Category Archives: Art/Craft


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Also known as Sonogram Nailsa thing now, apparently.

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Greek artist Dimitris Ladopoulos applies the Houdini algorithm (which assesses the density of information in an image – in this case, the density of brushstrokes and application of paint in masterpieces from the historical canon) then interprets it in the form of coloured tiles of varied heights.

For those who like their analogues nicely digitised.

Above (from top): “Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn, Princesse de Broglie” by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres; “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci; “Portrait of a Young Man” by Titian and “Vincent van Gogh” by John Peter Russell

Previously:  Quadrilaitude

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A new animation by artist Jake Fried who builds up layers of ink and white-out liquid, changing and overlaying the same black and white drawing, scanning each new iteration into Photoshop (there are 1440 in total, filmed over seven months)  then editing the whole sequence into a 60 second short, complete with music soundtrack.

Previously: Mind Frame

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