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Hi all,
I should visit LUGNET more often (like David Koudys suggests) to show my latest
creations... A few mosaics, a new puzzle, and my very first GBC module.
In the
mean time I also created my own
YouTube-chanel, so
that you can watch the GBC module in action.
(pics are links)
And last but
not least: the GBC module
grtz,
Maarten
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I’ve tried to improve my mosaic of Lea a bit:
I’m not quite happy with the nose, but are there other details I should work on
too?
Play well,
Jacob
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We’ve had a “Christmas mosaic” competition in Byggepladen (the Danish LUG). My
contribution to the competition is this portrait of my daughter Lea:
Play well,
Jacob
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Hi Joe,
Simple suggestion: I wouldn’t mix old grays with new grays (“bluish gray” or
“stone gray”). Here’s also a link to a color
guide. I mostly use the RGB-values from LDraw (but I can change these values in
my program). 48x48 pixels isn’t much, so don’t expect miracles... Those images
look great.
Play well,
Maarten
Check my webpage (or at least the part about
mosaics)
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Do these seem like good representations? Can they be improved somehow? They
look a little rough to me, but I don’t know, maybe that’s as good as it gets
with 48x48 pixels and only five shades of gray. Any advice?
Thanks,
- Joe
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Its really difficult to answer this question because you only left a tiny
thumbnail, do you have a link to a larger file?
Janey Red Brick
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I’m trying to help my boys make mosaic portraits of themselves as a present for
my wife. Having never done this before, I’m not sure I’m getting the optimal
result, and would appreciate advice from more experienced builders.
Each portrait will use a large (48x48) baseplate, and be grayscale. To
represent the grayscale in LEGO, I’m using this palette:
&c181818 // Black
&c464A4D // Dark Bluish Gray
&c8A8A8A // Light Gray
&cE2E2E2 // Very Light Gray
&cFEFFFE // White
Those are the Bricklink colors, with RGB values cribbed with a screen capture
tool. So, first question: is this the best palette to use for a grayscale
mosaic? Are there any other colors I should consider?
Next, the mosaic patterns themselves. (I made these by starting with a photo,
and then fitting each pixel to the nearest color in the palette above.) Here’s
the younger one:
And here’s the older one:
Do these seem like good representations? Can they be improved somehow? They
look a little rough to me, but I don’t know, maybe that’s as good as it gets
with 48x48 pixels and only five shades of gray. Any advice?
Thanks,
- Joe
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Hi all,
A few months ago I finished a new giant mosaic. Size: 2,48W x 1,74H.
(pic is link)
If you want building instructions for your own mosaic, check out my
updated site.
Greetings,
Maarten
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, John Cooper wrote:
> I am interested in developing some LEGO mosaics using PhotoShop. Has anyone
> developed a file with the LEGO brick color RGB values loaded into PhotoShop? It
> would save lots of time if a color pallete has already been created.
>
> Thank you.
>
> John
Try this-
http://www.isodomos.com/ColorTree/LegoList
It's a little dated (2008) but a start.
Adrian
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I am interested in developing some LEGO mosaics using PhotoShop. Has anyone
developed a file with the LEGO brick color RGB values loaded into PhotoShop? It
would save lots of time if a color pallete has already been created.
Thank you.
John
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Great work! Good subject to use such a combination of techniques. Bravo!
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Arthur Gugick wrote:
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I’ve taken a short break from building Lego landmarks and have spent some
time building mosaics. I’ve used a variety of techniques. Please take a look
and enjoy.
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Great subject, looks really nice, although it seems dark, giving a whole other
meaning behind this famous photo. I did a Google search for this pic and was
shocked to find that you aren’t the first to depict this woman in LEGO:
Thanks for sharing!
