tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17870198374236637422024-03-13T07:51:17.157-07:00MosaicBricksThe only blog dedicated to all things Lego mosaics.Casey M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07970411937649084853noreply@blogger.comBlogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-16873482098325110112021-12-29T08:50:00.002-08:002021-12-29T08:50:54.577-08:00In Memorandum<p>To whoever's still reading:</p><p>Hey! I'm Casey - I started this blog back in 2010 - closely modeling similar Lego blogs at the time run by Bruce N H of Classic-Castle notoriety. Blog went defunct back in 2014, as I moved to other interests in the Lego community and Katie W. retired from the Lego world. Blog is closed.</p><p>I have and will keep this blog up so long as Blogger still exists. If you want to see what I'm up to, find me here: <a href="http://linktr.ee/kcrmccoy">linktr.ee/kcrmccoy</a></p><p>Here's some blog stats as of today (12/29/21):</p><p>Quarter of a million views in a decade's time! (mostly Katie's excellence)<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f56ly2JUwKk/YcyQUkqrMlI/AAAAAAAAWgY/Y-g27wT2tR038ux8rSBFwVbeVOYgrMHpgCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="1000" height="149" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f56ly2JUwKk/YcyQUkqrMlI/AAAAAAAAWgY/Y-g27wT2tR038ux8rSBFwVbeVOYgrMHpgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h149/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GUSHJsBbsjI/YcyQS2c4KeI/AAAAAAAAWgU/wn9CHPYz9sEqdYkJnmmFn1UmQk8bzBYOACNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="991" height="286" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GUSHJsBbsjI/YcyQS2c4KeI/AAAAAAAAWgU/wn9CHPYz9sEqdYkJnmmFn1UmQk8bzBYOACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Cheers!<p></p>Casey M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07970411937649084853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-20698284841726544192014-07-18T09:01:00.001-07:002014-07-18T09:01:12.801-07:00"hack" by Alice Lee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alice Lee's "hack" mosaic built for Dropbox's 2014 Hack week is a great example of how lighting can impact mosaic presentation.<br />
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Overall, this mosaic has a pretty simple technique. A layer of yellow plate and then a layer of white and black brick. But lighting the mosaic to the high left allows a significant shadow to be cast over the yellow portion which gives the appearance of an additional color built into the mosaic.<br />
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More pictures and process pics that will make you wish you had an E size printer at your disposal can be found <a href="http://byalicelee.com/lego/">Here.</a><br />
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These Tetris recreations were made by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jameson42/">Jameson Gagnepain</a>.</div>
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And here's one by Abbie Bocan of Rosie the Riveter </div>
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The very best mosaic at all of Brickworld was the Sistine Chapel. The technique and beauty was just astonishing. It was nominated for best artwork, but was (in my opinion) robbed and should have won.</div>
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This M-Tron Logo was spotted a top of a tower as a part of the M-Tron collaboration. </div>
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Tagger by Sandy San Miguel.</div>
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Identity Crisis by Brandon Obert.</div>
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Dragon's Lair by <a href="http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/92858">Sharon Vance</a>. Here's some fun facts that were displayed nearby.</div>
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<li>"This mosaic is completely original, the artist first drew the picture then started laying out Lego bricks to make an outline from the picture. No computer was used in the making of the mosaic."</li>
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The King of Fighters Neo Geo Pocket Game Sprites by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/51480565@N03/">Chris Rozek</a>.</div>
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Pulp Fiction by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/getdamonkey/">Adam Meyers</a>. (Can you see my reflection?)</div>
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Here's a few of the mosaics featured in <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/savatheaggie/">Tony Sava</a>'s Cathedral.</div>
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The Washington Nationals Baseball Logo (Not Walgreens) and the Coca-Cola logo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9439372@N07/">Mike Harrod</a>.</div>
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Griffin Mosaic by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/9439372@N07/">Mike Harrod</a>.</div>
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Lego Batman Mosaic by Sharon Santos and that small Flash Mosaic was by Jake O'Day (Age 8!).</div>
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Advertisement for <a href="http://reddit.com/r/afol">reddit.com/r/afol</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/">Matt De Lanoy</a>.</div>
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This Hieroglyph Link by Davis French was nominated for best Youth Creation.</div>
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<a href="http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/43389">Benjamin Kobold</a> made all these great mosaics with the Jack Skellington one being nominated for best Artwork.</div>
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The Dark Knight by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/getdamonkey/">Adam Meyers</a>.</div>
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This mosaic was spotted on the side of Sam Forker's Technic Candy Coin Pusher.</div>
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Mark Jiang created all these Chinese inspired mosaics.</div>
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BrickTech Terrain - Grassland into the Desert by Conner Lill.</div>
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Yeti Mosaic by Andrew Beckett as an ad for <a href="http://wislug.org/joomla/">WisLUG</a>.</div>
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This really cool fusion of a money symbol and a minifig head was spotted atop Lawyers' Laundromat by Peter Strege.</div>
