Gallery: This Artist Had a Robot Print His Selfie With Ink Made From His Blood

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    Ted Lawson
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    Ted Lawson made a selfie out of blood.
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    Ted Lawson
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    He attached a brush to a CNC milling machine, and used his blood in the same way you might use ink.
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    Ted Lawson
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    Lawson turned a nude photograph of himself into code, and that code was translated into a pixelated version of himself.
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    Ted Lawson
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    Lawson being hooked up for blood letting.
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    Ted Lawson
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    The blood funneled through tubes and into the CNC machine where it was dispensed.
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    Ted Lawson
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    *Carina Nebula* is another painting Lawson used his own blood for.
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    Ted Lawson
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    blood-moon copy

    Same with *Blood Moon*.
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