In my last post, I talked about how I got the basic image for my mosaic. Now, how I got it from digital image to Lego mosaic design! I used the bricklink.com program Mosaick to get a basic layout. There are a few variations that one can consider. You can do the design in plates, bricks or tiles. This matters for the design because some colors might be available in a … [Read more...] about Ai Mosaic, Pt. 2 – From Image to Design
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Ai Mosaic, Pt. 1 – Creating the Image
Building the “Ai” Mosaic We love the look of chinese characters, and putting them into a Lego Mosaic sounded like it would look great. For the Generations Adoptions Hope Gala, we have wanted to submit something made of Lego for the silent auction for several years, but couldn’t get anything together for it. But this year, we put the chinese character for ‘love’ in a Lego … [Read more...] about Ai Mosaic, Pt. 1 – Creating the Image
Ai Mosaic, Pt. 0 – “Why?”
Part 0? Since we’re writing a series about creating our Ai mosaic, I felt it appropriate to explain why we’re making this particular mosaic. It’s not a random choice to create a new mosaic of the Chinese character Ai. We’re parents - both genetic and adoptive parents. And we love and support the agency through which we adopted five embryos (one of whom is now crawling … [Read more...] about Ai Mosaic, Pt. 0 – “Why?”
