Scott Blake - Bar Code Art

UPC A/Elvis/Music CDs

Elvis Presley died August 16, 1977.

I was born October 20, 1976.

First product with a bar code was scanned on June 26, 1974. It was a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit chewing gum.

Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA was the first CD pressed in the United States for commercial release on June 4, 1984.

I created this portrait on November 17, 2002.

Full Size JPEG 26.2 MB


`Date Created`	`-`	`November 17, 2002`

`Image Dimensions`	`-`	`54 x 54" (137.16 x 137.16 cm)`

`Pixel Dimensions`	`-`	`10800 x 10800`

`Pixels Per Inch`	`-`	`200 ppi`

`File Size`	`-`	`46.6 Megabytes`

`Color Mode`	`-`	`Grayscale`

`File Format`	`-`	`Photoshop Flattened`

`Individual Bar Code Image Dimensions`	`-`	`1.68 x 1" (4.27 x 2.54 cm)`

`Individual Bar Code Pixel Dimensions`	`-`	`336 x 200`

`Bar Codes Generated`	`-`	`102`

`Number of Bar Codes Wide`	`-`	`32`

`Number of Bar Codes High`	`-`	`54`

`Total Bar Codes in Final Image`	`-`	`1728`

`Hardware`	`-`	`Power Macintosh G3 300 MHz with 192 MB RAM`

`Software`	`-`	`Mac OS 9.2 Adobe Photoshop 6Internet Explorer 5`