Behind the scenes — "Yjonra Outskirts" images
.by @dpend.extra
.
![IMG_9510.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpe7x7ywQXXbQUcgfKZCgurzahH66tXxJRkpcChTNHznkLA4uxUPi4p5yZsTWVxifHYeoawzfepgoGoTYVjpvD7UovroCdZX5gJ.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9505.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdvSVS2EJ3mr1n9yYx9oYMLUp3kKAdfAUz6tzP5wPaix7jF35tnbpfsuAvQ6kobVteNrLrD355Z7vCrBAE3yHxewUPxSTtGz9C.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9509.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ1CSBUviWTEFXEE4WyW8KYibxmtBzqh1878axAjp9vUYwgmNqyNbdMsnRgJ9M4maDhq3jTJ1Qm6nFJw4cvxYhQ4Db9F9peAiCKQHiAhiVRebcY8So6kfVp.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9514.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmnTyNGh2H7fq9Z7BcQhEBaFD5BKgihkBZE6XvQ1mbxrSNsK14moGN5NHouG5JNrkWWUnUxJ6GP3NgpFzEcPcfX3jbcWozKKc.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9508.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmZWB1RVk1kFSNdgBmLi1q8rsu5N8rgXKZRYVCKiqBukw25nYumvxwgPzGYderDoaREztSerrSrxzdTTcsytT4Mos8f5Bi5nW.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9512.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdvMGHr6TZ1yHVmZSrKb2hdqPc8LmupDqBJmYpYmLqnDH5RnzJcaYzwY1gh16Pewwe5ZUTwV4eNzfswRB769YxNJnLpghHiNyU.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9497.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpdjz1T5JXCS66ixgCctmkWUmcLdJ88SowSd4Rf43Mu8x8orQZBeEnbGKiaLKgnLjWdAQ38MQmCxxj2SLm9zsPtz2FjkQik1hn6.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9515.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmP8WMHCaGaKcWxFsoJGjaBC6vJUyBn6ezKp9rZBXVsh8KYk5vSWtfYFT3GLdfDxjgpgXNz3AAm3imFnZvhVQa6tSAdutLm5g.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9499.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmHtmPj9hsHfotEiipCiszy2X37T2WRa526sicJuYL3MqZTdK1PNyyhv67nZ4xSSTFfNtxmQSbwxEj7x2vxMFJEjAAbTtqQYv.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![IMG_9516.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdwE5287QiG4Du7rcrK9RScvX2sPnZ2h34AS9Fvub1Cdb81kfuyPfnsaLZtrAWd8xEGQ2rCry4ifCnDvXjcZXQW7afuUbJVhFk.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Greetings!
It's been a long time since I did a behind-the-scenes post and I thought "Yjonra Outskirts" would be a great one to do it for, so that I could show the method I used to combine different Deep Dream Generator process "layers" into a composite image.
If you haven't heard of it, Deep Dream Generator is a platform where you can upload images and process them through other images or "layers" of a preset engine and get very interesting results. Playing around with processing my original photographs has been one of my favorite past-times in recent months.
All of the images at the top of this post were taken by me with iPhone 8+ with a macro lens attachment in June of 2020. They are the base material I started with before beginning to process.
Now, to show the process for each image in this post would take quite a long time as I typically end up generating 5+ images for each starting image along the way to a finished one. So, I'll show it in detail for a few!
Let's start with this macro photograph of this black mesh fence with a blurry tree in the background:
I processed this image through several pre-set "layers" of the Deep Dream engine to the deepest depth called "fathomless." Here are the results:
.
![lmmsb-22.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdnB2Zg1DJAnpvCMaqVKBtXxzjGqWq7FziThPukskndA6MrQTZhRyAyZbCqJ6MM54ZuRAAHDkeQV4u8yXu9QLnbmSUvprF8Zca.png?format=match&mode=fit)
.
![lmmsb-13.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdnB2b6VfRue6to3szLufBpuwQdj3oY1kDvUyU5xRKV5Sb3QEGZtLcJ65kL4wLgkbRPDLi7Qvd3mrptXTEfbiZZd1cNATX76Na.png?format=match&mode=fit)
.
![lmmsb-19.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdnB2aqnqpGhqTBHgP1x4P2tH2zn1Q8LZcyWZNGo6cicGtmXsb1KLfpzzzzuiC2zAmjiJRHy27gDnt4Dc88x6UNUUXmRvchRx2.png?format=match&mode=fit)
.
