PCB Art: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

RE: PCB Art: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

ntewinkel — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 19:28:47 GMT

That's really cool! Adds a whole extra dimension of possibilities to our projects.

How many colours do you have access to? I was only aware of having the white silkscreen over the board colour, and maybe exposed copper? But do different places allow multiple silkscreens of differing colours?

I might be able to convince my SuperArtGirl to add to a future project [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-9e420fba-9cbe-4f97-9ee0-374e0268a923/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16] Her art can often have simple and clean designs.

https://www.instagram.com/superartgirlstudio/

Cheers,

-Nico

RE: PCB Art: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

dougw — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:31:10 GMT

Cool work.

This technique would lend itself well to art by Benjamin Chee Chee, (which I like) although I have no idea what copywrite issues are involved.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=benjamin+chee+chee&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=UgpFUOp1sn5OUM%253A%252CIDtx3wVpmgTPiM%2…

RE: PCB Art: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

dubbie — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:28:48 GMT

Frank,

I have always liked the limited colour palette art works, my own are along those lines, mainly because I just cannot draw or paint. So sticking to shapes and putting them together and overlapping is something that I can actually achieve. I think this is why I prefer TinkerCAD for my 3D printing as it is a similar concept (and I can get my mind around it).

It would be interesting to see how the reality of a PCB would match these concepts, should you ever decide to get one made.

I've put some of my own attempts at art in below. I don't think they are that good at present but with more practice I might be able to produce something I like. These are made by dripping glass paint onto white tiles. Some colour separation is done with outline paint otherwise the colours self-blend - which sometimes is good. My camera is not that great so these do look a little darker than they are.

Dubbie

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RE: PCB Art: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

shabaz — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:03:14 GMT

Hi Frank,

They both look really good! And I'm learning too from your work too, since I never knew what these were called. The second one reminds me of the Chinese works that are a similar multiple-story-layout, with long panorama-style exploration of village activities etc.

RE: PCB Art: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Andrew J — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 09:51:13 GMT

It is clever Frank. I’ve always thought that the waves had a fractal quality about them but never heard anyone else say that. It seems like a shame to stick components on the top of them - I think simpler the better so that as parts of the image get obscured it is still recognisable, so your wave makes more sense to me. I’m racking my brains for something suitable: iconic album covers perhaps. Dark Side of the Moon??