To download my dataset, I downloaded this program and edited the config.ini file to navigate to my channel of choice.
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The program was able to produce an entire folder of images saved from the channel.
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The link to the zip file is here.
Next in order was to select which pictures I wanted to paint.
I went through 3 iterations of choosing which pictures to use, settling on 14.
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I then divided them into 4 categories:
- Liminal, meaning liminal space images that are usually real pictures taken on older digital cameras in a ‘transitional’ space that invoke a dreamy or unreal feeling
- Cyber + Surrealism, meaning images usually orginating from the 2000’s web with the unique aesthetic of the time
- Media, meaning images of or derived from popular media within this subculture
- Memes also from this subculture specifically
In the gallery, I will separate the paintings based on these categories.
I purchased a sketchbook. I printed off each picture and am going to trace them individually into the sketchbook, using a lightbox rented from CSM library.
I still haven’t decided the mode of this gallery – My first thought was a neocities website to stay on theme with the images in question, but Jazmin suggested something like a framevr gallery. We will have to see!