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Milliande Visionary Art Bus Explores Scanner Magic
~I have tried a lot of things and was really exited when I glimpsed the possibilities of Scanner Art
~ Always on the lookout for new creativity help guides online I came across some fascinating scanner artists and their work was simply breathtaking
~ Being a keen photographer and having dabbled with macro photography my curiosity was piqued
~ How did they achieve such beautiful close up photography images of such tricky subjects?
~ Little did I know how relatively easy it is to create beautiful macrophotography art with no camera photography ... yes no camera is used but instead a flatbed scanner technique ..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Milliande Free Online Art Classes Scanner Art
What is Scanner Art ?
~ Scanner Art or sometimes affectionately known as scanner magic
~ The technical term for scanner art is scanography or no-camera photography
~ it is a digital artform that utilises photo scanners and image scanners to create work of art
~ it is a type of macro photography art , allowing for very beautiful macro close ups of your chosen subject
~ Placements and arrangement of your macroart subjects can be either random for a surprise abstract art effect or carefully choreographed for the closest representation of your creative art idea
~ Unlike taking a macro photo with a traditional camera, this form of macrophotography utilises a flatbed scanner which captures an image by slowly moving both the light and the lens across the chosen art subject
~ it allows for different kind of in one elongated time exposure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Milliande Free Online Art Classes Scanner Art
Equipment and Art tools needed for Scanner art
What you need:
Computer
~ Access to a desktop computer or a laptop computer
Scanner
~ a photo scanner which has a flat bed scanner access ( not the type of scanner where you need to feed paper through upright )
Cloth
~ a cloth to clean the flat bed scanner surface during different sessions of macro photography ( even tiny speckles of dust show up in this type of macro photography so taking care of surface particles is essential ,I use a silk scarf ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Creativity Help Guides Online Scanner Art
Milliande Free Online Art Classes Scanner Art Part 1
Creative Scanner Art Tools for Part 1:
Fishing line
~ I use transparent fishing line to suspend items in the air above my flat bed scanner to get 3 - dimensional depth effects
Bamboo Cane or other long Stick
~ depending on where your flatbed scanner is located you might need a long cane to suspend the fishing line from
Tweezers ~ I use fine craft tweezers which allow me to postion visual elemts of design in the objects I like to scan . I scanned a palm tree leaf suspended with the fishing line and added tiny feathers with my tweezers for added creativity details
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Milliande Free Online Art Classes Scanner Art Part 1
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Milliande Free Online Art Classes Scanner Art Part 1
Art Class Video Part 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Creativity Help Guides Online Scanner Art
Milliande Free Online Art Classes Scanner Art 2
PART 2
Milliande Free Art Classes Online Scanner Art 2
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