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The Sitdown by <a href="http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/5162">Dave Kaleta</a>.</div>
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Here's a series of mosaics by Amy Vandenbossche.</div>
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These optical illusion tests were called Red or Not?</div>
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Casey M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07970411937649084853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-18731650659565367832013-11-27T11:39:00.001-08:002013-11-27T11:39:35.470-08:00Current State of AffairsHello MosaicBricks readers,<br />
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The blog has very obviously slowed with posts recently due to my going back to school and preparation for college and Katie's need to go back to work as a teacher. Blogging has been a very engaging and fun activity to do in the community, but managing life and the lego world at the same time is a difficult task. MosaicBricks is not over, but is merely on hiatus. The MosaicBricks team thanks you for your understanding.<br />
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Casey M.Casey M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07970411937649084853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-74744102739444359772013-10-20T07:17:00.002-07:002013-10-20T07:17:29.559-07:00Petraea UniversitySorry to have disappeared completely. I'm working about 60 hours a week and all the rest of my time needs to be with my kids. But somehow, miraculously, I have a moment. And I wanted to show you this gorgeous lecture hall by Gabriel Thomson (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/qi_tah/">qi_tah</a>). Check out the mosaic floor!<br />
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This vibrant Macaw was painted for our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32482342@N05/9511765587/">Iron Builder</a> against the Erickson brothers, and was initially inspired by The <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boltofblue/8559107814/">Horse of Rohan</a> mosaic</div>
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So many of them are so stylized and cheerful. I don't normally see mosaics like those, and I really like them. Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-5992935593597266612013-07-15T12:10:00.000-07:002013-07-15T12:12:42.133-07:00Not all bricks are created equalRyan H. (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/">eldeeem</a>) made this exciting LEGO mosaic:<br />
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Thrilling, isn't it? But actually, it gets much more interesting when looked at under UV light:<br />
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All of those bricks are regular red bricks, not dark red or anything special. It's just that some red bricks glow more under UV light than others do. Strange, huh? Time to start making some secret messages!<br />
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There is another comparison of colors under UV light that Ryan did <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/3923758165/">here</a>. Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-26438180672638259042013-07-08T13:52:00.000-07:002013-07-08T13:52:04.796-07:00Check out those wings!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Aren't they beautiful? OliveSeon posted this fun scene with this beautiful (and perhaps deadly?) butterfly.<br />
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Looking back through OliveSeon's photostream, I see some more cool mosaic work, such as on the floor of this hangar<br />
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As usual, I'm in love with mosaics used in larger models. Check out <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72984233@N02/">OliveSeon's photostream</a> for more photos of these neat dioramas. Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-88621094421902575262013-07-04T11:45:00.001-07:002013-07-04T11:45:50.930-07:00Red, White, Blue, and BrickToday in what is commonly referred to as...'Murica, we celebrate our independence day. I'd like to showcase a ton of American Flags. Enjoy!<br />
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Lego Store Monthly Minibuilds for July of 2009. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toomuchdew/">TooMuchDew</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29759739@N07/2782682551/" title="american flag out of legos by lachme, on Flickr"><img alt="american flag out of legos" height="347" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3003/2782682551_54313bf18d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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American Flag by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29759739@N07/">lachme</a>.</div>
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American Flag. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwhuffman/">mhuffman</a>.</div>
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American Flag in Transparent Pieces by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10321180@N08/">Arthur Gugick</a>.</div>
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A much larger American Flag in Transparent pieces. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14196560@N00/">Goldenfire</a>.</div>
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The Marine Corps War Memorial/Iwo Jima Memorial from the Legoland California Park. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/64604717@N03/">Eric Lumsden</a>.</div>
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American Flag (from presumably another Legoland of some sort). Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allyhook/">allyhook</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8152756@N03/490481591/" title="THE LEGO MILLYARD PROJECT by pzmancha, on Flickr"><img alt="THE LEGO MILLYARD PROJECT" height="375" src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/222/490481591_02de0d8e67.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div>
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The Lego Millyard Project by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8152756@N03/">pzmancha</a>.</div>
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Lex Luthor for President! by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23397895@N08/">Oky - Space Ranger</a>. Not necessarily 4th of July related, but...It'll do. ;)</div>
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4th of July 2009 by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toferwatts/">Tofer Watts</a>.
