I am glad you enjoy this picture. If anybody wonders how it is done, well, it is a long story:
It has been created using the maths that are behind of one of the Escher drawings (The print gallery). The maths are generally known as a conformal mapping in the complex numbers plane (whatever that means).
This maths are described with detail in these two links:
The main problem is that there is no way to apply those maths in photoshop. Instead of that, I had to use the Gimp with a plugin called Mathmap. One additional problem is that this plugin only works for Linux and not for Windows, so I had to set up a Linux box (as a virtual machine), only for generating this kind of images.
So, the whole process to learn how to create this pictures took me two or three months of investigation. But I am happy with the result and now I can make one of this pictures in 1 hour or less
Amazing! If I had Gold I would Tip you - but I don't. Well done this is probably one of the best images I have seen on this site. Not just inventive - but totally applicable to the subject matter. Bravo
Thanks a lot for your comment. I am glad you enjoy it!
Fantastic image, perhaps my favourite on BGG already. possibly better than chick with Lost Cities cards on face?
NOOOOO!!!!!
Actually, this is an amazing and cool photo. However, with all the right angles that I'm seeing, you may be getting a visit from the Hounds of Tindalos real soon...
That's the most amazing picture that I have seen. I have never seen a picture where there has been 643 thumbs ups, but I have seen a picture that has gotten 15.00 geekgold. Keep up the good work.
It was solitaire with cool cards. Zero interaction
Looking for a playtester/editor/translator for your cool new game? Contact us, we're free (but we ask to be mentioned in the acknowledgements, and a copy of the game would be a nice gesture, but not necessary).
I am glad you enjoy this picture. If anybody wonders how it is done, well, it is a long story:
It has been created using the maths that are behind of one of the Escher drawings (The print gallery). The maths are generally known as a conformal mapping in the complex numbers plane (whatever that means).
This maths are described with detail in these two links:
The main problem is that there is no way to apply those maths in photoshop. Instead of that, I had to use the Gimp with a plugin called Mathmap. One additional problem is that this plugin only works for Linux and not for Windows, so I had to set up a Linux box (as a virtual machine), only for generating this kind of images.
So, the whole process to learn how to create this pictures took me two or three months of investigation. But I am happy with the result and now I can make one of this pictures in 1 hour or less
To be honest, I thought you did the whole thing physically, IE, that the left-most hand and north-most head were real, and everything else photos!
for you!
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