The816

High-res I was inspired by the work of Simon Cryer who recreated David Bowie album covers from dots. It seemed like a cool Processing project, so I created a script that iterates over the pixels of album cover JPGs and composes these dot grids. Rather than just sampling one pixel to assign a color to a circle, I’m calculating the average color of the pixels under each circle. The result is a little more nuanced than a single-pixel color selection. It’s crazy how recognizable these album covers are, even when they’re reduced to 324 circles.  If you’d like a high-res printable version, I have one for you right here. Enjoy! Want to make one for your own favorite band? Download the source on Github.

I was inspired by the work of Simon Cryer who recreated David Bowie album covers from dots. It seemed like a cool Processing project, so I created a script that iterates over the pixels of album cover JPGs and composes these dot grids. Rather than just sampling one pixel to assign a color to a circle, I’m calculating the average color of the pixels under each circle. The result is a little more nuanced than a single-pixel color selection.

It’s crazy how recognizable these album covers are, even when they’re reduced to 324 circles. 

If you’d like a high-res printable version, I have one for you right here.

Enjoy! Want to make one for your own favorite band? Download the source on Github.

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