Deep dives on creative techniques, the stories behind the collections, and what's happening at the intersection of digital art and physical objects.
Photography captures light bouncing off surfaces. Scannography captures light passing through them. That single difference produces images that no camera can replicate — here's an honest comparison of both mediums.
A step-by-step breakdown of the scannography process — equipment, subject selection, scanner setup, the dark-room scan, and post-processing — with practical tips for beginners and a look at how Avien approaches the medium.
Scannography turns a flatbed scanner into a camera — no lens, no photographer's eye, just objects on glass and light moving through them. Here's what it is and how it's used across four JoyXchange collections.