Why so serious?

[I Scream Clone]

Hello Eurobrickers, thought I would share my mosaic of Heath Ledger's Joker from Dark Knight.

and here is the inspiration pic.

Cheers

ISC

[Elander]

WOW!

Respect! That's not easy!

And that is a funny idea. A LEGO mosaic. XD

I've never seen before a LEGO mosaic.

That's top!

So again, You've got it!

Edited February 19, 2010 by Elander

[Inconspicuous]

Blew my socks off the moment I saw it! I've always wanted to do a Lego mosaic, but I never really had the time to dig up lots of 1x1s, or the money to buy some. Now you're really tempting me!

Amazing work!

[Etzel]

That's a great mosaic, ISC! As all mosaics it looks best from distance so I stood as far away from the computer as I could in my tiny apartment (maybe 4 meters ). Great work with the colours and I like the mix of transparent and regular bricks in the text Did you use some kind of software to make this or was it a free-hand work? Anyway it's very nice

[Bonaparte]

Holy cow, that's an amazing result. As Etzel said, it looks frightening real when you put some distance between yourself and your screen.

[Ricecracker]

That's amazing, ISC! I saw it on flickr, and from the thumbnail I thought it was a real pic.

...but I never really had the time to dig up lots of 1x1s, or the money to buy some. Now you're really tempting me!

There's no need to only use 1x1s.

[Svelte]

Wow! Amazing work! Is there any LEGO art form you can't master?

I'm not sure about the tan/ dark tan for the peeling makeup, the contrast seems a little high. But the mix of colours is superb and the font work with the softening touches using trans plates is very clever.

[lightningtiger]

'I Scream Clone' I scream AWESOME !

The best Lego Mosaic I have seen in I don't know how long !

You have caught the scene in an instant - excellent work and I'm a conformist! !!

[Zorro]

I love it, I love it, I love it! Great work, I Scream Clone .

'Why so serious', combined with that image, has become a real cult-classic!

[Erdbeereis]

Wonderful ISC, certainly one of the best mosaics I've seen.

[Chris Phipson]

I commented on this over on MOCpages but it truly deserves a second here! You sir are a master of the brick! (hey, I said Brick with a B people... get your mind outta there.)

Beautiful work sir.

~Chris.

[I Scream Clone]

Wow, thank you all for the nice comments.

Blew my socks off the moment I saw it! I've always wanted to do a Lego mosaic, but I never really had the time to dig up lots of 1x1s, or the money to buy some. Now you're really tempting me!

Amazing work!

I used lots of 1x2 1x3 2x2 as well, but yes you do need a lot of 1x1s, i almost ran out of white ones.

That's a great mosaic, ISC! As all mosaics it looks best from distance so I stood as far away from the computer as I could in my tiny apartment (maybe 4 meters ). Great work with the colours and I like the mix of transparent and regular bricks in the text Did you use some kind of software to make this or was it a free-hand work? Anyway it's very nice

Thanks Etzel, I cropped the picture down to even dimensions then shrank to 48x48 pixels, zoomed up the image and mapped out every single ^%$@$ pixel onto 12x12 grids at a time, needless to say it is quite time consuming but the end result is worth it

Wow! Amazing work! Is there any LEGO art form you can't master?

I'm not sure about the tan/ dark tan for the peeling makeup, the contrast seems a little high. But the mix of colours is superb and the font work with the softening touches using trans plates is very clever.

and thanks for the Frontpaging buddy.

[prateek]

Wow. You got everything perfectly! Great job

[Brickthing]

From the front-page this looks really real! Splendid work!

[JimBee]

Excellent! I kept on scrolling back up and down to compare each little square inch of the mosaic to the original screen. Nicely done, very accurate as far as I can tell. I especially like the lips, good use of mixing reds with brown for a realistic result. A little piece of constructive feedback, though. I'm not sure I like that spot where the makeup has worn off- it kind of took my attention away from the rest of the mosaic. I would've just left the brown out of there, but that's just me.

I agree with the others who said that it looks extremely realistic when I take a step back from my screen. I've always wondered how this was done. Did you put the image underneath a grid the size of the plate, then built by color?

I think I might steal this as a background... if that's alright with you.

[WhiteFang]

ISC, you have definitely outdone yourself this time! It's really amazing to see you climbing up to another brand new MOC level of building. Simply outstanding!

By the way, did you use any software to aid in your mosaic design, so you can render or apply the exact amount of bricks in each level. Mosaic building involves alot of precision building, and what you have done up there, is a great example of that.

[I Scream Clone]

ISC, you have definitely outdone yourself this time! It's really amazing to see you climbing up to another brand new MOC level of building. Simply outstanding!

By the way, did you use any software to aid in your mosaic design, so you can render or apply the exact amount of bricks in each level. Mosaic building involves alot of precision building, and what you have done up there, is a great example of that.

Thanks, I cropped a photo down to 48 x 48 pixels and then zoomed up. From there I painstakingly mapped out each 12x12 quadrant based on the colour palette I had available.

[Princess Muttonchops]

Great work ISC, you've really captured the darkness of the character.

[-obelix-]

I have only one word for this, FANTASTIC!

Really, really great job mate! :thumbup:

[WhiteFang]

Thanks, I cropped a photo down to 48 x 48 pixels and then zoomed up. From there I painstakingly mapped out each 12x12 quadrant based on the colour palette I had available.

That's sheer hardwork!!! I am sure your eyes will be seeing multiple colours blinking at the things you are seeing.

[Dunjohn]

Amazing stuff. Well done!

[Prime Brick]

Jeepers, that is impresive

[Ras 74]

That came out really good ISC.

You just got to love the look of the new Joker played by Heath Ledger.

[Big Cam]

That's just crazy, aweosme job.

[RedMark18]

*Faints*......*recovers* OMG! That was COOL!! Heath was the best Joker. Too bad he died.