System and method for creating purportionately accurate figures
OwnerGregg B. Thorkelsoninventor
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Abstract
A system and method for producing proportionately accurate likenesses in an artwork is presented. The system uses a grid or other distance markers on a transparent surface of a card. By observing a measurement of a feature of a subject with the distance markers and transcribing the measurement of the feature on the artwork an accurate likeness of the subject may be made.
Claims20
A system for creating a proportionately accurate likeness of a subject in an artwork comprising:
- a card comprising a transparent surface for viewing the subject, the surface having a grid comprising a series of equally spaced vertical lines and a series of equally spaced horizontal lines for measuring a feature of the subject;
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- a plurality of rulers for proportionately transferring a measurement of the feature to a working surface of the artwork, each ruler comprising a set of distance markers, the distance between adjacent markers on each ruler being equal.
A system for creating a proportionately accurate likeness of a subject in an artwork comprising:
- a card comprising a transparent surface for viewing the subject;
- a plurality of equally spaced distance markers arranged in a column on the transparent surface for measuring features of the subject;
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- a plumb indicator line disposed on the transparent surface.
A method of creating a proportionately accurate rendition of a subject in an artwork comprising:
- viewing the subject through a transparent surface having a grid comprising a series of equally spaced vertical lines and a series of equally spaced horizontal lines for measuring a feature of the subject;
- measuring a dimension of a feature of interest of the subject with the vertical or horizontal lines;
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- proportionately transferring the measured dimension of the feature to a working surface of the artwork.
The method of claim 16 wherein the transparent surface further comprises a plumb indicator line and the method further comprises viewing the subject through the transparent surface with the plumb indicator line in a substantially horizontal or vertical orientation with respect to a first feature of the subject, observing the relative horizontal or vertical location of a second feature of the subject and transferring the second feature to the working surface of the artwork at the observed relative position from the first feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.