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Tantamount Series

  • Added: 2008 Sep 29 @ 23:44
  • Updated: 2008 Oct 22 @ 01:41
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  • Tags: computation, flat, mountains, oceans, photography, scripting

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As Vast as the Mountain
As High as the Ocean

As Vast as the Mountain, As High as the Ocean

Flattened Mountain

Photographs of mountains are computationally altered to flatten the mountain’s elevations, while an ocean horizon is altered to mimic the mountain’s original topography.

Some before and after test images:

before
Original Mountain
Flattened Mountain
after
before
Original Mountain
Flattened Mountain
after
before
Original Mountain
Flattened Mountain
after
before
Original Mountain
Flattened Mountain
after
Flattened Paramount

15 Responses to “Tantamount Series”

  • On April 1st, 2008 at 12:14, Brad O'Farrell said:
    Reply to Brad O'Farrell

    I don’t think I get it. But it looks cool.

  • On April 5th, 2008 at 14:51, alessandra said:
    Reply to alessandra

    i like the way it can look like sea water/foam
    depending the way you look at it

  • On April 6th, 2008 at 07:14, monika said:
    Reply to monika

    it would be nice to see more of the reasoning behind the images/concept. I find the altered ocean horizon resembles a rock cross section more so then a Mountain scape. I think your onto something :)

  • On July 8th, 2008 at 14:24, Ralph said:
    Reply to Ralph

    Very nice. I can imagine how the Earth would look like if it’s all altered.

  • On August 2nd, 2008 at 09:20, Alejo said:
    Reply to Alejo

    i, i´m alejo from Argentina…
    Awesomehow, can i know how do you get this idea? i know it´s too much to ask, but, never in a million years i could shape the mountains in my mind to twisted into the ocean… well… maybe it´s cuz i´m not an artist, but would like to know ;)
    (sorry my english)

    • On August 2nd, 2008 at 14:26, JK said:
      Reply to JK

      Explaining how I came up with any of my ideas is difficult at best, as they seem to pop into my head seemingly from nowhere, but I do remember that the impetus for this specific project was looking at a thumbnail image. I thought it showed a flattened mountain, but when I looked at the full-size it was just a typical flat landscape photo. And so I set to making what I believed I had seen in the thumbnail.

  • On October 29th, 2008 at 10:50, Joy said:
    Reply to Joy

    i like the way the ‘Paramount’ logo looks like heart in the bottom picture.

  • On November 2nd, 2008 at 19:31, Tessr said:
    Reply to Tessr

    Wow! What do you use to edit your photos?

    • On November 10th, 2008 at 23:58, JK said:
      Reply to JK

      I use a javascript file I wrote to do most of the legwork in Photoshop. Then I go back and hand-tweak some things that the script gets wrong.

  • On November 10th, 2008 at 19:58, b e said:
    Reply to b e

    bravo
    my comment is a bit too short
    what a pity

    bravo

  • On December 25th, 2008 at 11:38, linda said:
    Reply to linda

    this is so cool..you really are a special kind off artist..really cool ideas:)

  • On January 10th, 2009 at 15:48, Rebecca said:
    Reply to Rebecca

    This is wonderful.

    I’m trying to get into scripting myself. I’m a graphic design student but so far I’ve been self taught in scripting.

    I’m amazed by the work you’ve done.

    Do you accept internships at all at your studio?

  • On January 20th, 2009 at 13:49, Condoms Girl said:
    Reply to Condoms Girl

    As both a mountaineer and photographer I find these images somewhat compelling. Wonder what it would be like to climb the flattened ones. CG

  • Landscapes for the Aughts « Alcohol, Televisions, and Meat pingback on February 16th, 2009 at 14:36
  • On March 26th, 2009 at 22:45, Emma said:
    Reply to Emma

    I’m curious what you did exactly to flatten pictures like that (i’m okay at drawing art, but picture anatomy is beyond my capability, or mind set at the very least)
    Larissa (whom I believe is your niece, we’re buds) told me you did lots of concept art, and that i would particularly like the drawings and photo arts. I do agree.

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