Next up are a few based less on curves and more on distorted and broken rectangles.

Similar basic shape as the last posts, but with more colors.

Here are a few more variations, without comment.

Whoa! Too many colors.

Here I used bold primary colors to illustrate what I mean. The colors closely follow the shapes. The effect is better when it is subtle. Compare with the previous image, Experiment 2023.2 #3, and others in this series.

Many of the posts in Experiment 2023.1, Experiment 2023.1 #3 for example, explored adding colors to a monochrome image. In those images the colors were independent of the shapes.

In this image and the previous two, the colors are related to the shapes.

I started out with a vague plan. The main point was to be organized. I would list things to try, try those things, record and document the results. Then I would further pursue the ideas I liked best.

As usual, I am easily distracted and often head down the proverbial rabbit hole. So instead of a pseudo-scientific organized study of variant ideas, the result is a collection of distractions.

I do not have time to start over while this blog remains idle. So I will try to impose some organization while posting what I have.

It has been a week since my last post. I need to get started again.

The story so far: In Monochrome Minimalism I explored simple white on black shapes. In Monochrome Minimalism #2 I listed some ideas about how to enhance the monochrome shapes. Then in Experiement 2023.1 I explored a few of those ideas.

In this Experiment 2023.2 series I continue with those experiments.

Adding texture to a mix of Experiment 2023.1 #15 and Experiment 2023.1 #16.

This is an experiment in shifting color planes in Experiment 2023.1 #15. Simple mis-aligned rgb planes looked too cheap. Here I make the size of the shift proportional to the intensity of the color, and then blend in the original.

Inverting colors in Experiment 2023.1 #14 Resulting in a white background.

Increasing color saturation in Experiment 2023.1 #13.

This series started with various decorations, mainly colorings, of simple shapes. I moved away from the simpler wispy, ghostly shapes adding sharp lines/outlines. This one has a little of each.

The next few posts feature and assortment of digital manipulation of this base image.

High contrast, with colorful thin lines separating smaller regions. This one seems a long distance from where the series started. Yet, I think I can trace the steps that led from there to here.

I am not going to list those steps, nor am I going to continue down this path today. But this is definitely going into my "revisit" pile, and may become the start point in a future series.

Similar shape as with Experiment 2023.1 #10. This one feels like a neon party.

Here is one with an ominous and ghostly feel.

After the previous image Experiment 2023.1 #8 I wanted to mix in more holes.