If a custom Rubik's Cube depicting Mario and Luigi wasn't enough for you, then you might want to check out this. It's some of the best Rubik's Cube art we've ever seen, with tons of cubes being used together to depict a jumping Mario. The amount of time it would take to solve all of these cubes in the correct way, as well as attaching them together to create the desired image, must be a long and painstaking process. We commend such effort and wonder what kind of price an artist would put on such a project.
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2-26-2007 @ 6:49PM
Durvivor said...
When I first saw these images a few years ago I knew I HAD to have this art! I undertook the task of re-creating some Rubiks Cube / Mario art for myself.
First up was designing the pixel map I was going to use, first I searched for "mario sprite" and came up with some good results to start with, then I painted my pixel map using only the 6 colors available to me on a cube.
However, my first pixel map was going to require 9 rows of 6 cubes each, 56 cubes. At $10 per cube my dream art project was going to cost me $560 dollars.
I thought I was defeated, however my friends told me not to give up on my dream so I came up with a better pixel map (of Mario in a different pose) and came up with a plan that required only 24 cubes.
$240... Still too much for an art project.
In the end, my desire to bring two of my favorite 80's icons together allowed me to find a unique situation to the cost issue. Once I had my cubes in one place I was able to assemble my art project in a very short amount of time.
If anybody would like to commission a work from me, let me know! I'm happy to sell out! Fair warning I'm pretty prima donna, so I'll be expensive. But, I'm fast!
Mario
http://homepage.mac.com/durvivor/cube/IMG_3840.jpg
Mario w/ DS Lite
http://homepage.mac.com/durvivor/cube/IMG_3842.jpg
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2-26-2007 @ 7:09PM
Charles said...
Yeah, good thing they come packaged pre-solved =P
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