Scott Blake - Bar Code Art

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UPC A/Marilyn Monroe/Movies

For this portrait I collected 39 UPC numbers from Barnes and Noble.com and found the face using Google image search. Some of the movie titles where available in DVD and VHS format, which gave me some extra bar codes to work with. I was inspired by a Gerhard Richter exhibit I saw at the SFMOMA to add a wiggle in the mosaic. I offset the barcode tiles to produce the hypnotic effect. The visual pattern accents Monroe’s curly hair and round checks, is also used to reference her body shape.

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`Date Created`	`-`	`August 22, 2003`

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

`Pixel Dimensions`	`-`	`11556 x 11556`

`Pixels Per Inch`	`-`	`214 ppi`

`File Size`	`-`	`45.5 Megabytes`

`Color Mode`	`-`	`Grayscale`

`File Format`	`-`	`Photoshop Flattened`

`Individual Bar Code Image Dimensions`	`-`	`1.5 x 1" (4.27 x 2.54 cm)`

`Individual Bar Code Pixel Dimensions`	`-`	`321 x 214`

`Bar Codes Generated`	`-`	`39`

`Number of Bar Codes Wide`	`-`	`36`

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

`Total Bar Codes in Final Image`	`-`	1944

`Hardware`	`-`	`Power Macintosh G3 1000 MHz with 512 MB RAM`

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

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