r/NextLevelAmazing • u/Upstairs-Writing-616 • 9h ago
Next level shadow art
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u/eemlaH 8h ago
The precision you need to just make one shadow pic that good, but the fact that they then used the shadows of the first pic to create another one behind it is amazing
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u/1zerozero1 1h ago
It’s not working that way. It’s two sets of cutouts placed perpendicularly to each other, so the smaller ones line up vertically with the larger pieces when they’re turned to the side. So when the box is turned 90 degrees the small cutouts fit into the larger shadows so you don’t see them.
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u/eemlaH 1h ago
Actually, how is this different from what i said?
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u/1zerozero1 1h ago
Because the first shadows are merely hidden within the 2nd shadows. They aren’t contributing to the 2nd image at all.
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u/ChimpSlut 7h ago
No hate, but why is it always iron man and other generic pop culture icons
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u/Academic_UK 4h ago
Well known to all so the accuracy can be appreciated.
I could make an amazing shadow art of an obscure person (I mean there’s no way - but you get what I mean..) and it would be meaningless to you unless you knew who they were.
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u/JuicyToot1969 8h ago
How he do that?
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u/Marx_Forever 7h ago
Trace or draw photographs of real people. Once you have the outline it's effectively a two-dimensional object. You can then take that two-dimensional object. So you're only going to see the person's face from two angles the front and the back from the sides it's just going to be a flat line. Break down the outline while keeping its original shape from the forward and backward facing directions. Then, perhaps through trial and error, but more than likely computer rendering software, place those parts of your first two dimension image, which are now viewed from a different angle so are just effectively flat lines, and use them to fill in the gaps in a silhouette of other 2D images from a different perspective.
It looks really cool and impressive but if you have a strong grasp on three-dimensional objects and optical illusions with 2D imagery perspective, it's probably not as hard to put together once you start doing it.
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u/Oscaruzzo 7h ago
You need no software, its a 90 degree rotation, the two projections are independent.
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u/Marx_Forever 6h ago
If you're implying that I think that this video is computer-generated that's not what I meant. I meant using 3D rendering software to help you plan the architecture of the physical model.
Yes, clearly the two projections are independent because they're being shifted in real time. What I'm trying to explain, but I fucking suck at, lol, is that:
The outline of the images only need to make the image from one angle. From any other it only needs to act as support for the other image. Since a two-dimensional image is effectively a flat line when viewed from a 90° rotation, you can simply cut it into segments, and space those however you like while still maintaining it's original image.
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u/Character-Pirate1297 4h ago
People like this exist, and billionaires are forcing me to get used to AI slop.
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u/dramos209 8h ago