Portraits of CAPTCHAs in acrylic

Becky Stern's paintings recreate "particularly attractive" Web-based CAPTCHAs in acrylic. Link (via Craft)

[#1 posted by Anonymous , September 5, 2007 5:11 PM]

More CAPTCHA paintings from a year ago:

http://playfulpainter.blogspot.com/2006/07/captcha-paintings.html

[#2 posted by Pyros , September 6, 2007 7:27 AM]

If only they were that easy to read.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , September 6, 2007 8:07 AM]

Very Peter Halley-like, only with text.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , September 6, 2007 6:29 PM]

How twee. It's not so twee or amusing if the CAPTCHA represents social exclusion, as it does to me. I'm not an evil spammer, just a blind person. So my way is increasingly blocked as I go around the Web by these oh-so-fascinating images. Perhaps artists can represent that reality some day. It might not look pretty.

[#5 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden/Moderator , September 6, 2007 6:53 PM]

I hear where you're coming from, Anonymous #4. I have a disability that's aggravated by being bored. The world is chock-full of people and things that don't take that into account.

[#6 posted by Dimitrios , September 6, 2007 8:15 PM]

Nice work, but where did they get idea from?
It surely is from the guy who makes the sand paintings over at http://www.thousandlotsofsand.com

The concept is good though. A bit nerdy maybe?