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OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
got round to it:
http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits shortly.
LMKWYT
(My apologies to all castleheads if this shouldn't be in .castle - I wasn't
quite sure if it would count...)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
>
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
>
> I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits shortly.
Cheating or not, it's awesome! Even forgetting the crazy optical
paradoxes for a moment, your design of the structure is really nice. I
especially like the starburst things atop the towers, and the waterfall is
very cool as well.
But I LOVE the clothesline! The idea is so simple, but it adds a great
slice of real-world-ness.
Great model with a lot of clever innovation!
Dave!
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
>
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
WOW - this made my head hurt! Excellent work! I can't wait to see how you
cheated :-)
And I echo Dave, the clothesline is hilarious! :-D
-Tim
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
>
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
>
> I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits shortly.
>
> LMKWYT
>
>
> (My apologies to all castleheads if this shouldn't be in .castle - I wasn't
> quite sure if it would count...)
I really like this one (then again, I really liked all the others as well :) )
The little bits like the funky flowers made from white rocket engines, and
the clothes line--very neat touches!
Nicely done!
Dave K
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
>
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
>
> I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits shortly.
>
> LMKWYT
>
>
> (My apologies to all castleheads if this shouldn't be in .castle - I wasn't
> quite sure if it would count...)
WOW! I don't see any 'cheating', so I'm interested to see what you're talking
about. Wicked cool star things on top of the buildings- how did yo make those?
Are the pants dry yet? (nice clothsline) ;)
Jeff
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
Very nice. Awesome! That's one of my favorite Escher drawings. The little
details you put into it are really great (plants, clothesline,
star-thingies, etc.). Very cool.
-TJ
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
>
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
>
> I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits shortly.
>
> LMKWYT
>
>
> (My apologies to all castleheads if this shouldn't be in .castle - I wasn't
> quite sure if it would count...)
That's some fine looking work, there. I'm guessing the cheating is a matter of
some nifty photoshopping work to add water and columns where they weren't
before. You can tell that the tower on the left is in the foreground and the
tower on the right is in the background becaus they're different sizes, so that
top part of the river/bridge at the least, is obviously photoshopped in place.
Whatever is fake, this is a brainbending model. Great work!
Adrian
--
http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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Great work. I don't know how you do this without getting
a headache :)
Btw, what does LMKWYT stand for?
-Anne
This one time, Andrew Lipson wrote:
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
>
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
>
> I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits shortly.
>
> LMKWYT
>
>
> (My apologies to all castleheads if this shouldn't be in .castle - I wasn't
> quite sure if it would count...)
--
It might look like I'm doing (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-.
nothing, but at the cellular >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`.
level, I'm really quite busy. (v_," ; `,-\ ; : ; \/,-~) \
stripes at tigerlair dot com `--'_..),-/ ' ' '_.>-' )`.`.__.')
stripes at brickbox dot com ((,((,__..'~~~~~~((,__..' `-..-'fL
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In lugnet.build, Anne Carasik writes:
> Great work. I don't know how you do this without getting
> a headache :)
>
> Btw, what does LMKWYT stand for?
Please see Shiri Dori’s Acronym FAQ:
http://www.lugnet.com/~88/acronym_faq/
This will also help you with the other ones that you may encounter, and on
top of that, many acronyms are just plain fun to read.
With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
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I really had to search for the way you did it, because at first glance, it's
perfect! But by following carefully the edges of the plates, I found the
clue I was looking for. It's amazing how precise this thing is! Makes me
envy you so much!
Terry
www.rotule.qc.ca
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In lugnet.build, Anne Carasik writes:
>
> Btw, what does LMKWYT stand for?
Let me know what you think
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
WHOA!!! THAT'S AWESOME!!! [EYES GET ALL BIG AND ROUND] [DROOL] My three
favorites that you did are relativity, ascending and descending, and
waterfall. Also the one with the twisty pillar thing was cool, but I saw
what you did with pillars easilly.
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
Altough it's hard to tell (especially at first glance -- at first I just
stared at the waterfall for about 30 seconds in awe) but, as Terry said, if
you follow the plates very slowly and carefully, you can see a couple things
that give it away. :)
> I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits shortly.
I can't wait to see the other ways you cheated :)
Matt C.
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Wonderful! Fabulous work, Andrew and Daniel. You continue to greatly
impress and inspire. The overall images are always spot-on, and the little
details like the clothesline bring a real warmth to the work.
