What is Digg?60 Comments
- jeremynicolas, on 01/14/2008, -3/+36He looks a bit like Gandhi.
- The_Wallbanger, on 01/14/2008, -1/+23Idolize much?
- tsevis, on 01/14/2008, -13/+33Hi there! I see you dugg a work of mine. Thanks a lot.
- testcase, on 01/14/2008, -0/+12As far as Apple fanboys are concerned, he might as well be Ghandi.
- tsevis, on 01/14/2008, -3/+13Hi avluki. This is not hand made, even if there are some corrections made by ...hand (wacom tablet).
Software used here is Synthetik Studio Artist with custom scripts of mine.
There are a lot of programs to do this kind of art. Google the keyword "photomosaic" and you ll find many.
But remember that beyond the tools, mosaics are a very ancient art. If you want to go beyond the surface you have to study more the history and the theory than the tools.
Thanks for the digg. - Akaji, on 01/14/2008, -3/+13This reeks of Digg-gaming (from the other responses having +diggs).
- rockon4life45, on 01/14/2008, -5/+13Steve Jobs < Bill Gates
- jdornbos, on 01/14/2008, -5/+13Let us all bow down and worship Steve Jobs, get over it!
Good work but there is a point were you need to realize you're obsessed. - bakkouz, on 01/14/2008, -5/+13It's good, but it's really not that awesome.
- cusoman, on 01/14/2008, -2/+9Maybe, but the similarities stop there.
- mehan, on 01/14/2008, -3/+7..this is just sad.
- tsevis, on 01/15/2008, -0/+3Hi Danarama!
Thanks for the kind comment.
The story is this:
This image is just a rough. The final illustration is unpublished yet. I don't know why someone choose to digg it here, but as the digg effect is positive for a designer's work I helped it with my digg and my shouts to our friends.
So this became popular and made it to the front page. This is positive for me and my work, as it is exposed to a wider audience.
Of course, just as you said, this isn't one great work. How could this be? It's just an early experiment.
When the final illustration will be published I am going to upload it in my Flickr page and I am going to shout to you to see it.
Thanks again for being a friend and for you kind words. - danarama, on 01/14/2008, -0/+3With all due respect this is not your best work, but obviously steve jobs gets you dugg to the front page. Some of your mosaics are beautiful...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsevis/390400615/
...for example. I make photo montages myself but all by hand, scripts might be coool to play with one day. Also I'm glad you're my first and only flickr friend! - nitos, on 01/15/2008, -0/+2hey thats awesome!!
- SLockhart, on 01/14/2008, -2/+4Lame. Buried.
- monghan, on 01/15/2008, -0/+2Great design. Is it a kind of representation in Montage?
- directive0, on 01/14/2008, -0/+2To idolize either one of them is pretty ludicrous if you ask me. But to each their own.
- danarama, on 01/14/2008, -0/+2yeah i thought this too
- tsevis, on 01/15/2008, -0/+2Hi all!
So digg is such a strange place.
It's so strange to see so many people coming here and being so negative or positive about others.
The story of this image is the following:
1. It's just a rough. One of the first experiments for a professional illustration for a big american magazine.
So it cannot be nothing more than a rough.
2. I don't know the guy who dugg it. Maybe he wanted just traffic for his blog. Maybe... I don't know and - sincerely - I don't care.
When someone is digging a work of yours it's always something positive. Especially if you re a professional designer.
3. As this was an opportunity for me to get wider audience I helped this digg shouting to some friends of mine.
I am happy that this made it to the front page.
4. I don't really care about big traffic. I am a designer. That means business pay me for designing. Not for having diggs or clicks.
What I am happy for is that maybe a couple of business people coming to see my work.
Digg is a nice place. It used to be nicer ones, but it's still a place with interesting links.
I prefer to see the positive side of Digg and ignoring the rest.
Ongoing battles about Steve Jobs, Bill Gates etc are so silly for me. Maybe a couple of years ago I would enjoy these net wars. Now I find them so boring.
If you think that there is so much importance to one digg you loose the point, guys.
The negative thing of all these so called web 2.0 networks is that one digg is just a click.
It's so easy to do it. As easy as sending a kind or not so kind comment.
Personally, I prefer to keep on designing the things I like. Persons I think they are interesting or anything else that gives me joy.
If you like what one digger is doing, that's fine. If you don't, that's fine too.
Have fun digging. - clearwaterlab, on 01/15/2008, -0/+1mirror?
- wombat02, on 01/14/2008, -0/+1I fail to see why this is that cool.
- avkluki, on 01/14/2008, -2/+3Hi Charis. Thanks for info ! I will certainly find and try some of these software, pictures seems very impressive
- creep303, on 01/14/2008, -1/+2*Calls the grammar and spelling police*
- inactive, on 01/14/2008, -2/+3looks pretty rough.
- Virgule, on 01/14/2008, -0/+1checkout his photostream. Nothing "obsessed" there.
- defectDS, on 01/15/2008, -0/+1I wish Macbooks were used as black and not... Aperature.
Of all things... - DarkDx, on 01/14/2008, -0/+1*DarkDx slaps sethrotull around with a large sethrotull*
- danarama, on 01/15/2008, -0/+1Can't wait to see the final result!
- Zippo, on 01/14/2008, -0/+1I guess one could consider me a fanboy, but this is creepy.
- likwidfuzion, on 01/14/2008, -0/+1Gandhi invented the iPhone.
- badbadmike, on 01/15/2008, -1/+1This is Apple *****. I have configured my topic filter to omit Apple *****. And yet here is more Apple *****.
- manicblvd, on 01/15/2008, -0/+0Same here. I think it slipped through the cracks because it's classified as an Image and not news.
- noseeme, on 01/14/2008, -4/+4We all know what comes after making a mosaic of Steve Job's face and posting it on the internet...
I'll give you a hint, it involves this picture taped onto the head of a blowup doll. - camaroz06, on 01/14/2008, -3/+3If I were you I would try to use more pictures of hardware at the bottom larger pictures, just a quick look at the picture gives me the impression that Apple only make 4 programs.
- BeeArePro, on 01/14/2008, -2/+2That's what I though at first, as well.
- Fourbin, on 01/14/2008, -1/+1Meh.
- nekt, on 01/14/2008, -6/+6omgz so cool can i get one of him naked??!
- xdvx, on 01/14/2008, -4/+3Kevin Rose will dugg this for sure
- sethrotull, on 01/14/2008, -1/+0woops, sorry for the redundant comment Jeremy... *slap me*
- flirtacious, on 01/14/2008, -3/+1why would you dig a draft copy? why not popularize a nicer one?
- manicblvd, on 01/14/2008, -4/+2Fanboy garbage. Buried.
- avkluki, on 01/14/2008, -7/+5Great ! I'm interested - is there some software for creating pictures for such kind (like creating ascii-pictures from photo) or that is "hand-made" art ?
- arbouler, on 01/14/2008, -3/+1i hope he doesnt start a religion. but at least it's kinda scientific i guess...
- OropheR, on 01/14/2008, -4/+2Macspam every digg pages... It is getting very boring.
- boonecafe, on 01/14/2008, -7/+4no magazine is important GTFO
- muslax27, on 01/14/2008, -3/+0mirror?
- sethrotull, on 01/14/2008, -4/+0Is it just me or is steve jobs looking more and more like ghandi??
- MrMoonlight, on 01/14/2008, -5/+1super nerdy
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