image stream.

Abstract MSG 3

Abstract procedural art image generated by directed evolution of MSG processors in Studio Artist 4. It's using recursive IO connections, so that and the 8 processor threading when the MSG processors that have the recursive IO connections are run on an 8 processor pro tower is what is generating the 8 vertical banded visual effect.

Abstract MSG 2

Another abstract image generated in Studio Artist 4 using MSG processor evolution to create procedural art imagery.

Energy Sketch

I've been playing around with emulating energy sketch effects that simulate making a continuous sketch where the pen never leave the paper while the sketch is being drawn. This example was generated in Studio Artist 4 using a combination of a PASeq that uses an edge ip op and a msg preset to build a sketch along with the bezier path generation and connect closest path menu commands. So the final drawing is all done as vector drawing which means the sketch could be scaled to any print resolution desired.

Chaotic Attractor

Chaotic attractor rendered in Studio Artist 4 from MSG processors.

Vector Symmetry

Symmetry image created with the new vector drawing options in the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer.

Abstract MSG

More abstract MSG imagery from the Studio Artist archives.