In this paper, we explore a technique for printing on the curved surface of a human fingernail. We start by reproducing the shape of the fingernail via a 3D model. In our future work, we will apply a distortion to the halftone image to correct the deformation of the printed image.
Marshia A. Seto, Qian (Rain) Guo, Wengui (White) He, Peng (Davi) He, George T.-C. Chiu, Jan P. Allebach, "Modeling the 3D shape of a fingernail and pre-distorting an image to be printed on the fingernail to yield the correct appearance" in Electronic Imaging, 2022, pp 252-1 - 252-4, https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2022.34.15.COLOR-252