My painting art robot, Zanelle, is now interactive. If you are unfamiliar with Zanelle, she is a robot that paints on just about any flat surface with a brush and artists grade paints. You can see a video of her painting in my links tab or at www.vanarman.com. There are several samples of our art work at this link as well.
Anyways, I had it out and ready for interactive use in a pre-opening at the FLIK Interactive Art exhibition (@ Art Whino in Washington D.C.’s National Harbor). Also on display were three of my works with Zanelle…
Using either a mouse or drawing pad, people were able to use Zanelle to make their own paintings. I have the drawing interface set up at a child’s art table. I intended it for children, but as can be seen, adults and even entire families were using Zanelle to paint.
I did not know what to expect, but I thought what people chose to paint was pretty cool. I will post some samples as more are made. But people typically had a go-to image that they knew they could draw well, and they then simply tried making that image, except with the robot. Some examples: one made an R2-D2, another a pumpkin, and several just scribbled.
Near the end of the night, both the children in this family made paintings. One was a design that looked like several stars and the other was a house. I wish I had taken pictures so I could show them here…
Pindar
