I received a few comments when I uploaded the scotch tape people, from [d]online readers that were fascinated by anthropomorphism; specifically that which was derived by pliable, changing media. In that tradition, I was captivated by the (age-old) idea of revealing messages in smoke. And while this isn’t exactly novel, it re-illuminated my imagination for the idea.
Click the image to see other examples of this treatment. Where else have you enjoyed this style? Which applications show it the best? Which ones do you find quite lacking?
My biggest frustration with online galleries has always been search- and sort-ability by photo contents. The introduction of captioning to Picasa and tagging to Flickr did little to quell my disappointment. Sure I could view a tag cloud of photos that were tagged with the word “New York” or “Mom”, but I couldn’t easily sort by who was included in the photos. And, beyond that, my sojourns to social events would all be tagged after the event and not the containing people, unless I went through each individually and tagged the person or people for each picture.