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Escher Paintings with Lego Bricks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the prett-pictures dept.

sciuro writes "a couple of guys (A Lipton & D Shiu) have built three of M C Escher's 3D-distorting paintings using Lego bricks (and some carefully chosen camera angles). Balcony, Belvedere & Ascending and Descending are all down at the bottom of the page. Nice!" Some other pretty pieces as well.

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  1. More information by kaosrain · · Score: 4, Informative

    More information on MC Escher, including his artwork and uses of his artwork, can be found here and here.

  2. Mirror by zachlipton · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't usually do this, though these are pretty darn cool so I setup a mirror!

    http://www.zachlipton.com/mirror/lego.htm

    Zach

  3. Not a repeat! by jlv · · Score: 5, Informative

    While this link of Andrew Lipson' was mentioned back in July, this is not a repeat. The Escher works are newly added in October.

  4. Re:What suprised me... by DigitalDad · · Score: 5, Informative

    He did...

    Penguin

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  5. Nope. by Inoshiro · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is not a repeat! The Escher works are newly added in October.

    Go read the original story -- it's about unrelated works.

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  6. Escher's paintings? by turg · · Score: 4, Informative

    Warning: Picky complaint about semantics. Stop reading here if such things annoy you.

    a couple of guys (A Lipton & D Shiu) have built three of M C Escher's 3D-distorting paintings using Lego bricks

    I didn't know Escher did any painting.

    In any case, what I see on this page is a couple of guys have built three of M C Escher's lithographs using Lego bricks.

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    1. Re:Escher's paintings? by Theodore+Logan · · Score: 3, Informative

      I didn't know Escher did any painting.

      Obviously, you are not very familiar with his work. Escher made huge amounts of paintings, most of them in the beginning of his career. It is true, however, that these particular works happens to be lithographs.

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  7. angles by h4x0r-3l337 · · Score: 3, Informative

    They would have gotten better pictures if they had photographed the scenes from far away using a telephoto lens. The way they did it for this webpage, perspective is still way too visible, and makes some of the "pillars" easily recognizable as non-vertical. By moving the camera further away, this effect is reduced.

  8. Don't miss his Dilbert sculptures by Russ+Nelson · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't miss his Dilbert scuptures. He has Dilbert, the Pointy-haired Boss, and Wally.
    -russ

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