Mosaics Roundup -- April 21 edition

A few mosaics I've come across recently:


Bruce found this lovely painting, called "Plum blossom in early spring", by Rack Haung (rack911).

Rack also has this cute little snake in honor of the Year of the Snake:

Paul Toxopeus made portraits of the new king and queen of the Netherlands, King Willem Alexander and queen Maxima.

And Arthur Gugick (torgugick) made a decorated tile mosaic of John Lennon, which contains about 4000 tiles:

Arthur also posted this LEGO version of The Scream back in January, which I somehow managed to forget to post at the time:

Whip-Around

Hello,

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. 

That being said, I will link to a few mosaics I've noticed lately:

Teach Me The Greenhouse Effect, by TheBrickAvenger.

 

Picasso's Don Quixote, by Arthur Gugick

 

 

Bruce brought to my attention this video of a LEGO Logo Mosaic Sculpture by Nick Tatar.

 

Also, Digger1221 has some fun cheese slope pattern mosaics in this set. 

 



Movie Posters

Arthur Gugick (torgugick) is working on a series of 3 movie posters.  The first two are done, and look fantastic.

Here is a poster for The Shining:

 

This one was made with 3500 decorated tiles.  The next one, from The Silence of the Lambs, was made with 5000 decorated tile pieces:

Those eyes... and the insect.... and the shading...  they're just amazing. 

Gugick does it again!

So all around known mosaic master Arthur Gugick has created a second lenticular/morphing mosaic. This time, he moved from Star Wars on over to comic books featuring the greatest hero/villain combination. Take a look below:

No pictures so far, but I'm sure they'll be photos to come. Check out his Flickr here, and if you'd like to see more lenticular mosaics, check out our previous post on them here.

Brickworld 2012 Mosaic Round up!

Brickworld 2012 was the best Brickworld yet (or at least, for me, Casey, it was). Lots of laughs, learning, and (of course) Lego! Mosaics had a great presence this year with some great jaw-dropping-how-the-heck-did-you-make-that-creations. Most of these where taken on the 3rd day of the con (Friday) and some were taken on the 4th (Saturday). I tried to write down all the names of the mosaics and the names of the creators, but I misplaced a few. Let me know if you know any of the names. Thanks. And yes, this is about 2 weeks over due. ;-)

To start, Arthur Gugick brought his large amount of mosaics, most or all of which have been posted on MB before (or might as well have). The winner of the best art work went to Arthur Gugick's Anakin/Darth Vader Mosaic that was previously shown in our blog under the image-changing cheese slope post.

 

Mariann Asanuma of Model Building Secrets brought a recreation of Raising the Flag at Ground Zero.

Sharon Vana? (unconfirmed) brought two Legend of Zelda mosaics. One of Link, and one of Zelda.

UPDATE: Sharon Vance brought the two mosaics.

E. J. Bocan III brought two superhero mosaics, an Iron Man one, and a Captain America mosaic.

Here's a photo illustrating the technique. The mosaics are built diagonally.

A C3PO mosaic was built by Sean Jensen.

I couldn't get close enough to read the inscription of the following mosaic or find the MOC card, but here's a mosaic of a labratory...building...thingy. Let me know if anyone knows the builder...or creation. ;-D

UPDATE: Dave Kaleta brought the Lab School Mosaic. It has a really neat story so check it out here!

Judge's award went to the The Day the Earth Stood Still mosaic by E. J. Bocan III. The technique used to make it is the same as the Captain America and Iron Man mosaics.

Chris Rozak brought a mosaic of the Nyan Cat.

A mouse cursor was brought by Dr. Church.

Becky Weis, apart of Brickology created a large Brickworld 2012 mosaic logo over the course of the convention made entirely of 1x8s.

Roy T. Cook brought a mosaic called Alice. The photo has been cropped for obvious purposes, as well for the public. A neat part of this mosaic though is that four panels all bend into one focal point.

A Lego logo mosaic was apart of a micro city display. (if anyone knows the builder, let me know)

Pepa Quin (Matt de Lanoy) brought his Lord of the Stick mosaics.

Tyler Halliwell brought a very large mosaic of Fashionable Bridge by Vladimir Kush. My photo turned out blurry, so the photo below is Tyler's.

A Canadian flag was brought. (once, again not sure who!)

Finally, Nikki Rinderer (unconfirmed last name) brought a host of labyrinths.

Overall, a lot of great mosaics this year! Congrats to the winners.

Unused tags: Zelda, Link, Legend of Zelda, Super Heroes, Iron Man, Captain America, C3PO, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Studs Up, SNOT, nyan cat, Brickology, Alice, Tyler Halliwell, Fashionable Bridge, Vladimir Kush, canadian flag, labyrinth,

~Casey

Micro-Mosaics Redux

Since posting his first micro-mosaic, Arthur Gugick (torgugick) has been busy making more.  If you'll recall, this technique uses printed tiles, but for a 1x2 tile, half is covered by the next tile.  It's done in a stair-step fashion, and allows for a much greater resolution of an image in a smaller space. 

Here are a few more of his micro-mosaics, as shown at BrickWorld Indy:



Here is a close-up of the Abe Lincoln micro-mosaic:



In this image, you can see only half of the 1x2 tiles used in the image, and you can also see how the tiles are oriented in different directions to achieve a slightly different quality of color. 


Here's one more micro-mosaic, a close-up of Bugs Bunny, just for fun: