A board stretcher, hammer grease, and a gallon of striped paint!
May 17, 2015 8:58 PM   Subscribe

 
The part they don't explain is how they got the cats to hold still while dunking them in water.
posted by Dip Flash at 9:06 PM on May 17, 2015 [15 favorites]


They used a cat deactivator.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:09 PM on May 17, 2015 [10 favorites]


Once again, it is demonstrated that indeed the most useful objects in today's world are binder clips.
posted by not_on_display at 9:15 PM on May 17, 2015 [5 favorites]


In general this technique is called hydrographics or water transfer printing, lots of good videos out there.
posted by Confess, Fletch at 9:29 PM on May 17, 2015 [2 favorites]


Ok so on the full-body cat they paint, the last dip it goes into -- watch for the paint that goes onto its ear... and then its second ear. Very cool.
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:41 PM on May 17, 2015 [4 favorites]


Sorry, science. Ladies beat you to it.
posted by FirstMateKate at 9:44 PM on May 17, 2015 [6 favorites]


This is one of the many awesome papers that are going to be presented at the SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference this year!

(SIGGRAPH on MetaFilter previously)

Here's a list of the papers that are online so far. Computational hydrographic printing, for example, is here.

(Disclosure: I have a paper at SIGGRAPH this year as well.)
posted by a car full of lions at 11:34 PM on May 17, 2015 [7 favorites]


Wow, cool technique. Thanks for posting!
posted by Too-Ticky at 1:17 AM on May 18, 2015


At last we have our explanation for why these people got their cats wedged into their scanners.

How, though, remains a mystery.
posted by flabdablet at 3:46 AM on May 18, 2015 [3 favorites]


This is kind of interesting... there's a nail art technique that seems to work on the same principle. The first time I saw it I was surprised that it worked.
posted by easter queen at 7:34 AM on May 18, 2015


Oh duh, FirstMateKate made the same comment!
posted by easter queen at 7:35 AM on May 18, 2015


This is very cool! It's like paper marbling but not abstract and not for a flat surface.
posted by heatherann at 8:30 AM on May 18, 2015 [1 favorite]


I thought that "ladies beat you to it" link would be to the instant-makeup gif.
posted by yoink at 9:20 AM on May 18, 2015 [3 favorites]


♥︎ SIGGRAPH season.
posted by migurski at 6:21 PM on May 18, 2015


This is super cool! I wonder if this technology will someday become a common peripheral for 3D printers.
posted by One Second Before Awakening at 11:17 AM on May 19, 2015


Sorry, science. Ladies beat you to it.

...by James Nash.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:31 PM on May 19, 2015


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