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Another art-related idea I would like to see: take a picture of the signature on a piece of art to look up the artist. I have 3 original pieces I really like. T
by jackfoxy 15y ago
Another art-related idea I would like to see: take a picture of the signature on a piece of art to look up the artist. I have 3 original pieces I really like. The artists are probably complete unknowns. If such a DB could grow to world-wide that would be a great boon for art lovers and artists. I think it would shift the balance of power held by powerful art critics, making what is recognized as fine art more democratic and making it easier for talented artists to attract a following.
- replicatorblog 15y agoI actually did that this morning! The new Google image search is neat in that you can drop an image into the search box. I saw an unattributed piece on pinterest this morning, dropped it in GI and out came the artists name.
- jQueryIsAwesome 15y agoIt also work to find the source of videos; just take a snapshot and drag it there.
- jackfoxy 15y agoGreat suggestion, only in my case the contrast of the signatures to the backgrounds is not good, and this would be a problem with many works saved by Google as well. But it does give me the thought implementing this idea might be technically easier than I thought. Implement the saved signatures as images with the background whited-out and provide tools to easily bring a requested signature image into that state.