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I haven't read the whole thread, so maybe I am just repeating a point someone else made. I draw as a hobby; during the pandemic, lots of people started hosting
by Pamar 4y ago
I haven't read the whole thread, so maybe I am just repeating a point someone else made.
I draw as a hobby; during the pandemic, lots of people started hosting art posing sessions over Zoom (here is an example of one of my sessions, model was in Mexico - I live in Europe: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb8WpdEAsOk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb8WpdEAsOk/?utm_source=ig_web_c...) so I was interested in this article because it looked like something that could make a difference for some of the studios/models I worked with.
Well... it is not really practical. Models do not have large budgets for a start, and are not necessarily tech savvy enough to put together something like this or make it work reliably.
Some places do combined live/online sessions (artists are in the room with the model and there is also a camera for people drawing remotely). I sincerely doubt that this would be of use even for studios.
I believe that online modeling could be a valid use case, but the cost/hassle ratio makes it absolutely impractical for anyone who could be even remotely interested in something like this.
In other words: as the article itself mentions at the start "The market for decent quality webcams seems to be non-existent". Just like "build your AV".
It may be an interesting project for a blog post, but it is really improbable that anyone else would try to replicate the endeavor.
- jephson 4y ago> really improbable that anyone else would try to replicate the endeavor. Not so, this week I bought one of the cameras mentioned in the article for the same purpose.
- Pamar 4y agoI am glad for you that you can afford this, but I still think it is really too expensive/complicated for the benefits you are supposed to get from it.