Traditionally, when many of us think of graffiti, we think of artists spraying away with simple paint cans. However, there’s often a lot of tech and art that goes into the field these days. [Vitaly Tesh] built himself a impressive dot-painting spray rig that’s really rather nifty.
The spray can paints individual dots on the wall at varying distances apart, thanks to the spinning disc. Varying the speed of the motor or the rate at which the can is moved relative to the wall changes the pitch of the dots. Importantly, [Vitaly] included a drip capture system so that paint that doesn’t pass out of the dot aperture doesn’t leak all over his hands or the wall, ruining the piece.
We’ve seen robots put to work painting murals on walls, too. Video after the break.
[Thanks to Abe Tusk for the tip!]
If only someone would buy these graffiti artists an airbrushing kit, many of them could make a very good living. Fabulously talented, far too determined to ‘share’.
Now he just needs to put the collected paint back into a refillable spray can.
Estimating the angle of the disc’s cutout ot approx. 60 ° (1:31 in the video) 300 / 360 = 83 % of the paint is lost. Okay, hmmm …
This is just crying out for a 3d-printable model for the rotary parts, rather than cannibalising a drone, albeit a cheap one.
Very clever hack and a very talented guy!
Graffiti “artists”.
Interestingly, it’s art because they make it to have an impact, not because you approve of it.
Nice argument, just one tiny issue: It is art if it is on your property. Everywhere else it is obnoxiously forced vandalism. Many trains where I live are covered in this “art” form.
Since the location in the video looks abandoned, not much harm done, which is rare.
That doesn’t make it not art. That makes it graffiti. Literally defined as illicit wall art.
Please tell us where you live !
So some of us can have an “impact” defacing (I mean “creating art”) on your personal property.
100%
Then every form of vandalism is an art. :)
A very limited few of them ARE tremendously talented. This particular guy… Personally my opinion is a resounding mêh. Generic, bland, same as I see all over the world in every alley, on every bridge. The sort of “art” that makes you scream: “Fuck off and find something useful to society to do”.
Very, very limited few. Like one in one million or something like that. Pareto says 80% are just vandals with an can of paint. 80% of the rest lack any real talent. 80% of the remaining have some talent but lack skills… And so on.
Curiously enough, the very talented ones are the most impacted by the vandals, because their effort tends to not live for long.
At least vandals do something destructive with their time, unlike engineers.
So he basically wastes two thirds of his paint?
It was sponsored by a paint brand made for graffiti. So I guess it is great for them if people use more of it. :)
Not entirely: he his sprainv most of the paint that dripped on his hands while gesticulatibg for the samd of the youtube video
Wut?
Pretty ingenious, Tesh is legit.
If I can’t read your sentiment, it’s wasted work.
If you can’t read it, you don’t need it.
Without asking the composer, how can you be sure what is exactly the intent? You do admit to having contemplated WTF does it say, so that may be the point.
A lot of bitter boomers here in the comments, but at least it’s a refreshing change from the tinfoil-hat crowd.
😐 as someone that does street art I gotta say there’s extremely limited niche usage for this device at best.
This is actually really cool, as someone who’s planning on going into engineering, and as someone who enjoys spray painting. The only downside I could see is the waisted paint, if there was a way to minimize that, it would definitely be something I’d consider using myself!
Idea is cool, artwork is pretty cool (cant read it so checks out as legit graffiti hehe, plus the dots pattern does look special) comments are so-so (we get it guys not everyone likes street art) but they have a fair point about waste.
V2 suggestions: How about instead of spinning a disc in front of the nozzle you have the motor rotate a cam? pushing down on the cap/nozzle? i feel like that should get you the same effect without any waste/need to collect paint & requiring much less space? You can probably make that some self contained “secondary cap” with a dial (for speed) and a button (for painting) that you can easily clip to the top of any spray can? honestly seems like a marketable product ^^
This is actually a really smart idea for getting the same effect, or at least a similar effect
Pitty he didn’t do a rasterized Roy Lichtenstein type of pop art mural. That would have really proven advantage of the dot add-on.