Abstract: An apparatus comprised of flexible gores that are serially connected to each other at their lateral adjoining edges. These gores have a hole in their polar region and a drawstring runs through the gores' holes such that, when the drawstring is pulled, the drawstring pulls the gores' polar regions together and a radial three dimensional shape forms.

Abstract: An apparatus comprised of flexible gores that are serially connected to each other at their lateral adjoining edges. These gores have a hole in their polar region and a drawstring runs through the gores' holes such that, when the drawstring is pulled, the drawstring pulls the gores' polar regions together and a radial three dimensional shape forms.

Abstract: This invention relates to a cheek plumping apparatus which is comprised of one or multiple cheek pads and the means of attaching the cheek pads to the outer face of an individual's hind teeth. This invention thus causes the individual's cheeks to be pushed outwards and plumped, thereby giving them a more youthful appearance. The invention includes both removable and permanent means of attaching the cheek pads.

Abstract: This invention consists of processes that cause the accurate simulation of a target image, pattern, or color by either averaging the colors of text with its adjacent background or by averaging layers of color. In the former, text and the background around or adjacent to the text are selectively colorized such that, when viewed from a distance, the text and background optically blend and average together to accurately simulate the colors and grayscale values of an image. For the latter, this invention demonstrates how the perceived effects of shadows or highlights on a surface are counteracted by applying calculated antidote colors to those effects. It also demonstrates how a starting surface's color can be changed to a target surface's color by applying layers of transparent primary colors to that surface.

Abstract: This invention consists of processes that cause text that is placed on a surface to be selectively scaled, thickened or thinned to achieve the overall appearance of lightness or darkness, thereby forming the approximation of an image. A target image can be used whereby each character's modification in the text will be based on the grayscale value of the corresponding sections of the target image in order to best represent and approximate it. Multiple techniques for implementing this invention are described, including techniques for selectively modifying the text. Novel techniques are also explained for thickening or thinning graphical elements such as text to approximate a target image.