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Re: Satisfying my mosaic envy
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Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:31:45 GMT
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John,
Wow, all I can say is "Viva!" you have scored quite a "Victory" in mosaic :)
The bas relief viola under the mosaic is really a cool idea too, let us know
when you've posted pics that show this off better. I've really been wanting
to do a mosaic family portrait about the same size, maybe an X-mas surprise
for Mrs. Dew. Time to start experimenting with posterization in Photoshop...
Re: Bond, My daughter plays violin so I started looking for similar artists
to keep her interested - have you ever listened to modern violin virtuoso
Vanessa-Mae? (also Bond's new album "Shine" is due in stores October 15th)
Now if only LEGO only released a color mosaic kit, I'm not asking for toooo
much, just a 16-color kit!
--
Bill
(TooMuchDew)
In lugnet.build, John Radtke writes:
> I've seen so many wonderful LEGO mosaics in the last year that I've been
> itching to do something large-scale of my own. I could never decide on a
> subject to put the effort into though.
>
> My new favorite thing to listen to this summer has been the string quartet
> named bond. Realizing the possiblity of overlapping the interests I was
> struck by my Muse and this is the result:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=26290
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> The first image is obviously what I worked from (that's Tania Davis, the
> viola player.) The others show the progression of the project. The final
> product covers nine 15" x 15" baseplates, and in terms of piece count (about
> 20,000) is surely the largest thing I've ever built.
>
> I intend to write up and post online much more about the whole process but
> the fourth image will need explanation now. I wanted to include her
> instrument in the image somehow but a foreshortened viola being played
> doesn't look like much pixelated and/or would have required a larger mosaic
> (I was already hard pressed to find wall space for this.) I hit on the idea
> of using a layer of plates under the mosaic image to create a relief of a
> full-size viola. The fourth image is the 'uncovered' silhouette.
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> I was quite pleased with the result - it doesn't distract from the picture,
> but still readily catches the eye and is an easily discernable shape. I
> don't have a decent picture of the final result however. It is really only
> visible by virtue of the shadows it casts. With all the room lights on and
> the camera flash going off that is quite lost. In fact I intend to produce
> better pictures all around - time to upgrade the camera.
>
> This turned out to be one of the most enjoyable LEGO projects I've ever
> done, and I now have more mosaic ideas than I know what to do with (well,
> no, I know what to do with them, it's the time and money holding me up!)
> There's another already in the works with a another raised-area sub-image
> the full size of the 44x188 stud mosiac. Plans for others include color and
> texture.
>
> For now though PLMKWYT of this one.
>
> John
> #388
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