Out of curiosity, what will you do when you've covered all the Escher
greats? As a suggestion, I'd love to see you guys come up with your own
original Escher-esque LEGO scene now that you've had all this practice... @8^)
-The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
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"Andrew Lipson" <andrewlipson@blueyonder.nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:HE7tCq.1nvF@lugnet.com...
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I • finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
>
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
>
> I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits • shortly.
>
> LMKWYT
Now this looks awesome! You can't even see that you cheated at all in the
pic! (I'm not lying, I'm still baffled at how that works!) I liked it so
much, I made it my background image! :D
It looks like it would be surrounded by castles, though. Physically
impossible castles, at least. Maybe some dragons crawling in and out of the
walls here and there, etc...
--
Markham Carroll
BoogaTech Ships & Construction:
http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/114
Brickshelf Gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Markham
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In lugnet.build, Terry Prosper writes:
> I really had to search for the way you did it, because at first glance, it's
> perfect! But by following carefully the edges of the plates, I found the
> clue I was looking for. It's amazing how precise this thing is! Makes me
> envy you so much!
>
> Terry
> www.rotule.qc.ca
Yes, I was just a little careless with the camera positioning and it isn't
quite right, so the bottom fake channel doesn't quite line up perfectly.
Maybe I'll try to get a better version (if I can face the whole process of
partially disassembling the model, carrying it outside, reassembling it and
getting the camera position just right while hoping my kids don't lose
control of their bikes too near the model....)
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In lugnet.build, Jeff Szklennik writes:
>
> WOW! I don't see any 'cheating', so I'm interested to see what you're talking
> about. Wicked cool star things on top of the buildings- how did yo make those?
The tower decoration involved some creativity with roof pieces and 1x1
bricks with studs on the side. And a Bricklink order to get hold of a lot
more 1x2 double/inverted slopes than I already had :-)
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In lugnet.build, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> Out of curiosity, what will you do when you've covered all the Escher
> greats? As a suggestion, I'd love to see you guys come up with your own
> original Escher-esque LEGO scene now that you've had all this practice... @8^)
Well there are still a few Eschers left ;-) I admit there aren't all that
many more "impossible" ones that I have a good idea yet how to do, but I
think we have a good chance of at least another one or two (Does anyone have
a good idea how to do the "roll-up" creatures from "House of Stairs" in
Lego????? - bearing in mind that the picture would need _lots_ of them)
So far each Escher picture we've done has required a completely different
set of techniques to all the others. For example, this is the first time
we've had to resort to blatant photographic trickery (I think the distortion
in "Balcony" doesn't really count as the same thing since it isn't used for
trick purposes). If we find that we start repeating methods it may get less
interesting.
Yes, it would be nice to do a design of our own. We're just a couple of
math/computer geeks and hence somewhat artistically challenged, but if we
get a good idea...
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In lugnet.build, Andrew Lipson writes:
> Well there are still a few Eschers left ;-) I admit there aren't all that
> many more "impossible" ones that I have a good idea yet how to do, but I
> think we have a good chance of at least another one or two
Have you given any thought to doing the Puddle? Or maybe Still Life &
Street?
> (Does anyone have a good idea how to do the "roll-up" creatures from "House >of Stairs" in Lego????? - bearing in mind that the picture would need _lots_ >of them)
It could get expensive depending on what color you decide to use for
them (keep in mind that the Rahkshi will each come with ten hip-joints in
red, black, brown, blue, green, or white, so waiting a few months for them
to be released might be the best solution), but one of the most flexible
constructs that I've seen so far is my own Murasaki Tail:
http://www.maskofdestiny.com/archiveimage.asp?i=1301
> So far each Escher picture we've done has required a completely different
> set of techniques to all the others. For example, this is the first time
> we've had to resort to blatant photographic trickery (I think the distortion
> in "Balcony" doesn't really count as the same thing since it isn't used for
> trick purposes). If we find that we start repeating methods it may get less
> interesting.
Maybe to you, but I think the general feeling seems to be that seeing
"impossible" 3D constructs is cool regardless of how they're built.
> Yes, it would be nice to do a design of our own. We're just a couple of
> math/computer geeks and hence somewhat artistically challenged, but if we
> get a good idea...
Isn't math the primary focus of the stuff you've worked on? I'd think
geometric abstracts should be right up your alley.
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andrew Lipson writes:
> OK, this is the one I get the most email asking for, so Daniel and I finally
> got round to it:
>
> http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/waterfall.html
>
> Yes, we cheated. And we feel really guilty about it. OK?
>
> I'll post some spoiler pictures and close-ups of the interesting bits shortly.
