So, I work across the street from this cathedral-looking building. I think they do weddings there, but I am unsure and also do not care. What matters is that the building itself fascinates me aesthetically.
I also included the gas station that I stop by after work.
These photos were taken at night for the sp00ky.
Before I lived in Maine, I lived in a suburban complex near New Orleans. You couldn’t leave the housing areas without going down the highway, and, as a result of this, one could not really go anywhere interesting without a car.
My parents worked as lawyers in the city until late at night, leaving me and my brother essentially trapped in the suburbs (and in our house since my mom was paranoid about me or my brother getting diseases from bugs because the suburbs were next to the river, can’t say I blame her for the concern) whenever we got home from school. One can imagine that this does not allow for many childhood experiences since the only times our parents brought us anywhere were for groceries, dinner, or holidays like Mardi Gras.
In any case, moving to Orono in high school was a very notable change. Finally having things like a gas station, restaurants, the university, and other such things within reasonable walking or biking distance (and actual snowfall) was a welcome experience.
Ok, story of my life over, just explaining why I picked boring places that I see on my walk to work.
The photos themselves utilize color indexing, dithering, and 3×3 blur filters to achieve their current appearance. I learned how to do this from a game developer and figured it would be an interesting effect to apply here.
I’m still experimenting with different index palettes and dithering algorithms to make my application of the effect more distinct, but the basic principles remain.
