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.
Claims18
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, separate from the card, 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;
- a plumb indicator line disposed on the transparent surface;
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- a plurality of rulers, separate from the card, each ruler comprising a set of distance markers, the distance between adjacent markers in single set of distance markers being equal.
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 by converting the measured dimension to a proportionately larger or smaller dimension using a set of rulers, separate from the transparent surface, each ruler comprising a set of distance markers, the distance between adjacent markers in a single set being equal.
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