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2D & 3D / Re: Physical pixel art
« on: September 12, 2016, 09:18:52 pm »
Cinnamon cake
A delicious but very low resolution rendering of a fox. 19 x 16 pixels, 6 colours, 5 hours of icing:
Original picture: http://bluewater-publications.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Fierce-Fox.jpg
More pictures, and how it was done: https://flashasm.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/this-rendering-algorithm-is-incredibly-slow-aka-cinnamon-cake-pixel-art/
Hand-made antialiased text
The antialiasing value of each pixel was calculated by hand, based on how much was inside the text shapes. Approximately 64 x 32 pixels, 9 levels of antialiasing, 36 colours, 7 hours of painting:
More pictures, and how it was done: https://flashasm.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/this-rasterization-algorithm-is-incredibly-slow-but-at-least-uses-antialiasing/
Fox
320 x 220 (approx) pixels, 25 colours, 130 hours of painting. Not a great photo, to be honest:
Original: https://www.flickr.com/photos/levitateme/3735905630/
More pictures, including some close-ups: http://imgur.com/a/Yg5Lw
How it was done: This blogpost is for a different picture, but it's the same principle. https://flashasm.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/more-incredibly-slow-rendering-algorithms-cupcakes-pixel-art/
Cupcakes version 2.0
My first attempt at painting these cupcakes was disappointing, so I decided to try again. 256 x 320 pixels, 64 colours, 300 hours of mixing and painting. Original picture on the left, painting on the right:
Original picture: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wvALB7YcVwc/USasHfsD1PI/AAAAAAAALGk/cjP7Nm2eZI4/s1600/SprinkleBakes+Roy+G+Biv+Rainbow+Cupcakes.jpg
More pictures, and how it was done: https://flashasm.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/81920-pixels-of-64-colour-cupcake-goodness/
A delicious but very low resolution rendering of a fox. 19 x 16 pixels, 6 colours, 5 hours of icing:
Original picture: http://bluewater-publications.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Fierce-Fox.jpg
More pictures, and how it was done: https://flashasm.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/this-rendering-algorithm-is-incredibly-slow-aka-cinnamon-cake-pixel-art/
Hand-made antialiased text
The antialiasing value of each pixel was calculated by hand, based on how much was inside the text shapes. Approximately 64 x 32 pixels, 9 levels of antialiasing, 36 colours, 7 hours of painting:
More pictures, and how it was done: https://flashasm.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/this-rasterization-algorithm-is-incredibly-slow-but-at-least-uses-antialiasing/
Fox
320 x 220 (approx) pixels, 25 colours, 130 hours of painting. Not a great photo, to be honest:
Original: https://www.flickr.com/photos/levitateme/3735905630/
More pictures, including some close-ups: http://imgur.com/a/Yg5Lw
How it was done: This blogpost is for a different picture, but it's the same principle. https://flashasm.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/more-incredibly-slow-rendering-algorithms-cupcakes-pixel-art/
Cupcakes version 2.0
My first attempt at painting these cupcakes was disappointing, so I decided to try again. 256 x 320 pixels, 64 colours, 300 hours of mixing and painting. Original picture on the left, painting on the right:
Original picture: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wvALB7YcVwc/USasHfsD1PI/AAAAAAAALGk/cjP7Nm2eZI4/s1600/SprinkleBakes+Roy+G+Biv+Rainbow+Cupcakes.jpg
More pictures, and how it was done: https://flashasm.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/81920-pixels-of-64-colour-cupcake-goodness/