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Today, we learned how to create glitches in images, and this is a glitched portrait of myself. With four people in a group, we took turns editing and distorting one another’s portraits.

Since everyone could edit each photo as they pleased, there’s no way for the subject to control the process or know what the final image would look like. This mini-project is somewhat similar to a Do-It-With-Others (DIWO); There is a lack of control on the creation of the glitched image as everyone is free to edit, warp, and distort the portrait, working together to create the artwork.

For this portrait, it gets grainier and more distorted as it goes through each group member, but up till the second last image, we can still make out the outline of the hand and other elements. The last edit, however, with the enlarged cells, makes the portrait completely unrecǫ̴̢͇̙͓͕̲̳͂̂̊̏͞͡ͅgnisable. If anything, we can only make out the dark patch in the bottom-right corner to be my jeans.

Overall, I think this glitch could be improved (ironically, considering how I used to think that glitches were mostly accidental errors), by making the finally product retain certain key visuals, like the hand, while keeping the distorted look.

Nonetheless, no one has full control over the outcome of each portrait, and that’s alright;

it simulates the interesting inconș̸̪̖̻̳̾̓́̋̉͊͟͜͡i͔͔̺̱̍̉̍͆̌̾̇̕͜s̴̨͔͙͚̼̖̣̩̅̉̿͂̃͋̎̏͘͟ṯ̨̠̟̩̠̪̬̦͋́̉̿̀̈̄͞͡é̡̨͔̲̗͈̟̰̝̗̔͆̂͌̆͌̕͠ṋ̡̨̛͇̼͔͎̐̑̎̓̄̏͂͊č̩̠̤̱̞̿͂̎̌͡į̷̢̰̰͚̜̖̬͛̊̀͑̇͞e̷͚̘͓̯̖͈̥͂͂̍͐͗̔̉͐̅͢͝s̛̭͚̞̱̗̝̗̹̤͗͂͒̑̃̕̚͟ ĉ͕̩͙͈̩̪̃̊̀͂̕a̪̮͖͈̺̜̍͛̀̏͌̑́̕͘u͍̣͉̰̞͉̹͈̍́̾̃̅͐̀ṡ̢̧̮̺̤̞̰͐̄̍̍͑̕̚͞͞ͅe̵̡͓̼̩̥̪͑̿̍͑͌̐̃͟͡d̶͍̣̳̺̘̗̀͊̂͊̆̍͝ b̡̧̪̯̜̼͚̯̼̈͑́̆̀̆̂̿͢y̷̨̟̰͉͍̳͑͗̓̓̔͐̆ g̨̱̟̥̩͉̃͒̎͒̑l̵̮̪͍̣̫̃̾͛̌̄̓͡͞i̛͎̺̦̪̝̎̈́́͂͡͞t̷̡̟̮̪̠̳̘̙̐͌̈́̇̎́͘͘͝c̡͓͓̱͔̈̊̈̎͂̀̚͝h̸͕̹͓̦̫̹͕̭̜̏̌̋̐̀̄̔͑͠͝į̤̞̜̼̃̊̾͑͊̆́̾͝͞ͅn̴̛̬͓̥͚̮̈̅͑̀̈g͖̯͍̼̰͚̹͊͌̌̂̾͋̎̂̏͢.̶̢͔̮̗͉̺͑̈͒͟͞͠ͅ