Animal Testing: Bunnies, Monkeys Used to Develop Digital Imaging Technologies

A mildly peeved-looking rabbit known as The Stanford Bunny (pictured above, in various incarnations) is a widely used test model for graphics research. Other popular test images include those of a monkey face, a grizzly bear sunning himself on a rock, a teapot, and 1973 Playboy Playmate Lena Sjooblom. The lot of them have long fascinated New York artist Kevin Zucker and are the subject of his recent guest essay on Paddy Johnson‘s blog, Art