Some results of this process are pictured in Figure 8.2.
The abstraction is much subtler than in other styles, but when viewed at high resolution an interesting subtle fall off in detail, largely small scale texture, is noticeable. This captures at least a bit of the effect that can sometimes be seen in photorealistic paintings where low contrast detail seems to disappear, while some high contrast details, for example in reflections and specularities, appear to be emphasized.
Figure 8.4 illustrates the importance of taking region boundaries into account in assigning importance to image regions. If importance just varies locally based on dwell time in the vicinity, fixated objects have a halo of detail around them.
A number of limitations to this approach are obvious. Clearly it doesn’t capture the flexibility an artist uses in abstracting texture, and removing entire elements. Even