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I wonder what it would look like scaled up to a higher resolution with a dithering algorithm applied. With the extremely limited palette of lego bricks you'd ha

I wonder what it would look like scaled up to a higher resolution with a dithering algorithm applied. With the extremely limited palette of lego bricks you'd have to get pretty creative with the dithering to get an accurate representation, it seems like a fun problem.

vidarh 9y ago
Look at pixel art for the C64 etc. and you'll see how creative dithering like that can get, but it also tends to show that the end result will often be better if you deviate more. With pixel art that uses models, part of the challenge tends to be not to be as accurate as possible, but to deviate in the ways that best brings out the overall qualities of the image. E.g. in this case I'd argue that the big flaw in the end result was to not bring out the blue in her head-dress and the white and black in her eyes, and ensuring the back of her head and back is actually visible, at least with a dark grey outline, as well as the red line of her mouth. Likewise, sacrificing some of the lines in her headdress for less texturing but hinting at it with maybe one line would probably look better. I don't want to diminish it in terms of demonstration of the methods in the article - it's great as a means of showing what you can do with them. But it also demonstrates shortcomings of those methods (but that's good too).
jacobr 9y ago
If you manage to get a hold of old Lego bricks, there are a few more colors available. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp
dsr_ 9y ago
Or you can take less literal approaches. Here's a portrait of R2D2: https://www.flickr.com/photos/152507766@N07/32877646570/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/152507766@N07/32877646570/ and here's the Millenium Falcon: https://www.flickr.com/photos/legocityson/37717492631/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/legocityson/37717492631/in/dat... and Groucho Marx: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125619484@N02/29571498821 https://www.flickr.com/photos/125619484@N02/29571498821 and a self-portrait (not me): https://www.flickr.com/photos/142720019@N08/33587002231/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/142720019@N08/33587002231/in/d...
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  My friend does lego brick art works, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/oxfordbrickart/lego-mosaics/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/oxfordbrickart/lego-mosaics/, I prefer his R2' but over all the greyscale ones seem better, particularly Holly Golightly[1] and the Cyberman (separate pictures!). [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ENEj33t4M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ENEj33t4M construction video

vidarh 9y ago

Look at pixel art for the C64 etc. and you'll see how creative dithering like that can get, but it also tends to show that the end result will often be better if you deviate more. With pixel art that uses models, part of the challenge tends to be not to be as accurate as possible, but to deviate in the ways that best brings out the overall qualities of the image. E.g. in this case I'd argue that the big flaw in the end result was to not bring out the blue in her head-dress and the white and black in her eyes, and ensuring the back of her head and back is actually visible, at least with a dark grey outline, as well as the red line of her mouth. Likewise, sacrificing some of the lines in her headdress for less texturing but hinting at it with maybe one line would probably look better. I don't want to diminish it in terms of demonstration of the methods in the article - it's great as a means of showing what you can do with them. But it also demonstrates shortcomings of those methods (but that's good too).

jacobr 9y ago

If you manage to get a hold of old Lego bricks, there are a few more colors available. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp

dsr_ 9y ago

Or you can take less literal approaches. Here's a portrait of R2D2: https://www.flickr.com/photos/152507766@N07/32877646570/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/152507766@N07/32877646570/ and here's the Millenium Falcon: https://www.flickr.com/photos/legocityson/37717492631/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/legocityson/37717492631/in/dat... and Groucho Marx: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125619484@N02/29571498821 https://www.flickr.com/photos/125619484@N02/29571498821 and a self-portrait (not me): https://www.flickr.com/photos/142720019@N08/33587002231/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/142720019@N08/33587002231/in/d...

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
My friend does lego brick art works, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/oxfordbrickart/lego-mosaics/ https://www.pinterest.co.uk/oxfordbrickart/lego-mosaics/, I prefer his R2' but over all the greyscale ones seem better, particularly Holly Golightly[1] and the Cyberman (separate pictures!). [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ENEj33t4M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ENEj33t4M construction video