How do you make glitch art?

Creating glitch art involves intentionally corrupting or manipulating digital files to produce visual errors. Several approaches exist depending on your skill level and desired results.

For beginners, start with image glitching techniques like opening an image file in a text editor and randomly deleting or duplicating sections of code. Apps like Glitch Lab or online tools provide accessible entry points without technical knowledge.

Intermediate artists explore pixel sorting -algorithmically rearranging pixels based on brightness or color values. Datamoshing creates fluid, melting video effects by removing keyframes from compressed video files.

Advanced practitioners work with hardware glitching, corrupting signals through physical manipulation of electronics, or write custom scripts in Processing or Python to generate procedural glitch effects. The key is experimentation -glitch art thrives on happy accidents and unexpected results.