The first sketch of the idea by Pete.
Please see the original project post on Mirror, Mirror for more details on the project.
First successful multi-person track.
First successful track with a mask larger than the face itself.
We created a custom drawing tool to allow Pete to generate mask paths for the installation. This is a grab of one of the first paths drawn.
A grab using some of the custom elements that Pete had selected from the V&A archive. It was obvious at this stage that the next step was to add reflected elements, as well as scaling to ensure that the masks generated didn’t get overwhelming in scale.
A grab of a scaling, mirrored mask.
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A beautiful idea and execution! do you have any video of the project?
Hey Travis,
You can see more of the project here:
Mirror, Mirror main post
Thanks!
Joel
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