M. C. Escher

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M.C. Escher is a Dutch graphic artist famous for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, and tessellations.

This pioneer's work is still prominent in optical illutions and such today, so prominent that it has made its way into the Lego form along with many others.

There are some extra pictures here.

I love this stuff.

[Kahgarak]

I love how the builder made a Technic impossible cube in the 3rd picture.

[Starwars4J]

This actually has been posted a few times before, but it's always interesting

[Bonaparte]

I always found the stairs (2nd one) very intriguing.

First time I see it in lego form.

[zanna]

Hi guys, I'm happy to show you my last render of my re-creation: Hand With Reflecting Sphere (by M.C. Escher) (1935).

Hope you'll like it!

[papacharly]

Really a great job! And a brilliant idea too. You captured the original setup extremely well. So I like it!!

May you please describe your workflow in a few words? I assume that this is a complete and genuine render without any "photoshoping". Right?

regards

papacharly

[Borex]

Haha love it! Really good job. You gonna make more?

[Pate-keetongu]

That's excellent! One of my favourites of Echer's prints. The head choice is perfect.

[zanna]

Thank you papacharly :)

This is the workflow:

1) I built the model with Mecabricks,

2) I rendered the sphere in Blender, with a super-fish eye lens,

3) I rendered the hand (because minifig's arm it's so short! ahah),

4) in Photoshop I merge the images, than I turned the result in BW and I add some grain.

Thank you too Borex and Pate-keetongu!

Yes, I think I'll re-make some other Escher's models!

[papacharly]

Many thanks for disclosing your "secrets".

Looking forward to some more Eschers.

[henrysunset]

Take a look at this project I did to re-create the infinite waterfall MC Escher print.

http://tomalphin.com/2013/10/lego-challenge-12-impossible-escher.html

[zanna]

Take a look at this project I did to re-create the infinite waterfall MC Escher print.

http://tomalphin.com...ble-escher.html

Fantastic henrysunset, your project it's so clean!

[TheLET]

The work of Escher always captivated me, and seeing his work in Lego from is great. Thanks for sharing this work.

Zanna, I'm really impressed with your render, you really captured the atmosphere of the real work. And I really like the way you included the Lego Mona Lisa and the yellow man in the paintings on the wall.

[zanna]

Thanks for your kind words TheLET :)

Now I'm working on something easier, Drawing hands!

Stay tuned!

[zanna]

As I promised... Drawing Hands (1948) by M.C. Escher