Meanwhile, back in Kansas... Earlier I revealed the physical process of generating a photo blend. Now I will tell you that the artistic process depends on random chance. That's what I love about making the blends. It is not apparent right away if it will work or not.
I started with taking the 2 required photos and cutting them horizontally and then stacking them in stripes. This resulted in an image that was way more complicated than I usually want for a blend but so be it.
As I was working, the source photo started to be obscuring the image of my son quite a bit. There is a grid right across his face. Still, somehow I liked it because it reminded me of summer; banners waving; cleaning up the coolers after a picnic; lanterns; juice boxes.
The two source photos remind me of summer too. The first was taken at a yard sale in summer. The plastic items are in a messy pile and this also related to the finished piece for me, random chance again.
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