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The portrait machine builds up a portrait* of you, or any subject, over a period of time. A couple of tiny cameras record images of you, as you pass in front of the frame, sampling each image for a clue as to tone, hue and facial structure.
Taking that info and applying the paint to the canvas in
small brushmarks maybe 1/2in across, it only dabs on a few spots each day, in a sort of rough pontillist style. The effect is a painting more in the style of Soutine than, say, Seurat.
Over the course of a year you see the painting slowly emerge, with features that accidentally incorporate some aspects of other faces it has encountered during that time.
If the progress of the project is bothering you there is always the option to have a clock mechanism fitted, to add to its usefulness.
*Landscape version also available.
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Maybe place the cameras around a bathroom/bedroom mirror to increase the chance of capturing the same subject. |
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(Cohabiting currently-childless couples might get a worrying glimpse of what their future demon offspring might look like.) |
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Is the *Landscape version for those inclined to repose? |
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Absolutely, [Canuck]. It was a touch I couldn't resist. |
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I hadn't intended it to attempt nudes, [boysparks]. No reason why not, I must admit. |
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I was thinking of minimising accidentally capturing someone-else's face by placing the cameras in a room likely to be frequented by just one or two people. Face capture only. Didn't occur to me that more than that might be captured. Oops... |
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Him, to her: "Honey, why does my nose in this picture look just like the milkman's?" |
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Put it down to artistic licence. |
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We thought this would be a combination of a digital camera, a set of brushes, a pallette of oil paints (or acrylics), and a robotic arm; click on the checkbox for "Mannerist", "Pre-Raphaelite", "Impressionist", or for the mesochistic, "Cubist"....... |
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But this could be good, too ..... [+] |
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