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Posted on 06/11/09 09:32:39 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 274: Building bricks
This week I came across the work of Nathan Sawaya, a former banker who gave up his job to concentrate on making stunning sculptures out of Lego. Playing with the real bricks is fun, of course, but can we make our own improbable Lego constructions in Photoshop? I've provided a set of basic bricks for you to work with - they're here as a PNG file with no background, but for those of you who have trouble with this file format there's another set here in JPEG format. Probably best to work in isometric projection for this one, as true perspective will make this job almost impossible!  |
Posted on 06/11/09 09:38:57 AM |
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laddition
femme fatale Posts: 585 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
Alors là, Steve, on pourrait presque appeler ça du sadisme! Qu'est ce que je vais faire avec des légos, moi, j'y jouais même pas quand j'étais petite! ^^ Bon, mon cerveau commence déjà à bouillir! On verra bien vendredi! Bonne semaine! _________________ Mais je me connais, je lâcherais pas l'affaire.... Je vais piquer de grève comme on pique une colère... Plus têtue que tous les vieil homme et la mer... Pour que continue le combat ordinaire! |
Posted on 06/11/09 09:42:03 AM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply  |
Challenge 274: Building bricks
I'm sure we all know what that means.. clear as mud Steve   |
Posted on 06/11/09 10:37:22 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6838 Reply |
Challenge 274: Building bricks
Isometric projection is the perspective method whereby the Y axis is straight up, and the X and Z axes go off at 30 degree angles. If you start to build images using these blocks, you'll see you get a kind of fake perspective where things don't get smaller as they recede into the background. It's a system used for technical drawing, and it's also the system Lego use in their instruction guides! More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isometric_projection |
Posted on 06/11/09 10:55:51 AM |
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Jeepy
Modeleur Mystique Posts: 174 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
Oh no, I destroyed my Lego construction   |
Posted on 06/11/09 9:32:28 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
Mayan/Aztec temple -Only something very simple/minimal just to warm up. Might help. No shadows cast. -Isometric and transposition from orthogonal views reminds me of (engineering) Technical Drawing GCSE/O-Levels and associated methods, and other maths/physics/computer(SW) transformations later! But art is always here .... &compatible 
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Posted on 06/11/09 9:56:02 PM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
Well done Trevor! |
Posted on 07/11/09 10:42:52 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2805 Reply  |
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Thats very well done Trevor. Its certainly a challenging challenge this week. http://s198.photobucket.com/albums/aa164/tooquilos/?action=view¤t=legosmall.flv  _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 07/11/09 4:06:37 PM |
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Jonvee Leo
Construction Chief Posts: 38 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
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Posted on 07/11/09 7:53:05 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
Thanks Sophie and Anna. Bit simple on my part, but hope can do more later. Another great enjoyed solution Anna!  (Effective cropping). 刘仲伟, 我的看法：非常好的图象和恰当回答挑战摘要 我也认为中国地标解答  。 |
Posted on 07/11/09 11:12:00 PM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
Oh Steve trust you to pick lego I was never any good with lego look what you made me do!  |
Posted on 08/11/09 01:31:39 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
You're a great engineer Becky 
My sister loved Lego, not sure who shared who'es.... boxes of lego.... story
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Posted on 08/11/09 03:30:09 AM |
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Jonvee Leo
Construction Chief Posts: 38 Reply |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
Thank you Jota120 |
Posted on 08/11/09 03:33:46 AM |
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Jonvee Leo
Construction Chief Posts: 38 Reply |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
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Posted on 08/11/09 03:36:10 AM |
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Jonvee Leo
Construction Chief Posts: 38 Reply |
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It is fantastic maiden |
Posted on 08/11/09 03:45:00 AM |
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Mark Goodwin
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Challenge 274: Building bricks
Sorry to be so thick but, does one need to cut out each individual brick you have supplied, before I can work with them? _________________ Mark Goodwin If you do what you have always done, you'll get what you've always got! |
Posted on 08/11/09 04:32:54 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Challenge 274: Building bricks
Mark, I got rid of the white background with the magic wand. The bricks image became my toybox. I lassoed around whichever brick I happened to require, made a new layer and dragged it into my picture. The key to this one was liberal use of ctrl-[ or ctrl-] to send the layer forward or backward. Here's what I came up with:  _________________ The journey of a thousand hours begins with a single layer. |
Posted on 08/11/09 06:06:11 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
The Acropolis in Athens  |
Posted on 08/11/09 2:48:52 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
void |
Posted on 08/11/09 2:53:53 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 274: Building bricks
The SC server is playing up for me(!?) Go for the PNG file, cut and past .... etc : :seems okay now.... |
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