Make Your Own Pixelated Portrait from Paint Chips.
By Chrisjob
Earlier this month, Apartment Therapy Chicago featured a home with a pixelated portrait of Lincoln, which the owners created "by pixelating a photo and boiling it down to 9 shades of gray (both done in Photoshop). [Then they] built the canvas, gridded it off in 2 inch squares, and mixed the different shades of paint. At that point it basically became a paint by number."
Then, some clever AT reader took the approach, and recreated the aesthetic with square paint samples from Benjamin Moore. "This is a mosaic I did using those Benjamin Moore paint chips you can get from hardware stores. After a lot of time, patience, photoshop, and numerous trips to ACE hardware, I was finally able to finish."
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Emily
Great art! Its a really clever idea of creating something different.
Anonymous
There's cool stuff made from junk mail:
http://www.schimmelart.com
Mike E
Hi,
I'm an artist and I've been working with pixelated portraits for years. I've created a simple paint by pixel system for anyone to use and you can try it here www.diyart.com . There's a free online app to convert your photo and you can buy a paint set with the 15 greyscale shades ready-mixed from retailers inc Urban Outfitters.
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