That's beautiful, Andrew. How about a mosaic of Metamorphose???
Regards
ROSCO
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In lugnet.build, David Laswell writes:
> Have you given any thought to doing the Puddle? Or maybe Still Life &
> Street?
I thought about "Three Worlds", but I couldn't see how to give it a Lego
slant. I hadn't thought seriously about "Still Life and Street"; maybe I should.
>
> > (Does anyone have a good idea how to do the "roll-up" creatures from "House >of Stairs" in Lego????? - bearing in mind that the picture would need _lots_ >of them)
>
> It could get expensive depending on what color you decide to use for
> them (keep in mind that the Rahkshi will each come with ten hip-joints in
> red, black, brown, blue, green, or white, so waiting a few months for them
> to be released might be the best solution), but one of the most flexible
> constructs that I've seen so far is my own Murasaki Tail:
>
> http://www.maskofdestiny.com/archiveimage.asp?i=1301
That's a useful suggestion - thanks. I'll definitely experiment a bit with
it, though my RoboSlizOnicle stocks are pretty limited. I guess that's what
Bricklink is for, though...
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In lugnet.build, Ross Crawford writes:
>
> That's beautiful, Andrew. How about a mosaic of Metamorphose???
I agree that Metamorphose would look spectacular, but I doubt I have
anything like enough monochrome plates to build it at a scale that would do
it justice :-( And there's quite a lot of hexagonal symmetry in this (and
many other Escher pictures) that's really quite hard to get across
convincingly in Lego.
I have to admit I've never really got into the mosaic thing - it seems just
a bit mechanical. We do have a half-baked idea for a _partly_ mosaic Escher
picture, though probably not the one you first think of. There are several
pictures where I think this could work to reflect the contrast Escher
deliberately keeps drawing between 2 and 3 dimensions.
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In lugnet.build, Andrew Lipson writes:
> I thought about "Three Worlds", but I couldn't see how to give it a Lego
> slant.
It would certainly be tricky. The best I can think of would be to make
the puddle surface with giant clear tiles, but I doubt they exist in the
size you'd need. Another possibility would be to use an imaginary water
surface created by suspending the leaves over an empty pit. Of course, that
wouldn't really help much with the reflection, would it? Puddle reduces the
problem by getting rid of the fish. Then again, the tree reflection does
stop right next to the fish, so perhaps TW wouldn't be so hard after all...
> That's a useful suggestion - thanks. I'll definitely experiment a bit with
> it, though my RoboSlizOnicle stocks are pretty limited. I guess that's what
> Bricklink is for, though...
It doesn't roll up really tight like the Curl-Up lizards, but you'd
probably want to design some sort of bulbous head for them. Given the right
shape, it might fill in the gaps. Legs could get a bit tricky, and the
simplest way of doing the tip of the tail would require that the head be
hard-mounted rather than attached with a ball-joint.
I'd recommend staying away from the two greys, though. Dark-grey only
comes with Darth Vader (1@ $40 each) and Cahdok/Gahdok (4@ $17.50 each), and
light-grey only comes with Jango Fett (2@ $17.50 each). You'd probably need
a couple hundred of them, and there might not be enough on Bricklink. Black
would be the easiest (though not very accurate), but I'd suggest going with
red, brown, blue, green, or white, since those colors are going to become
very easy to obtain in a couple months (10 per Rahkshi @ $.90 each).
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In lugnet.build, Andrew Lipson writes:
> I have to admit I've never really got into the mosaic thing - it seems just
> a bit mechanical.
While the tesselations look pretty cool on paper, it seems a bit too
easy to transfer a flat image to a flat construction. The biggest challenge
with the Escher collection is turning the physically impossible designs into
physical creations. Granted, they're only mostly 2D, and mostly 2D isn't
all 2D, but I don't think anyone's going to go through Escher's pockets
looking for loose change...um, I mean, the 2D parts wouldn't be nearly as
exciting to see reproduced in LEGO than the 3D parts.
> We do have a half-baked idea for a _partly_ mosaic Escher picture, though >probably not the one you first think of.
Horsemen? It's a tesselation printed on a moebius strip, which could
be extremely interesting to see in 3D, and it would require some serious
trickery to reproduce in LEGO.
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Ow... My head... Ow... My brain is crawling out my ear... The pain...
Very cool, even if you did "cheat" a bit.
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In lugnet.build, Andrew Lipson writes:
> I've posted some spoiler pictures and some of the construction details now.
Whoa, it really looks like parts 3665 and 2357 on top of a 3660
at the far right of each bottom right to top left water channel!
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