Category — Popular Culture

I’m not heavily into tattoos, but this post (admittedly from a few weeks ago) did strike me as a pretty good use of computer graphics. If you forget the effort needed to generate a CG likeness of the person. And the fact this idea won’t save the world.

But for those who would like a tattoo, but aren’t sure, or even those who would just like to see what a tattoo would look like on them, this application seems blindingly obvious. An example of a good idea just staring you in the face, maybe.

I guess it just needs a few more years of development to make the process quicker and more accessible/affordable, and whether the idea has potential in other areas too.

The software was developed by computer graphics artist Loic Zimmermann.

Via Gizmodo

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Allowing myself to become a little wrapped up in the build up to the Iron Man film (Starring Robert Downey Jr.) – here’s a fantastic looking model made up of Lego parts.

Who hasn’t grown up with even a little go at creating a miniature tower out of these blocks? With the most basic of shapes, imaginations of all ages have created amazing structures and this Iron Man is no exception.

I particularly like the way it just doesn’t look like its been structured out of Lego. The pose has a bit of flexibility that seems to allow the polygonic forms to show through to recreate that Iron Man suit look.

Via Neatorama

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