Scanner Play

I was scanning some tax paperwork (kind of boring) and got wondering what I could put on the scanner just for fun. Here’s a few of the results.

(technical note: the image files were huge so I’ve scaled them down a lot and did a little cropping. Other than that, there not “shopped” at all)

Some stuff I found around the office –

I crumpled up some plastic wrap and put it between the platen and an old family photo for a neat effect –

I had to try a CD and DVD next –

That’s way more cool than what was on the discs in the first place.

I wanted to try something that wasn’t so flat. I have a lot of owl figurines (People are always giving me owls). Here’s one –

Another one –

These owls are made of birdseed –

I tried rolling one of the birdseed owls, tracking the scanner bar as it scanned –

It gets stranger. I had to try the same thing with my hand –

I had to try that again –

Finally, I just cupped my hand, placing fingertips and wrist against the platen –

I’ll be looking for some more ideas.  That’s my story, dammit.