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Re: New Mosaic: Map of the USA
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lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest
Date: 
Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:27:43 GMT
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Kevin McMillin writes:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Adrian Drake writes:
> > 
> > http://www.brickfrenzy.com/sculpture_map.html
> 
> 
> Wow!  The map looks huge on my screen, it must look gigantic in person.  The
> boundary lines between states look very smooth and fluid.

One of the benefits of building big is the pixellation of the edges between
the states is minimized.  That, and I spent a great deal of time while I was
making the images tweaking the borders so they looked good.

> 
> It would be very neat to see at the various conventions.  Since I won't be
> at them, I guess I would fit into
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tremor/Sculpture/map/map_10.jpg this image.

If I really felt the urge to get crazy, I could start populating it now with
dots from lugnetters.  I'm not feeling that crazy right now, though :)

> 
> Very creative method of attaching the baseplates.

Thanks.  I knew I had to make this transportable, so ease of disassembly was
a prime concern.  This technique worked out very well.  Plus, it looks
pretty cool when the pieces are separated :)

> 
> The image of the stacked sections really illustrates how large this must
> really be.

Yeah, it's almost a cube of solid bricks :)
> 
> Great job,
> -Kevin

Adrian



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(...) boundary lines between states look very smooth and fluid. It would be very neat to see at the various conventions. Since I won't be at them, I guess I would fit into (URL) this image. Very creative method of attaching the baseplates. The image (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest)

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