[hn_throwaway_99]

This is Hacker News. I can't think of a better way of someone "hacking" something (i.e. using cracked glass in a novel way) to create something new, unexpected, and incredible.

I think this is probably the best idiomatic example of the type of story that I think belongs on HN that I've seen in quite some time.

[boppo1]

As an artist, this isn't incredible. Arranging lights/darks to copy a photo is high-school tier. Money for food + shelter + materials and I could do this in a month, as with anyone who can copy a black and white photo.

[hn_throwaway_99]

Well then, why didn't you come up with it first?

I'm serious. The world is rife with things the "don't seem like a big deal" only in retrospect, when people downplay innovations as "no big deal/anyone can do that" when something comes on the scene that a lot of people connect with.

Heck, I feel like your response is the art equivalent of this top comment on the original Dropbox Show HN submission by Drew Houston:

> For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

[mrkpdl]

> high-school tier.

This is the first time I’ve seen the language of tier lists applied to art. Feels very weird/of a consumerist mindset.

[supermatt]

Calling observational realism high school tier while working in 3D (as per your profile) is hilarious given your medium automates the very thing you are belittling and is literally taught these days at elementary school!

Any serious artist would respect technical competency. I guess that says a lot about your credentials “as an artist”.