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'MURICA by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joel_baker/">Joel.Baker</a><span id="goog_1110851004"></span><span id="goog_1110851005"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/legohaulic/9207322525/" title="E-MOTE: Independence Day by Legohaulic, on Flickr"><img alt="E-MOTE: Independence Day" height="500" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/9207322525_4a077d396e.jpg" width="333" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/legohaulic/">Tyler Clites</a> did another one of his EMOTE's. This time: Independence Day.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toomuchdew/9187763905/" title="World War Brick 2013 D-Day +2 by TooMuchDew, on Flickr"><img alt="World War Brick 2013 D-Day +2" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9187763905_0e1baac4fc_c.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />
...the Iwo Jima Picture recreation. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toomuchdew/">TooMuchDew</a>. Story from his Flickr post here:<br />
"Participants at WWB created the mosaic depicting US Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the US flag on Iwo Jima — the scene that was the basis for Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph and an iconic moment in US history. The mosaic was constructed on 225 Blue LEGO 10″ x 10″ baseplates and covers 156 square feet of wall space (12.5 ft x 12.5 ft or 230,400 studs)! Participants were rewarded with their choice of a custom US Marine or Army Ranger minifig for each 10″ x 10″ baseplate completed. The mosaic is comprised of the the original LEGO color palette: Blue baseplates and Red, White, Yellow and Black plates and will be on permanent display at Brickmania Toyworks."<br />
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Happy 4th! (Even to our non-US readers, so...just have a great day!)</div>
Casey M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07970411937649084853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-86719974405360728092013-06-27T14:31:00.002-07:002013-06-27T14:31:57.323-07:00Color-riffic!Andy Hung (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andybear0426/">andybear0426</a>) recently completed a couple of lovely mosaics with some captivating colors. First is the London Routemaster. Andy says he adjusted the colour of the background and the bus to make a bigger contrast and increase the sense of art. I think it was a great choice.<br />
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Andy also made this mosaic to celebrate the Buddha's birthday. The colors are fantastic, and I really like the contrast between the square and round pixels (seen in the calligraphy).<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-50778064004862412262013-06-24T16:29:00.002-07:002013-06-24T16:30:21.998-07:00(insert Super Mario theme music here)<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/baronvonbrunk/">Julius von Brunk</a> built this exclusively for the Nintendo World Store back in April:<br />
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He wrote a lot about the building process in the description for the original photo on flickr, which you can find <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/baronvonbrunk/8972806101/">here</a>. <br />
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Thanks again to MosaicBricks' honorary blogger <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/88061820@N00/">Bruce</a>. :-) Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-84932773900806995842013-06-23T15:02:00.000-07:002013-06-23T15:02:05.065-07:00Two Comic-Themed Mosaics<br />
Quite awhile ago, Bruce wrote to tell me about two comic-themed mosaics he posted to his <a href="http://comicbricks.blogspot.com/">Comic Bricks blog</a>. Here they are:<br />
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First, there is War Machine from Iron Man, made by Adam Myers (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/getdamonkey/">getdamonkey</a>_): <br />
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And secondly, here is the Joker, by Brian Hanna (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/94353752@N05/">BrianTheLegoNut</a>): <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/94353752@N05/8590326276/" title="The Joker by BrianTheLegoNut, on Flickr"><img alt="The Joker" height="328" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8590326276_d36279cb75.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Looking at Brian's photostream, I see he has made quite a few other LEGO mosaics as well. Check them out <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/94353752@N05/">here</a>. <br />
<br />Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-49417146567623604402013-06-23T14:53:00.000-07:002013-06-23T14:53:13.203-07:00More Spying, this time with More KittiesI know I just posted an I Spy scatter mosaic that I made, but here is another one that you might also like: <br />
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My kids love it, and they love looking for the things inside of it. Click on the photo to take you to the original page, where there is the poem with the clues of things to look for. <br />
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Now to get back to posting some of the fantastic mosaics other people have made.... there is quite a backlog! ;-)Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-25834350954984586122013-06-21T18:22:00.000-07:002014-06-16T08:26:54.926-07:00Brickworld 2013 Mosaic Round-up!Brickworld 2013 was quite the convention! Best one to date! New location, new people, new MOCs, and especially mosaics! The following is all the mosaics I could gather (during Saturday night). Be sure to check out the other non-mosaic creations too because there were a ton of great ones!<br />