JOHN
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Although her name was not known at the time, her picture, titled “Afghan Girl”,
appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. The image itself was
named “the most recognized photograph” in the history of the magazine. Her
photograph was taken by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. McCurry,
rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity
and captured her image. The image of her face, with a red scarf draped loosely
over her head and with her piercing sea-green eyes staring directly into the
camera, became a symbol both of the 1980s Afghan conflict and of the refugee
situation worldwide. (Wikipedia)
To make this mosaic I expanded a ten-color palette (black, grey, green, yellow,
white, tan, red, blue, dark blue, dark red) by covering each with one of four
transparent plates (clear, red, green, yellow) to generate a 28-color palette.
(Mathematically I should have had 4x10 = 40 distinct colors… but some were too
close to identify as potentially different shades.) Afghan Girl is my second
mosaic using this expanded palette technique.
I’ve taken a short break from building Lego landmarks and have spent some time
building mosaics. I’ve used a variety of techniques. Please take a look and
enjoy.
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/10321180@N08/sets/72157621257153211/
Mocpages http://www.mocpages.com/folder.php/58677
Brickshelf http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=240087
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In lugnet.general, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
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Has anyone ever used cross-stitch patterns for Lego mosaics?
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Yes, I have used cross-stitch patterns to create LEGO studs-out mosaic patterns.
The ones that have just the large thread diagonal type patterns work best. (The
ones with the thin thread outlines are quite tricky to transform into a LEGO
pattern.)
I used cross-stitch patterns to create
these 2
jaguar
faces.
They were both made from the same pattern; I was just trying to see if
tan or yellow looked better.
This is a large (144 studs wide X 192 studs
tall) mosaic pattern of a King of Hearts made from a cross-stitch pattern.
I’ve
found plenty of other cross-stitch patterns online that would work well for
studs-out LEGO mosaics.
David
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Maarten Steurbaut wrote:
> @ Jetro and Luis:
>
> My mosaic conversion program only looks like a finished product, but it isn't.
> And that's why you can't find it online. It's not meant for you, it's meant for
> me: I intend to make more mosaics in the future.
> Maybe I should have posted the original message in lugnet.announce.moc because I
> consider writing this program as one of my lego-creations.
> And isn't this community about sharing your creations with others?
> I'm actually very proud of this creation, because I'm not a programmer at all...
>
> Maarten
It's a pity because it looked really interesting. I'm only just starting to look
into mosaic building and application looks simple, straightforward and
effective.
Jetro
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@ Jetro and Luis:
My mosaic conversion program only looks like a finished product, but it isn't.
And that's why you can't find it online. It's not meant for you, it's meant for
me: I intend to make more mosaics in the future.
Maybe I should have posted the original message in lugnet.announce.moc because I
consider writing this program as one of my lego-creations.
And isn't this community about sharing your creations with others?
I'm actually very proud of this creation, because I'm not a programmer at all...
Maarten
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In lugnet.announce, Maarten Steurbaut wrote:
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Hi all,
I recently rewrote my program to convert images to a LEGO- or
ministeck-mosaic.
You can find a complete discription of how it works on
my webpage.
I’ll
have to make a (big) new mosaic with it soon, don’t you think...
Thanks for
watching, comments are always welcome.
Play well,
Maarten
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Looks cool and easy to use.. but without been online is useless for me :(
Luís
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In lugnet.announce, Maarten Steurbaut wrote:
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Hi all,
I recently rewrote my program to convert images to a LEGO- or
ministeck-mosaic.
You can find a complete discription of how it works on
my webpage.
I’ll
have to make a (big) new mosaic with it soon, don’t you think...
Thanks for
watching, comments are always welcome.
Play well,
Maarten
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The program looks nice, but I haven’t been able to discover a link to download
and test it...
Jetro
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Hi all,
I recently rewrote my program to convert images to a LEGO- or ministeck-mosaic.
You can find a complete discription of how it works on
my webpage.
I’ll have
to make a (big) new mosaic with it soon, don’t you think...
Thanks for
watching, comments are always welcome.
Play well,
Maarten
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