There's a digital printmaker called Joseph Scheer who uses a scanner to
obtain incredibly detailed images of moths
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0205/feature3. They are interesting
in the context of drawing/representation, because they are not
(single-viewpoint) perspective views, more like parallel (orthographic)
projections.
George W.
At 01:22 PM 3/5/03 -0000, you wrote:
> have you tried to use a hand held scanner. you can 'draw' with them as
>they can be passed over any 3D form in multi directions. control can be
>very fine as you can manipulate distance (focus) as well as selection of
>what is in and out of travel. cheers -----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew CM Hinton [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 03 March 2003 23:12
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: non-camera based photography
> As we are stretching the definition of drawing to its contemporary place
>can anyone advise me on my inverse scanning project. Scanography is well
>established but I still can't get my scanner to work 'above' the object
>rather than 'below'.
>Andrew
> **
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