Idea 070 - CNC Pointillism

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One Line Pitch

Use a CNC to make paint dot paintings one dot at a time

Description

Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image.

Use a CNC like the XCarve with a paint brush tool holder. The CNC is programmed to dip the paint brush into the acrylic paints and dab a canvas with the paints. The dabs of paint will have a tiny 2-3 mm height on them to give them depth. Allow full color and tool changing of the paint brush.

To program the CNC create a program that takes a photo as an input then splits the photo into pixels all 2mm wide, then finds the average color in that 2mm section.

Prior art

• Why I draw with robots - Sougwen Chung • TED@BCG Mumbai
• Paintbot painting cnc - Open Builds, Good video
• Color Your World With This Cnc Painting Robot - Has a neat way of ‘cleaning’ the brush
• These Geometric Paintings Were Made By A Cnc-Machining Robot!
• DPRG’s Robot Art Team!