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(...) Way cool! (23 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Agreed. I was taken aback by their strength. Even if I put a straight edged piece of paper over the bottom half the very next row strongly curves, it's remarkable. (...) Some of these I have seen before (the wavy banded rectanges for example, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Amazing how strong these illusions are! I wonder if they appear just as vivid when you build these with real bricks. Can you reveal what your inspiration source for these optical tricks was? With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) on my computer! (23 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Jeesh, take it easy, Kevin, he was just joking around with you. @8^D -The Rev. Brian Powell Smith PS. Also, just in passing, amazing work yet again, Eric! Ingenious use of the printed tiles, and a great new twist on the photo-to-LEGO-mosaic (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Oops, and three fewer shades of grey to make up for it! (Proving once again that I can't resist a good troll.) I haven't said this yet, but Eric, this is a fantastic mosaic. Once again, breaking new ground and finding a good use for all those (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Aaaand, of course, let's not forget that we have two more shades of grey to add to the standard five-color greyscale mosaics! Eh? Any takers? /ducks --Dave (23 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Yeah, Keith I wasn't talking about YOUR mom, I was talking about KEVIN'S mom...we all know that it would take a mosaic of about, oh, say, 3000 studs across to accurately portray yo' mama's bulk. But, yeah, sorry 'bout that. I shouldn't post (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) loosely :-) creation could have such great resolution and clarity. You've upped the bar again. Wow. -Chris (23 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Thanks, You know, it's funny, this one didn't seem nearly as tedious to build as the letter/Calista one. Keeping the orientation straight was not a problem at all. Maybe because this one have fewer than a tenth of the pieces than Calista. eric (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) this is excellent! The amount of time spent here is incredible, it almost makes me want to go out and learn java. I honestly don't know how you keep from going crazy looking at these things up close, trying to keep the arrangement right. I (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Wow! That is pretty amazing! The write up was a good read. Thank you! e (23 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Never fear Eric, your work can always stand above the tide. Good job again! Another approach that a friend of mine and I were considering was coming up with some sort of averaged-color value for each printed tile and then creating such a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) What a great idea! You could mount white 1x1 tiles on large baseplates and leave them out in the sun. After a period, remove some. I wonder how many shades you could actually get? Sounds like a job for someone with too much time on their hands (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) You know, Eric will probably DO that, just to show it can be done!! Thanks for the laugh, I needed that... :-) JohnG, GMLTC (23 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) What next, a mosaic built entirely of white pieces at varying stages of yellowing? -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Good points, both. If I ever do a second (heh), I'll keep those in mind. eric (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Eric, You do an amazing job working on expanding the possibilities of Lego with regards to sculpture and mosaics. This is another great example of that. Your methodical approach, combined with intelligent use of computing to get your desired result (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Derek, youve gone too far this time! Kevin?! KEVIN?! How dare you, you rat-bastard! I'm both outraged and offended. You can be sure that I will refer your offensive name-calling to T. Lehman. Also...if my name was Kevin, and if my mom was that (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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