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handpainted film camera remakes the anime gundam through vibrant color blocks

designboom | architecture & design magazine·matthew burgos I designboom·2 months ago
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Gundam-inspired handpainted film camera   There’s a handpainted film camera going around, and it is inspired by the sci-fi Japanese anime Gundam through its vibrant color blocks. Made by David C W, the device uses IUTD ‘To Be Continued’, a film camera from the Chinese brand IUTD Studios, as the base. He then applies four colors in sequence over multiple sessions: light gray, blue, yellow, then red, each one laid down, dried, and masked before the next coat goes on.   Since it is handpainted, there’s no film camera that looks the same, as David works on the model one at a time. Luckily, the original camera’s body is clean looking enough to be a canvas. The designer’s assembly starts with removing components, including the viewfinder, shutter, film roller, buttons, screws so the body can be worked on as a clean surface. The first coat is light gray, which acts as the base layer. Blue follows, then masking to protect what has already been painted, then yellow and red.…

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