I̷̗̮͆́̃ ̵̜̭̌͒N̸͈̑̄͘ ̸͉̼̈́Ć̶͓̍̄ ̵̛̘̖͔̂Ǫ̷͎̓̚͠ ̶̖̟̯͘M̵̢͔͙̑̇ ̶̧̾Ĩ̴͇͐͜ ̶̙̼̉Ň̸̞͝ ̷͇͂G̷͕̳̍

A photo of the sun, peeking through a brief lapse in the cloud cover.

Images of warfare and destruction, human grotesque and suffering throughout, invaded my mind's eye as I worked on this piece. Step by step, assaulted on all sides by the horrors of war, tears streaming down my face, I worked wearily until completion.

My editing process entails bouncing the original photo between multiple image manipulation phone apps, then once I've become satisfied with the basis, I move it to Photoshop, where I then layer the image multiple times and apply distortion and color manipulating filters via Filter Forge to different layers with varying sequences of blending modes, cascading the effects into a form of organized chaos until, finally, a shape emerges from the dust.