Process

I originally intended to make everything using a shape tool in Photoshop or GIMP to make squares and fill them with the appropriate color. However, after thinking about how that would look compared to my inspiration, it felt a bit too digitally manufactured. What I did instead was load an image of the logo into GIMP and blur the image until the logo was barely recognizable. Below I included one of the images I made just after blurring the Coca Cola image. Using this blurred image I took the airbrush tool and used the outlines of the blurs to make square-like shapes around the logo in the right colors. Using this method I think I managed to replicate the style Rothko had. The finished product looks much more handmade with this method compared to what how it would look if made with perfect shapes generated by GIMP.