transparency art

My first thought was to try to make pictures of my kids that looked like old Disney animation cells. This just ended up happening instead so I will have to post an animation cell instructable later.

This is really easy and does not take a lot of time unless you do the glass etching I did.

Please check out my other instructables and I also have a diy podcast called mechanicalmashup.tv

Step 1 The picture

I just found a great picture of my kids and opened it up with photo-shop. I chose one with a plain background to give the picture more depth and clarity.

click filter, stylize, photocopy. Play with the levels a bit until you are happy and voila! It's that easy.

Comments

[MissBetsy]

Dang it!
1 day after mothers day I see this great instructable.
Well, there are birthdays, X-mas.....
Love it!

[litobro]

great intructable, just a note that the photocopy is under sketch not stylize.

[Domengik]

hey ,can i ask? what did you use to stick the frame into the glass? what is that called? thanks!

[dave spencer]

I just used masking tape around the edges where it was behind the frame

[connorcancount!]

you can see silver brackets in the picture holding it all together.

[dave spencer]

they are just the spring clips that came with the frame. I don't know if they have a technical name or not.

[Murdok]

Where can I get transparency sheets? Thanks.

[dave spencer]

walmart or any stationary store should carry them

[elmertang12]

I do something similar to your etching but I use a dremel tool with a diamond bit and carve into the glass. You can add more texture this way by changing the depth of the cut. I usually use thicker glass than regular pane glass. I also carve on the backside instead of the front.

[chaz54476]

this is great and my kids loved it.. Ty

[royalestel]

You can get a denser image and more saturated colors by sandwiching two prints together. Also printing color images and hanging on a window can give a nice stain-glass effect.

[mrmath]

Gimp users: Filters>Artistic>Photocopy. Great idea. I might just do something like this for mother's day next year.