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Couple things before we start:<br />
1. I knew I missed the KLUG light-up mosaic, the Wiz of Oz balloon mosaic, and some small ones among others. I'll look for pictures of them on the internets, but if you catch any others, shoot me a comment below.<br />
2. I apologize for the awful photography. ;D<br />
3. I tried to credit all the builders when I could, but some of them are without names and I apologize. If you know them, just lemme know and I'd be happy to straighten things out.<br />
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ToroLUG had a bunch of mosaics! Possibly some of the best. Take a look:</div>
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Deadmau5's 4x4=12 by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11205069@N06/">ROOK</a></div>
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Moving Pictures and The Dark Side of the Moon by Isaac Mazer</div>
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Led Zeppelin - CODA by John Vandermeulen</div>
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Batman - Haunted Knight Cover by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81097542@N06/">Claire</a>. That is a lot of orange!</div>
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Boba Fett by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62587416@N07/">Sean Jensen</a>.</div>
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ToroLUG QR Code Mosaic</div>
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The Northern Illinois Lego Train Club also had some great stuff.</div>
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Pyrovision by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/">Matt De Lanoy</a></div>
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A collection of small mosaics in Matt De Lanoy's display:</div>
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Already featured (beat me to it, Katie!), but <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/51480565@N03/">Chris Rozek</a>'s Black Rock Shooter was present.</div>
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He also brought Mai Shiranui! From SNK's King of Fighters!</div>
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The Thin White Duke by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/getdamonkey/">Adam Myers</a></div>
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Warmachine by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/getdamonkey/">Adam Myers</a>. It was nice to see a different take on the transparent mosaics by adding a second color.</div>
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The Normandy by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/origin-of-the-brick/">Ben Caulkins</a>.</div>
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Cortana: A Holographic Mosaic by (again, our very own) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/legocy/">Sean and Steph Mayo</a>. This was incredible to see moving! Congratulations to Sean and Steph because they won Best Artwork for it!</div>
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The Viens' Home('s Roof) by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leggodt2/">Jeff and Robin Viens</a>.</div>
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Lego Skateboard by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leggodt2/">Jeff Viens</a></div>
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Brickworld Greeting by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leggodt2/">Jeff Viens</a></div>
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QR Code by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leggodt2/">Jeff Viens</a></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Shameless self-promotion!</span></b></div>
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Since I have a mosaic blog, I might as well build mosaics every now and again, so, here's the parts of the Goodwill store I built.</div>
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The letters could have been done better. I ran out of parts with the 'W' and the 'O's look a bit odd. My tip on building letters: stick with one mosaic style. SNOT or Studs Up. Unless, you can make it work better than mine.</div>
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QR Code by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30041364@N08/">Daniel Church</a>.</div>
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The Brickology Cylinder by <a href="http://bethweis.com/">Beth Weis</a>. I oddly forgot to take a picture of the front, but you can see the Yin Yang through the holes.</div>
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Benedict Cumberbatch by <a href="http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/80052">Alysa Kirkpatrick</a>.</div>
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There were a <i>ton </i>of mosaics on the Cyberpocalypse display! Here are a few:</div>
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Builders include: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35946611@N07">Word_Freak</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/75432225@N00">Carter Baldwin</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34338074@N06">Nathaniel Brill</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24246026@N07">Chris Edwards</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32558479@N04">Forest King</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30715255@N04">bermudafreze</a>, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36749309@N07">Ignacio B.</a></div>
