Now, some of these diligently preserved collections have been liberated from their darkened lofts, painstakingly scanned into computers and posted online for other mag-fanatics to enjoy.
Mr. Brooks painstakingly scanned and digitally mounted reproductions of every one of van Gogh's remaining 2,200 paintings, sketches, watercolors and drawings, often searching through obscure auction catalogues to find the best possible images.
Over a two-month period, Project Buyology exposed both social and long-time smokers, as well as non-smokers, to a raft of suggestive images as the fMRI painstakingly scanned their brains.
He hand-draws often abstract forms, making small changes to floating geometric shapes or shifting scenery, and painstakingly scans each page after each minute adjustment.
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Since then, Dr. Kappelman and his colleagues have painstakingly turned the scans into three-dimensional models, piecing together the virtual fragments to get a more accurate idea of their original shapes.
This is a formidable undertaking: the process involves laser-scanning the caves, creating millimetre-perfect fibreglass replicas, and then painstakingly repainting each fresco.
Foreigners paying with dollars must wait while each bank note is scanned to detect forgeries, and the serial number of each bill is painstakingly recorded to make sure the staff resist temptation.Because Nigerians do not trust each other, they have to pay cash for more or less everything.
Joe's work consists of painstakingly detailed, hand-drawn illustrations, usually in fine-line pen or pencil that are then scanned and edited on a Mac..
