Spiral Art
October 14, 2011 1:57 PM Subscribe
Clearly he has discovered that The Strangers can Tune.
posted by nathancaswell at 2:02 PM on October 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by nathancaswell at 2:02 PM on October 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
How?
Smoke and Vermeers.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 2:06 PM on October 14, 2011 [12 favorites]
Smoke and Vermeers.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 2:06 PM on October 14, 2011 [12 favorites]
Ever since I read The Iron Council [possible spoilers] and saw Uzumaki I've been somewhat leery of spirals.
Now I have the jibblies.
posted by lekvar at 2:08 PM on October 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
Now I have the jibblies.
posted by lekvar at 2:08 PM on October 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
How?
With Faber-Castell™ Artist Pen™’s amazing precision and control!
posted by kmz at 2:09 PM on October 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
With Faber-Castell™ Artist Pen™’s amazing precision and control!
posted by kmz at 2:09 PM on October 14, 2011 [1 favorite]
Smoke and Vermeers ... and, of course, Dali practice.
posted by falcon at 2:15 PM on October 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by falcon at 2:15 PM on October 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
On the one hand, awesome and impressive. On the other hand, algorithm.
posted by gwint at 2:27 PM on October 14, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by gwint at 2:27 PM on October 14, 2011 [3 favorites]
How?
I'm guessing he's tracing — IOW, under the sheet, visible to him but not in the video, are both a print of the Vermeer and a set of concentric circles on acetate. With practice, he has gotten the knack of varying the thickness of the line to create the image.
posted by beagle at 2:39 PM on October 14, 2011
I'm guessing he's tracing — IOW, under the sheet, visible to him but not in the video, are both a print of the Vermeer and a set of concentric circles on acetate. With practice, he has gotten the knack of varying the thickness of the line to create the image.
posted by beagle at 2:39 PM on October 14, 2011
I'm guessing he's tracing
Or he's talented and/or savant. We've seen more impressive feats of visual memory.
posted by stbalbach at 2:44 PM on October 14, 2011
Or he's talented and/or savant. We've seen more impressive feats of visual memory.
posted by stbalbach at 2:44 PM on October 14, 2011
Wow – this guy could draw circles around most artists.
posted by Kabanos at 2:52 PM on October 14, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by Kabanos at 2:52 PM on October 14, 2011 [4 favorites]
Yeah, the amazing part is if he's not referencing anything. Other than that we had to do this in Drawing 2.
posted by cmoj at 3:13 PM on October 14, 2011
posted by cmoj at 3:13 PM on October 14, 2011
Umm ... kind of a 'double' (from 1649). Claude Mellan's 'Sudarium'. [description] [detail].
posted by woodblock100 at 9:30 PM on October 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by woodblock100 at 9:30 PM on October 14, 2011 [2 favorites]
Also, has anybody heard of any kind of Photoshop plugin that can do this?
posted by woodblock100 at 9:33 PM on October 14, 2011
posted by woodblock100 at 9:33 PM on October 14, 2011
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