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Middle Earth Mosaic by <a href="http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/92858">Sharon Vance</a> (apart of a miniland Middle-Earth)</div>
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Angry Bird by <a href="http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/25820">Bryan Bonahoom</a>.</div>
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Smaug by <a href="http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/92858">Sharon Vance</a>. I absolutely loved the flame coming from Smaug's mouth.</div>
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Once Upon a Time by (our very own) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/legocy/">Sean and Steph Mayo</a>.</div>
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Dilbert by Michael Harrod</div>
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Workshop mosaics. I think these were the best ones to come out of it so far in the Brickworlds that I've attended.</div>
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Andy Warhol by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/64498969@N08/">Jeremy Moody</a></div>
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The Great Figure by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/64498969@N08/">Jeremy Moody</a></div>
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Sunday Afternoon by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/64498969@N08/">Jeremy Moody</a>. The technique utilized here is normal plates underneath with 1x1 rounds on top to get two levels of color. Absolutely amazing! Congratulations to Jeremy Moody for winning Master Builder at Brickworld 2013!</div>
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Lego Batman Mosaic by Sharon Santos.</div>
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Red Skull Mosaic by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66334317@N04/">Eric Cacioppo</a>.</div>
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A collection of famous artworks by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66334317@N04/">Eric Cacioppo</a>.</div>
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Lego Logo Mosaic by John Fritschle</div>
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Ninjago Snake Rockers by Amos Avery</div>
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Brickworld 2013 was fabulous! BW14 is looking out to be great! If you get the chance, come! Remember, if you recognize something above you built or know who built, leave a comment below. Thanks!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">unused tags (because blogger limits labels to 200 characters): Daniel Church, Beth Weis, Nick Jensen, Alysa Kirkpatrick, Sharon Vance, Bryan Bonahoom, Michael Harrod, Jeremy Moody, Sharon Santos, Richard Glatter, Eric Cacioppo, Garu Haas, Stacy Sterling, Roy T. Cook, Morris, Mariann Asanuma, E. J. Bocan III, Brian Williams, Thomas Mueller,</span></div>
Casey M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07970411937649084853noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-50815810994919564882013-06-20T17:22:00.000-07:002013-06-20T17:22:01.351-07:00Calm of the Tiger.It's always nice to see colors that mosaics aren't often made with. For this beautiful tiger, James uses orange and brown beautifully. It's only natural, as it's a tiger, but it's still nice to see uncommon color combos well executed. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-48130476168238615982013-06-16T16:28:00.000-07:002013-06-16T16:28:37.187-07:00I Spy a MosaicI finally "built" something, and Bruce has prodded me into posting it. I guess it is a mosaic -- a scatter mosaic, although that is a bit of a misnomer, because everything is very carefully placed. <br />
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My kids have been getting into the I Spy books, where you have to look for objects mentioned in a corresponding poem. A lot of the illustrations are photographs of a multitude of scattered objects. One of my favorites has the objects arranged in the shape of a bird. I thought it'd be fun to do something similar in LEGO for my kids. <br />
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So then I had to come up with the rhyming verses, too:<br />
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I spy a pie, a monster's green legs, <br />Six butterflies and a bird that lays eggs. <br />A turtle, a clam, seven long snakes,<br />Four forks, three knives, and a pan to bake cakes.</div>
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I spy three jewels, a mirror, a purse,<br />An otoscope and thermometer made for a nurse; <br />
Two crocodile tails and an alien's head,<br />Three frogs playing leapfrog and a bug that is red.<br />
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I spy a TV, four stars, and four hearts,<br />A crosswalk, a 60, and four arms hacked in parts;<br />Three kinds of fruit, a pan in the sun,<br />A metal detector, a hat, and two kinds of gun.</div>
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First up, added the Hermes Conrad to make the "Futurama Triptych", with Brickwares Jr Jr providing scale, and rocking the Buzz Lightyear Hoodie.<br />
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Next up is a Malcom Reynolds mosaic, signed by Nathan Fillion. "I Aim To Misbehave."<br />
