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Re: Wow! This guy is good!
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 7 Jun 2000 02:41:50 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> > In lugnet.general, James Brown writes:
> > > I got pointed at this site by an eBay auction, and was floored by this
> > > guy's skill!
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> > > http://pages.hotbot.com/und/lachme/legos.html
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> > Are we sure these aren't made with Eric Harshbarger's "Lego-izer"?
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> Different dithering techniques, I think. Eric H.'s "Pixelego" program
> applies error-diffusion dithering to the image. These ones appear to be
> hand-dithered (notice the stylistic lines in the foreheads and hair).
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> > Without any sort of person or other object for scale, they could just be
> > filtered pictures.
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> Even if they aren't "real" in the sense of being made from plastic bricks,
> it's still a great job rendering the images in those basic brick colors! :)
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> --Todd
Kinda reminds me of drawing in EGA on 320 x 200 screens. Somehow it seems
more acceptable here, but boy, those 16 non-definable colors drove me nuts
(let's not mention the Apple ][ and the horrors it imposed). Anyway, I'd
agree that it looks hand-dithered (with the note that faint outline-echo on
the Harrison Ford pic is typically computerish).
Bruce
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| (...) Ohh, lets. No drawing one-pixel wide white lines -- one lone pixel is either blue or yellow, depending if it's in an even or odd column. (This is due to the techniques Microsoft invented 20 years later for their ClearType technology...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Different dithering techniques, I think. Eric H.'s "Pixelego" program applies error-diffusion dithering to the image. These ones appear to be hand-dithered (notice the stylistic lines in the foreheads and hair). (...) Even if they aren't (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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