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Man creates Rubik's Cubist art using thousands of cubes
The Rubik's Cube must rank as one of the geekiest toys of all time, so art isn't the first thing that normally comes to mind when most people pick one up. That didn't stop John Quigley, who uses thousands of mini 3x3 cubes to make his own ultra geeky pixel art.
Far from just plopping new solved cubes into a frame, Quigley determines which colors need to be showing in all nine squares of the visible face on each cube, then manipulates the cubes to show the desired colors. With my pathetic Rubik's skills, that would take me hours per cube, but Quigley says he can complete a multi-thousand cube portrait in less than a day.
Just what he does with the finished masterpieces isn't clear.
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By Ebee at 6:30 AM ON 11/09/09
These pictures look really good, i wonder where this guy still finds enough rubik's cubes to make a picture?
By Ebee at 6:34 AM ON 11/09/09
These pictures look really good, i wonder where this guy still finds enough rubik's cubes to make a picture like these and what does he do with the picture once it is done?
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By theorie at 9:50 AM ON 11/09/09
This "artist" is simply copying the French street artist, Space Invader.
www.space-invaders.com
Space Invader (the artist) has been using Rubik's cubes to create pixel art for a long time now.
It's pretty pathetic that this John Quigley guy even stole the space invaders / video game character theme for his pieces.
I see a lawsuit in the near future.
By PixelPete2010 at 5:54 PM ON 11/09/09
theorie, he's not "stealing" Space-Invader's themes or copying him for that matter. Space Invader has started a movement. There are a number of nerds, myself included, that are doing this.
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theorie, he's not "stealing" Space-Invader's themes or copying him for that matter. Space Invader has started a mov...More »