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Quest for the Gigapixel piece of art
14 years ago
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Anybody who's been following my Twitter account would know that I occasionally make reference to wanting to get a Gigapan Epic Pro for the sole purpose of wanting to create gigapixel photographs.
Why do I bring this up here? Simple answer, really. There are two ways I want to go about doing this given its relevance to the furry fandom.
The first method involves creating a really high-resolution picture of a piece of artwork. And no, it's not going to be done on an already existing digital/traditional piece of artwork. I have in mind an original piece of work, in that I have one of my characters doing a sort of three-quarter rear view pose on either a 22" X 28" black poster board or 19" X 24" bristol board. The larger size allows both the artist and myself to achieve as high a detail as possible on a canvas of that size. Then I would go in and set up the print to be photographed multiple times and stitched together to create a really high-resolution image.
I am, of course, willing to both pay the artist for their time in assisting in this type of venture, and supplying all the necessary supplies to accomplish it. Artist gets paid and gets tools, and I get an image to work with. A simple deal, really.
The second method I have in mind is taking gigapixel images involving fursuits. I'm not as inclined to go about this method mainly because of the amount of time involved in taking enough photographs to stitch together a suitably large enough image. I'm not saying it can't be done without use of more creative methods, like inflatable dolls and mannequins. But I am saying that it would take quite a bit of work to try and pull this off. That, and finding the kinds of means to be able to pull this off as effectively as possible, given the kind of image I want to produce.
I am looking for feedback as to whether this would be the sort of thing that can be pulled off.
Why do I bring this up here? Simple answer, really. There are two ways I want to go about doing this given its relevance to the furry fandom.
The first method involves creating a really high-resolution picture of a piece of artwork. And no, it's not going to be done on an already existing digital/traditional piece of artwork. I have in mind an original piece of work, in that I have one of my characters doing a sort of three-quarter rear view pose on either a 22" X 28" black poster board or 19" X 24" bristol board. The larger size allows both the artist and myself to achieve as high a detail as possible on a canvas of that size. Then I would go in and set up the print to be photographed multiple times and stitched together to create a really high-resolution image.
I am, of course, willing to both pay the artist for their time in assisting in this type of venture, and supplying all the necessary supplies to accomplish it. Artist gets paid and gets tools, and I get an image to work with. A simple deal, really.
The second method I have in mind is taking gigapixel images involving fursuits. I'm not as inclined to go about this method mainly because of the amount of time involved in taking enough photographs to stitch together a suitably large enough image. I'm not saying it can't be done without use of more creative methods, like inflatable dolls and mannequins. But I am saying that it would take quite a bit of work to try and pull this off. That, and finding the kinds of means to be able to pull this off as effectively as possible, given the kind of image I want to produce.
I am looking for feedback as to whether this would be the sort of thing that can be pulled off.
