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Hi all, With all of the 'gray storm clouds' being discussed on LUGNET this week, I fear this MOC announcement may get lost in the brouhaha. But the final pieces arrved from Germany in an amazingly short time (5 days!), so I went ahead and finished (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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(...) the midst of so much anguished wailing and gnashing of teeth* let me be one of the first to express my amazement at your latest project. It's so inadequate to say it but I will anyway, "That's cool!" I like the fact that you showed the three (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) That's very cool Eric. And great solution to coming up with a 1000 or so different patterns from so few LEGO tiles. I don't know if I could have sat there and put it together correctly, I'm guessing that putting the tiles in the proper (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Fabulous! I remember having discussions with you about this at Brickfest this year and thinking you were truly insane to undertake such a project. The result looks great! Now to get this spotlighted so that it pushes to the top of the list and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Eric Harshbarger wrote: (snipp) Wow. Nifty keano cool. What I like is that when I squinted at the closeup pic so that it blurred a little, the image jumped right out at me. Ya, right, you just selected that image at random (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Nice job Eric. I was wondering how long it would be until you did something like this ;) -Anne (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Eric, once again you've shown us a unique use for LEGO (and Java code! *grin*). Your gift for seeing possibilities in the LEGO medium is something that most of us just don't have. Keep up the great work! JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Very Cool What I find interesting was that most of the tiles are fairly similar in colour, especially the base (ABS) colours, being mainly white, grey and and black and yet the program has identified the ones to use to get the right colours on the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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If I remember correctly, I set the program so that there would be no repeats of the 2x2 tile combinations. However, since I modified by hand somewhat after the program ran, there may be some duplicated configurations. Yes, I cleared out a (...) (21 years ago, 20-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 (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Eric, That looks even more incredible than I thought it would when you told me about the idea at BrickFest... ...But why did you use a picture of Kevin Goldman's mom? That's just not cool, dude! :o :Derek (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Outstanding! Well done Eric! -- Bryan Kinkel "Eric Harshbarger" <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:HoM9zM.1uyE@lugnet.com... (...) believed. (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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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 (21 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 (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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Wow! That is pretty amazing! The write up was a good read. Thank you! e (21 years ago, 21-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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (21 years ago, 21-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 (21 years ago, 22-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 (...) (21 years ago, 22-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 (...) (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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