The Mona Lisa uses a pointillist style that I first saw in Roy Cook’s Aayla Secura Pointillist Mosaic winner of best mosaic at Brickfest 2006. My method differs slightly from Roy’s. Roy attached his 1x1 round plates to Technic bricks. I attached my 1x1 round plates directly to a plate beneath. Roy’s method allows more of the underneath color to “bleed” through than my method. My method allows the color to “bleed” more symmetrically.
The pointillist style allowed me to make my mosaic nearly the same size as the actual picture (21 inches by 30 inches)
A mosaic on the Mona Lisa has been done a number of times before (Harshbarger (2000) and Nguyen (2006) are two that I know of).
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February 1, 2012 |
We now know why she is smiling! |
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karsten Rees September 13, 2011 |
Wow so lifelike it scares me I would ,at a distance mistake it for the real deal, 5 :) of 5 :) |
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December 23, 2008 |
Very realistic! The eyes "follow" you when you look at it from different angles, just like the original painting. |
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August 3, 2008 |
Very interesting method. |
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July 28, 2008 |
WOW, you really did well on this! You also got a comment from Sean Kenny and that is really rare!...WELL DONE! |
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Heather Lego Girl July 24, 2008 |
Definately a LEGO masterpiece. It's interesting that I was just looking at Mutant Ninja Turtles in LEGO, and now this... Leonardo is everywhere! Great work. |
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July 24, 2008 |
Another incredible MOC. |
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July 24, 2008 |
whoa,yo got a comment from sean kenney!that is really rare!you are well deserving of it though,I have added you to my homepage.wow,a comment from sean kenney that happens like after you get like eighty MOTDs!you have to be very good to get that!and you are! |
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July 24, 2008 |
No need for long commentary about how you got every part of it completely accurate, your work can defintely stand by itself. |
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July 24, 2008 |
Arthur, your work never ceases to amaze me! Great job helping pioneer this technique; I think this piece does a stellar job proving that this technique is a viable way to create great LEGO mosaics. But while a technique is just a technique, your design and colorization of the image itself is really excellent and is the true star of the show. You've done an amazing job! |
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July 24, 2008 |
Wow, really nicely done, Arthur! I've never had the patience to try one of these (and perhaps a little too close to what I do for a living), but it looks pretty darn complex. Hat's off to ya on a great portrait!!! Ah, but with your building skills, you probably did this in your sleep...Okay, so how about a real challenge...maybe Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa!" |
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July 24, 2008 |
The mysterious bricksmiler!
You did really make mona lisa in lego!
great piece of art,Arthur!
Now,whats the secret about the smile?
did you wear clown outfit while you built her?
heh. |
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July 24, 2008 |
nice i love it alot i would love to have that in my room! |
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July 23, 2008 |
wow... |
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July 23, 2008 |
dang! you're a legend! |
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July 23, 2008 |
Chris is right, Leonardo would be proud. This is truly amazing! A great work of art ya got there. C ya~ElNickre |
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July 23, 2008 |
Leonardo would be proud. I'm not going to sully this piece of art with witty commentary. Thanks for sharing. ~ chris. |
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