Famous Faces - An Experiment in Quad-Trees and Image Processing

Famous faces are amongst the most recognizable subjects to human eyes, but what happens when photos of famous faces are mangled using algorithms that re-imagine their composition?

Image processing is done using my custom-made ImageMirage Python scripts. The ImageMirage algorithms break up images into rectangular regions based on color, then replace the regions with snipped images of roughly similar colors. The effect is a dazzling mosaic of disparate subjects, but the original famous face is still quite recognizable.

Find ImageMirage on GitHub.

Clinton Series

 Original Clinton

 Clinton processed with image bank 1

 Clinton processed with image bank 2

 Clinton processed with image bank 3

Jesus Series

 Original Jesus

 Jesus processed with image bank 1

 Jesus processed with image bank 2

 Jesus processed with image bank 3

Mona Series

 Original Mona

 Mona processed with image bank 1

 Mona processed with image bank 2

 Mona processed with image bank 3


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