This is the original image:

Concept: Anonymity and hidden identities && Changing Personas on the Internet (Identity transformation)

Much like the chameleon, when we try to be anonymous by hiding our identity on the internet, we are attempting to camouflage ourselves by blending into the environment.   With this attempt to blend according to our surroundings, we may alter our reactions and perhaps even personas depending on the situation or the people we are communicating with. This is reflected with the colour changing characteristic of the chameleon. In turn, the glitch effect also represents this characteristic with the unpredictability of every change, especially the colours and patterns.

Glitch Attempt:

 

 

 

 

Process:

Initially, I used WordPad and Notepad to glitch my images. However, that did not work for me at all as with any small edit, the image will be broken. I referred to several tutorials online which mentioned that jpg and png images will easily be broken and that I have to convert them to TIFF or BMP for the images to work on WordPad and NotePad. Despite doing so, there was still no improvement.

I researched further and found that notepad++ may be a better platform for glitch art. Thankfully it worked!!

I begin with copying and pasting a few lines here and there and that resulted in the first image: fuzzy effect. I continued doing so for some time but did not see any significant changes in the image. I then tried a different approach and referred to the hex editor method recommended online.

This is the original text:

After changing it to HEX:

I replaced some alphabets and phrases here and there, in chunks first then followed by fewer lines. Tutorials also recommended that the effective replacement will be alphabets a-f and number 0-9.