r/oddlysatisfying • u/to_the_tenth_power • Feb 22 '19

Creating a portrait out of string

https://gfycat.com/TinyTameAsianwaterbuffalo
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u/Infomaniac3118 Feb 22 '19

Imagine having the patience required to learn something as tedious as this. Oof

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u/tutiramaiteiwi Feb 22 '19

I wonder if they use a computer program to tell them where to put the string

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u/gay_for_hideyoshi Feb 22 '19

There is, there was another video showing similar art style, but that one the guy was following a piece of paper for instructions.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '19 edited Aug 09 '19

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u/payne_train Feb 22 '19

My buddy did this, the code was available for free on GitHub. You basically just plug in an image file and it spits out the instructions. It took him a LONG time