![lmmsb-11.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpdn5nmwXcznZTnnUYyjNchpKdCaZTFfjoKwvEZdPZpCHxKhH1qisCaoWtFt1RBBSVZiG6fTJ8kTBsvwg6Zgfyh3GhCpKLL1Pw4.png?format=match&mode=fit)
.
![lmmsb-20.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdnB2ZfwshgGtvtn56ojV8Z9s4ZRY9zHwEpRpJkAz9oPXUB7FV5Rxre8CfkZsBQMqoHuVCd18qSWLDGT3jyHg7F53QqgiLvpuk.png?format=match&mode=fit)
.
![lmmsb-15.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpdn5nmwXjuLoFDvqYnvrsBNFCSC7e4KzP2xyGeuz8skd9PpMNazxTv3zHBVkpeWz2rTK2MmDnVv1wTHTYa6wK4afC62GhGzzQN.png?format=match&mode=fit)
.
![lmmsb-ukiyo.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ1CSBUviWTEFXEE4WyW8Ja7HzhoX5rK1oRXCoLYQTUE2SGe4zztkoM6Uw7eZydgtA8MYj6U3zw4Rpyaq1VjTEH63PGjZL2au2AHP9WF3bVHUgZfj5KGihU.png?format=match&mode=fit)
The final image was created with a different tool that allows you to use your own style filter. It was processed through this image of traditional Japanese woodcut art (ukiyo-e.)
Once I had all those versions, I imported them into Final Cut Pro to apply draw masks over the parts of the processed images I wanted to be in the final image. In this case, I wanted to mostly use content from the Layer 13 version, but I did incorporate some textures from the others as well, including a subtle border of the ukiyo-e processed image. Here is the raw hybrid image:
Then it was time to re-import the image into Deep Dream Generator, and process the new hybrid to a "normal" depth on layer 13 to pull it all together. Here is the final version —
![immsb-fin.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmnTyctLNK8fWg2ZinDSkW5JZdJYgJnS8m3XXL3Y32UcKwNMZyTB9jZdz67EWWcTdTfPftG7WE4Uyt4KcJPHVx5GPkEJHS3Hx.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![strip1.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdvSVSYELe7mpjs2EkB69VH3C13jASxaphn1Z47QZw62iAR7GZzoEuN24H2iMGyLBQLHfBfhy8xqijJLiwh6vw3UKd9muFqtiJ.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![strip2.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpdn5nmwk6CSwuPBZLqCbdNfzcpddGLreoEkk1jSAS2xapUqDnFGD2xDq57LKoT9YM4GTvNVLSZofh4PjPVU2ZaY4Z5xHK9ny6W.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Image 2 — "Brutal Twist"
Let's look at another example, one that perhaps incorporated a more even mix of different images. How about this close-up of the twisted top of a metal fence?
.
![IMG_9510.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpe7x7ywQXXbQUcgfKZCgurzahH66tXxJRkpcChTNHznkLA4uxUPi4p5yZsTWVxifHYeoawzfepgoGoTYVjpvD7UovroCdZX5gJ.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Layer 13 Fathomless
.
![bt-13.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmejQoQGjq8Rw7aN19vywLyWyGf1yi4mA44eZu9RZ456831KKoanmhJtqe9LdxB8mwEKgCoWhX9epYBvidoJJFyzHuMdA6GLe.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Layer 22 Fathomless
.
![bt-22.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmnTyVJGVH53ggJ4sS8vZoVvnApCGGbXXRV4UF3YBS4icxy7MS3r8HJ38QdmdHGe54tAwPR1CYDzF2tR1A9NEdGHoapL1s7Rp.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Layer 11 Fathomless
.
![bt-11.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmejQwCDAckZmcEWFJ2KvJk8LmLcrUvJJvDGW4QeH8NCZdrftjipiV7nMwBKoQaR5Bw9uNBobqt4vqJCzLy9bECip1tFjeW7G.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Layer 19 Fathomless
.
![bt-19.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmejQfqqtMdAJBdgVWJ9rmnnRSHvxEJpn33gqksRZrsK2FTkDZ82o7XU2SYkTLmDhqzc4kR3J3NfYgeZbktPNZr3nYnTabNEa.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Layer 20 Fathomless
.
![bt-20.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmnTyVKh2Fm6UJTPswZ3HCXC3eDkgGDsZ41vDP6FcwK1T87DPGkqAsdYkkrAoRe5XJ4LUZg6ovNs8QD7zBPXoLkV9gRRdHcUW.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Processed through collage image designed by me
.