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Nathan Fillion poses with the piece, to the cheers from the autograph line.<br />
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Bruce found this lovely painting, called "Plum blossom in early spring", by Rack Haung (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8807540@N02/">rack911</a>).<br />
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Rack also has this cute little snake in honor of the Year of the Snake:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paultox/">Paul Toxopeus</a> made portraits of the new king and queen of the Netherlands, King Willem Alexander and queen Maxima.<br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-24116395499927290822013-04-02T10:19:00.000-07:002013-04-02T10:19:03.063-07:00Mosaics Round-UpI think when I continue to post here, it will be a quicker sort of post, more of a round-up of mosaics instead of a focus on just one. <br />
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First off: HispaBrick Magazine Issue 016 is out. Free LEGO magazine! Yay! You can find it here: <br />
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<a href="http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/en">http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/en</a><br />
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Secondly, mosaics:<br />
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I don't think I ever posted <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38446022@N00/">Josh Wedin's</a> cool mosaic of Captain Picard. I was waiting till he got it signed by Patrick Stewart at the Emerald City ComiCon. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38446022@N00/8536388055/" title="Patrick Stewart Signed Mosaic by floodllama, on Flickr"><img alt="Patrick Stewart Signed Mosaic" height="220" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8536388055_1559aaaa70_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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Ryan H. (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/">eldeeem</a>) made a cute little Pikachu, and had to wait for the snow to melt before photographing it outside:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/8598735079/" title="Pikachu Mosaic by eldeeem, on Flickr"><img alt="Pikachu Mosaic" height="333" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8598735079_12ab6f6bd7.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.brickville.ca/">Robin Sather</a>, <a href="http://www.brickwares.com/">Dave Ware</a>, and the people of Calgary built this 5 ft. x 6.5 ft. mosaic "Visions of Calgary": <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickwares/8590304534/" title="Visions of Calgary by BrickWares, on Flickr"><img alt="Visions of Calgary" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8590304534_e4ccd0a28a_z.jpg" width="480" /></a><br />
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And I thought this "wall sculpture" by Joshua (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iggins/">Igginz</a>) seemed pretty cool.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iggins/7690891446/in/faves-eilonwy77/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7690891446_376944322a.jpg" /></a><br />
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And finally, check out this awesomely decayed sign that Evan B. (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/legojunkie/">Lego Junkie</a>) made for his Call of Duty diorama:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/legojunkie/8489138807/" title="TranZit: Call Of Duty Black Ops II by Lego Junkie., on Flickr"><img alt="TranZit: Call Of Duty Black Ops II" height="517" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8489138807_f21a9def07_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863735306119730107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787019837423663742.post-71331080998995706512013-03-23T10:37:00.000-07:002013-03-23T10:37:05.508-07:00Whip-AroundHello,<br />
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I wanted to say that I will be able to blog as frequently, or as in depth. My husband was laid off (thanks to the sequestration), so I will be going back to work as a teacher, and not wiling away my hours blogging while my kids watch Dinosaur Train. ;-) I have a lot of stuff to take care of, and my LEGO hobby is not high on that list. <br />
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That being said, I will link to a few mosaics I've noticed lately:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebrickavenger/8558321310/in/faves-eilonwy77/">Teach Me The Greenhouse Effect</a>, by TheBrickAvenger.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10321180@N08/8573587555/" title="Picasso's Don Quixote by torgugick, on Flickr"><img alt="Picasso's Don Quixote" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8573587555_f2beec7a34.jpg" width="375" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10321180@N08/8573587555/in/faves-eilonwy77/">Picasso's Don Quixote</a>, by Arthur Gugick</div>
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Bruce brought to my attention <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43138245@N07/8559999949/">this video of a LEGO Logo Mosaic Sculpture</a> by Nick Tatar.</div>
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Also, Digger1221 has some fun cheese slope pattern mosaics in<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/91596610@N03/sets/72157632895675191/with/8521505771/"> this set</a>. </div>
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