Avinash Arora spent two weeks programming his own algorithm and tinkering to create this six foot Star Wars Last Supper Mosaic. Every single image from the mosaic is extracted from all six of the movies, the total collection is approximately 69 thousand images, or about 1 every 20 frames in the entire series. Arora explains:
“Yeah, there are mosaic maker programs out there, and that’s how I started. I used a program that does it for you, didn’t like the way it was turning out, and couldn’t process large files. I ‘hacked’ the program and wrote in my own algorithm, which is a slightly modified version of theirs and requires a really…REALLY powerful computer to compute. since mine’s just above average it took a long time for the initial composition. Then about 6 compositions later I started working on it manually. By rough estimation, i’d say I replaced about 1200-1500 images manually (cut/crop, etc.) and it improved the image DRASTICALLY. For this reason there are likely to be doubles, but I tried to avoid it. I also did a lot of color touching up, I made some frames black and white instead of color because I thought it fit better (like on the table, which is supposed to be all white, but there are only so many hoth scenes). I had the most trouble with the windows in the back, but I just did a lot of color editing and subtle changes to pull it all together. It was a really long project, and I couldn’t do anything while working on it because it was such a gigantic file, my computer would crash if I tried opening winamp or something. The flattened raw file for the full size image is 2 GB.”
To give you an idea of how detailed this mosaic is, click on the image below.
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March 8th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Star Wars, more like Star Bores!
A VERY NICE
March 8th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Is it possible to get the full res copy of this so that I can get it printed out myself? It’s absolutely awesome!
March 8th, 2008 at 11:01 am
want. want. want.
this guy could make some money selling a digital copy; or even a hard copy.
March 8th, 2008 at 11:08 am
OMG i didnt realize what the big deal was or what he needed all those pics for till the closeup. LOL Lots of time on his hands
March 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Gosh-that’s fucking amazing.
“In seeking your destiny patience is your ally.”
Also-kicks the shit out of the “real” Last Supper. Star Wars>>>>>>>>>>>God
March 8th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Sp where do I get my copy from becuase that is awsome
March 8th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Did he do the original painting also?
March 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
blasphemy. like star wars, but his crosses the line.
@ anthony - one day you’ll see which is greater
March 9th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
that table is so awesome I want to have sex on it.
Star wars > Jesus.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:57 am
hahaha silly avi and your time at rutgers…
you guys think it looks good now…you should of seen it in person…^_^
March 13th, 2008 at 7:37 am
It’s amazing what people can do when they are obsessed.
March 30th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
“Steelo Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Did he do the original painting also?”
UHHHH,NO………..THAT WAS DaVINCI :-)