![bt-odpl.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ1CSBUviWTEFXEE4WyW8JdNZs6Puqc98foy2k4iCUUmSkvhPdLND3EnuEVUf7iJef88AXfohtJcuGtGEowtRSgEj6Wj3vPRQvvkm785htMEqpaQL1omhfk.png?format=match&mode=fit)
On this image, there were sections of many of the different processes that I wanted to include. Can you spot which parts of this hybrid image came from which original layer?
.
![brutal-twist-hybrid.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpdmejt2sZhSLYfCpYEbjaHcfvofGAn61soyRzxaCrXJxEjuDZtsqyaofgQU3zntZ1HcnqRvWUacVvtmrWQ9ts3hibHQeUtqCoY.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Now let's throw the whole thing back in through Layer 22 at Normal Depth.
.
![brutal-twist-hybrid-norm-22.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmejQfqotvyyUuG7Mhp5fymSwk25httJgqzP2iYnpSNmVXP6pA52JqNtxZvMZyquKTrqXNuRxKuEA7iCU2K3G9xvyE6QGF4yC.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Very nice... we're getting somewhere. To top it all off, let's iterate once more to a normal depth on Layer 13.
.
![bt-hyb-22-13-top-norm.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmejsWsjR4zJ9xagDUYfVMZZRbdVKzpr8j4zTDkc8PXUxC6sbGaEwAyqjgYn5zy79vn5Qcf5kDPX4zUpqyTsuwMN6YKJWBaWr.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![strip3.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdjyzEHfQEPq2RyhzDQVmZJ41QMbqMFiSTbku9RwUMX6Gfkp3BvsxUvLC4UHoGj1McXQKyBexM5U7hFw4DCtTEBL9ydKauks2E.png?format=match&mode=fit)
Conclusion
Now that I showed you the details for a couple of the images, I think you get a sense of the overall approach to creating these images, which did not differ too substantially for the remaining ones!
I hope you enjoyed this step-by-step behind-the-scenes post showing the process for creating the images in "Yjonra Outskirts!" If you have any questions or comments to add, please drop them in the comment section below :-)
Also, if you have a Deep Dream Generator account, do feel free to drop the link to it below so I can follow you there. _ I am going to put the rest of the finished images below in case you missed the original Yjonra Outskirts post yesterday.
@d-pend / @dpend.extra
.
original post by @dpend.extra
created for GEMS on HIVE
on December 2, 2021.
![strip4.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdjyzEHfQEPehwmcphLTyvx2i77eWEbUCCTnxxAe25vszzyMWb51XMetBShXAVXXcPuXa81QUVb7kZ2QDyobfcUihPWiAtkbBL.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![ripmesh-ukiyo-fin.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ1CSBUviWTEFXEE4WyW8JfLRUxherCqp3QgTgECmgHwVNc3JajAD6BTTQqoawB8oCb6Q6HJNcXa86D1Q1XQHLKvGyQGB3usmrmipXDbt1MazM9AmjxQ3iE.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![smb-fin.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpdn5nrXi5UmuLZsNQs4UBm1Whp8zqob2axEgX8Qv2cVFpegHfCShyuCEsQaTm6BQPEpye1hMP1mGNocjoqxM3hsZr6BJ92Fi1c.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![orm-hyb-13-20-top.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmP8VgT1XHE7Qzf4XYrwrAEU2yjgbFtMchyAuxhnSnskwwyooh9xW6yPBgLAFivmpw86F798fQ8DDFCGQzRCnrTKcKZ8uu32e.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![pt-fin.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7Xpdmzcb3hRBW7PqbDBym58wnQLrH7wSUwC3yRwBbHVeJFr3YsGu9JKurGuPugad8DRyNpaGCAo41Ux7UitKbVtdDDQP3wNDx5yp.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![sss-fin.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmUKQryKiwooJ9SvjENQwsDmibNuSnUzsimH9eUwt5dR5Uua5Qea7sUk26gCNWzuPEFYC8w8q5oYNTbb7bBrbihQjmk65n6aJ.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![tpb-hyb-13-20-22-top.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdmULVGmhZd36GcPw1G9Z3JqmSWt8FKcExPWNnNVbKai5NRrjskWAe9mcZx4tkAs7qUpWPmVQUDBiKDTEXV8dPXsT38Cn2UCvr.png?format=match&mode=fit)
![him-hyb-22-20-norm-top.jpeg](https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJGvyYbgWpVdZDo7XpdvSVMD79RWjtJPtq7Qi7BvePHQKwGAJU1LZPsLgWZPPmJBxfCvJQf1WZMHWrEbJBdV2Q7tB56nct7DkxywbGiYucAguGACFUi.png?format=match&mode=fit)