So I created another one of those mosaic pictures made up of loads of my pictures from the last 4 or 5 years in America. It should be screamingly obvious what it is, but if you’re having a dosey day I’ll reveal that it is indeed an American flag.
The image is made up of a staggering 5300 unique pictures and includes a few of the Texans known to you lot. They include Erin, Shaun and Amy, Edith, Cameron, Jess, Carey, Matt and Jude, Roy, Chad and his wife (I think), and some bloke giving me the V’s (pictured right).
I decided to get the picture printed but felt that it needed to be way bigger than your average 12×8 so I needed to go to a specialist repro lab in town. The result is a spectacular A0 print that is a lot of fun to study up close. it cost a whopping $170 to print that on quality photo paper, and maybe I shouldn’t have bothered. Maybe it would have been wiser to wait and be less hasty, especially considering I’ll have more pictures to add from this upcoming trip. But I felt impulsive so what the heck.
The only problem is that in my apartment you’re never far away from a wall and I feel that the overall effect of the picture night be lost if people can’t see it from far enough away. All in all it might have been a shocking waste of company money, but I figured I needed to print one to see how they work in ‘the flesh’ as it were.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 24, 2005 at 9:29 am
that is awesome —
Wrote the following comment on Jun 24, 2005 at 9:42 am
Wow, I don’t know if I can even come close to the eloquence of that first comment. But I’ll sure as heck try. ;-) That print is fantastic. I was thinking of trying to get it off of you, but then I realized that having all your friends in it is an even cooler….or should I say “kewler”…part. I guess my next computer is going to have to be a Mac.And dude…sorry I missed your call AGAIN! I’m out to replace my piece-of-shit cellphone soon. The bloody thing is “working” less and less. :-)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 24, 2005 at 12:29 pm
I think if it brings back good memories it was money well spent. Enjoy it :)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 24, 2005 at 12:57 pm
I’m on dialup on a crap-top machine with a horrible video card, so I can’t see even begin to see myself. Flattered, though.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 25, 2005 at 3:51 am
omigosh you can make soooo much money. What a great talent!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 25, 2005 at 6:13 am
I like this print even better than the first.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 25, 2005 at 7:56 am
That’s a very cool picture. Where on earth are you going to hang it though?
Wrote the following comment on Jun 25, 2005 at 9:50 am
Looks good.You’ll never walk alone.LFC!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 25, 2005 at 11:09 am
It’s cool that you went “all the way”, so to speak and made it BIG! ;) And I know some of those folks!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 26, 2005 at 4:25 pm
freakin cool. i feel like a star!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 27, 2005 at 10:39 am
edith you IS a Star
Wrote the following comment on Jun 28, 2005 at 5:20 am
What the hell am I doing in that picture? HA! Oh and the “V” guy is Brenton.
Wrote the following comment on Aug 17, 2006 at 7:11 pm
Very nice picture – you should bring it to America when you come in September, that would be cool.