"Come to Daddy! Come to Daddy!"

[miss_squiddy]

Last week, I was bombarded with links to this guy's scanner photography project. I'm sure you've all seen it, and if not, where were you?

Anyway, I thought that scanner photography might be quite a cool thing to try. Until I read the instructions on making the camera and then I decided it was all too much bother. But after a conversation with lee_chaos about photocopiers and that website about scanning cats I figured I didn't really need a camera to do some experiments.


So here's the first. Pretty strange, huh? Vaguely reminiscent of Rubber Johnny...


So weird.


I don't really know what I was thinking in this one. It's not that odd but I put it in because it made me laugh.


Teeth. They look revolting, don't they? They're not that colour in real life, I swear!


This one is sort of pretty, in a way...


OK. Now here's where things start to go a bit weird again.


I discovered you could get some really odd effects by not moving that much at all.


Eeep! This one was almost so brilliant!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to scan yourself and post your pictures here. Go on. You know you're going to be bored in the office later.

Comments

[mirukux.livejournal.com]

new lj icon time? :)

[miss_squiddy]

Yeah, actually. I should do that.

[evilpixielady.livejournal.com]

that teeth one is horrific...*shudder*
amazin effects though

[miss_squiddy]

I'll scan some feet for you later :D

[evilpixielady.livejournal.com]

no thanks the teeth were really quite enough...i literally got chills from that piccie...i think feet and toes might just tip me over the edge...but you are awfully thoughtful..hmmmmmm

[miss_squiddy]

Bwahahaha!

[thespirit3.livejournal.com]

That is very cool! Very cool indeed!

Big gnashy teeth! *gnash gnash gnash*

Scary. hehe.

[http://users.livejournal.com/princess-pie-/]

oooo, that looks so cool! i wish i could work machines like that, anything more complicated than a light switch is beyond me...

[miss_squiddy]

You could *so* do this! Pretty much all you have to do it turn it on and press 'scan'. Photocopiers work in exactly the same way if that's any easier.

[http://users.livejournal.com/princess-pie-/]

wow! that is my plan for tomorrow! mwahaha.
theres a photo copy machine in my library, hehe. i can imaginethe faces of the old folks reading their papers and me photocopying my face!

[miss_squiddy]

Hahaha! Awesome! If it's a black and white photocopier then you might end up with just a nose as things further away from the glass will just turn into darkness but you can do some really weird things with hands and fingers. Also, set it to A3 paper so you have more space to play with.

[http://users.livejournal.com/princess-pie-/]

haha, your a professional face photocopier!

[gommog.livejournal.com]

Noooooo, don't do that to your eyes. I used to scan my head in and set it as peoples desk tops when i was doing installs and everyone told me it'd f*ck my eyes up. I've got glasses now so there might be some truth in it burning your retina out, stick to scanning bum cheeks and naughty bits.

[miss_squiddy]

It's OK... I didn't actually look at the light in any of them - I flicked my eyes from one side to the other. (The last one went all wobbly because the light got a bit bright and I shut my eyes.)

[recursived.livejournal.com]

Man, those are better special effects than those in The Howling 7. No, I cannot shut up about that film, gibber gibber meep.

[miss_squiddy]

Hahaha. It sounds dreadful. I must see it! (You are a one-man PR campaign for it!)

Actually, the IMDB entry is great: "This is "Howling" with a country-western angle."

Looks like we gawt ourselves one of them weerewolves...

[recursived.livejournal.com]

They've engaged me on a commission basis, I get a free George Jones tape for every copy I sell.

Alas, I can't recall a line like "we gawt ourselves a werewolf", that would actually be too much of a logical plot-advancing device for that film. Instead, virtually the entire town goes from "it's a mountain lion that's ripping out throats" to "let's kill ourselves a werewolf" in no time at all. To tip you over the edge, let's just say that the film also features a campfire-side C&W singalong (swaying from side-to-side included), which, naturally, is an anti-drugs song!

[shellbun.livejournal.com]

Aaaaargh!

That totally freaked me out! I think I feel the same way about millions of sets of deformed teeth as the pixie does about feet!

Very clever - but SCARY!!!!

Bun x

[miss_squiddy]

Heeheehee! Sorry!

Yay

[angryangeltoo.livejournal.com]

I love playing with time exposure :) Great pics :)

Re: Yay

[miss_squiddy]

Thanks! I'm sure they'd be better with a proper scanner camera though...