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    The Rubik's Cube's Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art

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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/08/09

    In reply to The Rubik's Cube's Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art

    There's an artist by the name of Space Invader who has been doing 8-bit Rubik's Cube art and tile art since the 1990s. He's done the "here's Johnny'' scene from the Shining, Abbey Road, and quite a few others.

    [www.space-invaders.com]

    [en.wikipedia.org]) #rubikscube
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/08/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Your Wikipedia link didn't parse right -- [en.wikipedia.org] #rubikscube
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/08/09

    @Platypus Man: Thanks. It's always those darn Wikipedia links with the parenthesis at the end that link wrong on here. #rubikscube
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    Image of hill93 hill93
    11/08/09

    In reply to The Rubik's Cube's Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art
    its a shame these are painted or something instead of actually spun round to make this. look at the bottom left corner makes it obvious they arent just made like this :( #rubikscube
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/08/09

    @hill93: Here's the Youtube video from the linked page. It clearly shows him spinning the cubes to make the Obama portrait.

    Also on the linked page are several pictures that don't have any camera flash. #rubikscube
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    Image of hill93 hill93
    11/08/09

    @Platypus Man: Fair enough :P #rubikscube
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/08/09

    In reply to The Rubik's Cube's Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art
    As an artist and appreciator of varied and unusual mediums, I think this is pretty cool. I like the irony of having unsolved puzzles represent finished images... and often ones that themselves represent puzzling challenges. All that aside, my inner Grammar Cop would like to thank Jack Loftus for properly writing out "Rubik's Cube" where so many others take the lazy way out. #rubikscube
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/08/09

    @met2art: For my part, everyone I know gets exactly one cut on the arm per use of "Rubix Cube". #rubikscube
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    11/08/09

    In reply to The Rubik's Cube's Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art
    wow rubiks cubes are like 10 bux each... i wonder how these guys get paid. #rubikscube
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/08/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: Well, it's one guy and he's not getting paid, so it's all out of pocket, but according to the Youtube video on the linked page, he bought a bunch of mini Rubik's cubes in bulk from China, so it's probably still a lot, but not $10 each. #rubikscube
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    Image of Nick Nick
    08/07/09

    In reply to Pixel Light Adds Bloom Lighting to the Drab, Analog World
    it's a fleshtone. i wonder what it is. tee he he
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/07/09

    In reply to Pixel Light Adds Bloom Lighting to the Drab, Analog World
    Wasn't that style called something else before there were pixels?
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    Image of TheAlmeida TheAlmeida
    08/07/09

    @strider_mt2k: You mean DeStijl? Never crossed my mind, interesting.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/07/09

    @TheAlmeida: THAT'S IT!
    (or something like it)
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    Image of Segador Segador
    08/07/09

    In reply to Pixel Light Adds Bloom Lighting to the Drab, Analog World
    This looks like something you'd find hanging in an avocado-green 1970 mod kitchen, surrounded by 140 square meters of faux-wood paneling. Ugly as hell.
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    UnderLoK promoted this comment Edited by Segador at 08/07/09 10:00 AM Segador was starred Segador was unstarred
    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/07/09

    @Segador: My living room is 70's style baby. Orange, brown, and white sans wood paneling :P

    I totally dig the orange, brown, tan, cream, white, and chrome 70's thing... If only I had shag carpet.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/30/09

    In reply to Pixel Art Book Jackets Hide Your Shameful Reading Habit
    I've worked long and hard to organize my books. I've got a shelf devoted to exploration, organized left to right by latitude (True North on the left, South by Shackleton on the Right), one for fires, another for epidemics, one for Founding Fathers biographies, and also a shelf for British/French/Russian warfare.


    I don't need something like this mucking up my insane organization scheme.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    01/30/09

    In reply to Pixel Art Book Jackets Hide Your Shameful Reading Habit
    No Clarus means no thank you!
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    Image of Curves Curves
    01/30/09

    In reply to Pixel Art Book Jackets Hide Your Shameful Reading Habit
    My books are all different shapes and sizes and this doesnt allow for book titles, so finding the book yuou want would be hard, and, really, who keeps their bookshelves this neat. Cute concept but not very workable.
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    Image of mariathephan mariathephan
    01/30/09

    @Curves: aw i was totally gonna do this, read your comment and realized you're right. not worth it anymore :(
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    Image of Curves Curves
    01/30/09

    @mariathephan: If you want to do it, use it on a set of encyclopedias or something. All uniform size and its not like anyone actually reads them (other than me).
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    01/30/09

    @Curves: The only books I have that would work for this are my two full book cases of the Northwestern Reporter, and 1) I still use them so need to see the spines, and 2) don't think my clients would think it was too classy to have that in my office.


    So, yeah, great idea buy hard to work it into real life.

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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    01/30/09

    @Curves: Variable books sizes doesn't matter much. You can still put larger (or smaller) book covers on them so they all have the same size book cover. Sure, that would be weird, but if you're seriously thinking of doing this, you're probably already there.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    01/30/09

    @Rabid Penguin: It would still make it impossible to find the book you want if your don't have a photographic memory.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    01/30/09

    @Xeno: But if you do have a photographic memory, you probably don't need to purchase the book. Just memorize it in the book store. I think this is for the person who joined the Scholastic Book Club for the stickers, and never really learned to read.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    01/30/09

    @Rabid Penguin: Those were really sweet stickers.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/30/09

    In reply to Pixel Art Book Jackets Hide Your Shameful Reading Habit
    These are obviously designed to hide the Japanese comics that you've collected but now your wife/gf want to get rid of. My brother has 43 issues of Dragon Ball somewhere.
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