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Sizz is an aesthetic that utilizes noise, distortion, and other digital artifacts to modify and abstract images. While the name originated around 2017, influenced by trends on platforms like Tumblr and Instagram, Sizz draws upon earlier artistic influences. These include German Expressionism's use of abstraction for mood creation, the emotional impact of contrast and lighting in film noir, and the Japanese are-bure-bokeh street photography movement's emphasis on grittiness and lack of focus. The term is an onomatopoeia intended to evoke the sound of noise. According to Merriam-Webster, "sizz" means "to hiss or move with a hissing sound."
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Sizz is defined not by a set of specific rules, but by an "ethos" - composition is valued over technique, experimentation over purity, and feeling over formula. The community around this aesthetic is centered primarily around appreciating the artists that create such works, so giving credit is considered mandatory. (Most of the information on this page, for example, is taken from this post made by the creator of the aesthetic.)
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