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May 28, 2009 Artist uses iPhone to 'paint' New Yorker coverPosted: 08:33 PM ET
Add one more to all the amazing (and sometimes useless) tasks that can be achieved on an app-loaded iPhone. Artist Jorge Colombo "painted" the cover of the current issue of The New Yorker using Brushes, an application for his iPhone, while standing for an hour in New York City's Times Square. You can see how he did it at the magazine's blog, which hosts a 51-second video (speeded up, I think) of the virtual picture coming together. The impressionistic nighttime scene, titled "Finger Painting," depicts a street hot dog vendor and his customers. "I like using my fingers. I like the quick eyeballing of colors. I like the endless Undo function," Colombo told CNET. "Wish I had a bigger screen, and long drawing sessions depletes my battery. I'm all the time ducking into cafes or restaurants, forcing myself to consume something while I recharge the phone on a socket to go do more drawings." I'll leave the critics to decide whether it's a great work of art. But as a tech milestone, I think it's pretty cool. A professional painting, done on a smart phone! Now when the iPhone can make a pizza and open a beer bottle, I may actually buy one. Posted by: Brandon Griggs, CNN.com Tech section producer |
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