On Apr 4, 10:22 pm, ImageAnalyst wrote:
On Apr 4, 4:10 pm, Ramon F Herrera wrote:
Allow me to introduce the topic with two examples.
Example 1:
There is a relic called The Shroud of Turin, which was supposed to have been used to involve the dead body of Jesus Christ. Some of the many scientists called to study it declared that if the image was a fake it must have been drawn by a tiny brush (perhaps with a few hairs) and the painter would have been extremely close, while simultaneously drawing images that only made sense from a distance. You would need a person with a very long arm, such as the guy in "The Fantastic Four" to draw such Image.
Example 2:
During the filming of the movie "Papillon", Dustin Hoffman played Louis Dega, a prisoner who had to wear very thick glasses. In order for Hoffman to see clearly, special contact lenses were designed for him, which reversed and canceled the magnification provided by the external glasses.
More on this later...
-Ramon
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Shro...
------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- Ramon:
I don't see how your examples help clarify the question you asked in your subject line. Why don't you just choose an image, then subsample it to create your icon. If it doesn't look good, then tweak it in Photoshop until it looks good.
It is possible to draw some amazing things close up that look completely different from a distance. Just look at this guy's sidewalk paintings:http://www.impactlab.com/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sid ewalk-art-photos/ Regards,
ImageAnalyst
Hi IA,
My question has not even been completely delivered, but I figured that the examples can help bring the readership to the proper mindset. They certainly did it with you.
Incidentally, thanks for posting a link to those photos. Unfortunately, it is not possible to anchor the head of a person to restrict his view to/from a fixed place. People have a habit of moving their heads around, and changing their point of view (this time, the pun was intentional).
What should be clear from my examples is something well known by graphic artists aka graphic designers: their occupation involves both cerebral hemispheres. Their trade is both an art and a science. The Turin example is artistic, while the Hoffman lenses come from a scientific discipline.
-Ramon