Sketch Search with Retrievr

Following on from your previous post concerning Wallpapr, a site that allows you to search the Flickr library for desktop wallpapers, we have stumbled on another Flickr based application that allows you to search for imagery in a rather unique fashion.

Instead of using traditional techniques, such as search keywords and categories, Retrievr rather uniquely bases its search on a small sketch that you complete inside a box and, whilst the results are not always as expected or hoped, it certainly makes for some interestingly improbable returns - then again, the results I obtained could just be down to my rather eccentric artistic style.

You can try Retrievr for yourself here, and if you can get it to return a set of pictures that don’t include either a dog or a cat - when you have drawn a car and a plane - then you’re a better person than I (though I respect that the site is still very much in development).

Below you'll find a series of links to selected related posts, simply click on the post title or the image of interest to link to the associated post. If, however, you would prefer to browse the related category or categories you can do so by clicking on associated category links above.