Saturday, October 22, 2011

How I became a comic character...


Do you see the character in the upper left of this comic book, well it's me! Don't go thinking it's an actual drawing, for it's a piece of art by Christophe Weber that I saw at the Galerie W corner, at the Chic Today exhibit at La cité de la Mode, by the Seine. This is actually a live image, projected on a huge screen, with two cameras on each side; each of them films the people in front of the screen and turns them instantly into comic strip characters. Great idea! On top of that the Galerie W people had the marvelous idea of using polltogo to get people's reaction on the spot. Really Fun!

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  1. I simply don't know what to say to this photograph !

    Dermo

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  2. Wow - how do they do that?! Very cool!! And it sounds like it was a Polltogo rousing success. Most excellent.... : )

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  3. By gosh, what will they think of next?! Both fun and cool, Eric.

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  4. That is so cool! I've never heard of anything like that!


    Kris

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  5. That contraption is news to me too, and what a good idea. And now that you photographed the projection, you have your comic self to keep as a souvenir.

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  6. That contraption is news to me too, and what a good idea. And now that you photographed the projection, you have your comic self to keep as a souvenir.

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  7. Thanks for sharing this—c'est formidable! But I must ask: What are you wearing? If you enlarge, it looks like you have flowered (plaid? camo?) trousers. :~}

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  8. That is so cool!! I love it! How much fun would it be to capture yourself in a comic, doing what you do and have fun doing it. Just great.

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  9. The software is quite impressive.

    However, as Alexa notes, the ericwear may be questionable!

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  10. @Dermo. "I simply don't know what to say to this photograph !" LOL. No worries, don't say anything... ;-)

    @Monica. ;-)) Thanks. Actually here is a usage of polltogo, we did not think of!

    @Carrie. "And it sounds like it was a Polltogo rousing success." I haven't spoken to them yet, but I surely hope it was!

    @Jack "This is terrific. I want one!" I'm sure you can buy it!

    @Shell Sherree "By gosh, what will they think of next?!" Isn't what art is all about?

    @Alexa (and Jeff)"But I must ask: What are you wearing?" Well surely not "flowered (plaid? camo?) trousers." (I don't have them LOL), but simply a pair of jeans if I recall.

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  11. One last mot for the heck of it. The title of the post is ambiguous. A character in a comic, or a comic character. You may have been comic long before being put in the computer's comic!

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  12. Pretty cool! Don't take this the wrong way but you make a great comic character! ;) (well, in the context of this photo, at least ;)

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  13. this book by Christophe looks very interesting to read and see. nice addition into your blogs. keep up the right and great work.

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