I Can Create Photo Mosaics with Poker Chips! (5 Viewers)

[Colquhoun]

Do you need more pictures for this?

I now have about 480 chip scans being used in each mosaic. Do you have closeups of chips?

 

[Marius L]

I do have some. Like these, if they would work. Not white background though, but should be easy enough with photoshop or something?

 

[NotDunric]

I know this is just rehashing what everyone has been saying for like 2 years now, but holy shit, this is just the raddest thing. I'm going to try to get some photos of my ceramics that don't suck to add into the mix, and then have something made for print. Maybe a giant Bally's $5 chip made out of thousands of tiny chips, or a picture of Bally's Vegas facade as-is before it's rebranded, because I'm still feeling nostalgic for the place given the recent rebrand news.

Thanks for making this possible, @Colquhoun!

 

[Himewad]

I now have about 480 chip scans being used in each mosaic. Do you have closeups of chips?

How about using closeups of dealer buttons? See my signature for about 700 of them.

A dealer button mosaic sounds like it’s right in my wheelhouse.

 

[Colquhoun]

I know this is just rehashing what everyone has been saying for like 2 years now, but holy shit, this is just the raddest thing. I'm going to try to get some photos of my ceramics that don't suck to add into the mix, and then have something made for print. Maybe a giant Bally's $5 chip made out of thousands of tiny chips, or a picture of Bally's Vegas facade as-is before it's rebranded, because I'm still feeling nostalgic for the place given the recent rebrand news.

Thanks for making this possible, @Colquhoun!

No problem, when you’re ready, just PM me a photo you would like done and an idea what size poster you would like and I’ll set it up

 

[Colquhoun]

How about using closeups of dealer buttons? See my signature for about 700 of them.

A dealer button mosaic sounds like it’s right in my wheelhouse.

I like it! Send me a photo via PM and I’ll run a few trials.

 

[Colquhoun]

I do have some. Like these, if they would work. Not white background though, but should be easy enough with photoshop or something?


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Great images, thanks!
Yes, I isolate the chips in Photoshop

 

[TheOffalo]

How about using closeups of dealer buttons? See my signature for about 700 of them.

A dealer button mosaic sounds like it’s right in my wheelhouse.

LOL I was going to ask this the other day. More fitting that the suggestion comes from you, though!

 

[Mr Winberg]

This is really cool!!

Have you tried making DDLM mosiacs using only DDLM chips?

 

[Organista1]

This is really cool!!

Have you tried making DDLM mosiacs using only DDLM chips?

I’d like to see that as well

 

[BearMetal]

This is really cool!!

Have you tried making DDLM mosiacs using only DDLM chips?

I don't know if that would come out very good. It's only a sample size of like eight total chips? I would think that would not nearly be enough to offer the fidelity that would be needed in a high resolution print.

But with that said, using his entire spectrum of chip images to produce one of a DDLM would be epic and is a fantastic idea! My vote would be for either the flying dead baby, or the pirate.

 

[Himewad]

I like it! Send me a photo via PM and I’ll run a few trials.

I have no idea what photo I would like to make using dealer button images. Let me think about that one for a bit.

 

[doublebooyah85]

What about a photo of the Las Vegas sign

 

[NotDunric]

What about a photo of the Las Vegas sign

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[doublebooyah85]

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Hahahaha and I already liked it!

@Colquhoun made me 2 rounders digital pictures and I had them framed and printed by www.mpix.com. Their awesome!

 

[Colquhoun]

I don't know if that would come out very good. It's only a sample size of like eight total chips? I would think that would not nearly be enough to offer the fidelity that would be needed in a high resolution print.

But with that said, using his entire spectrum of chip images to produce one of a DDLM would be epic and is a fantastic idea! My vote would be for either the flying dead baby, or the pirate.

Actually, I’ve already been working with them on this project! Interestingly, even through they have a ton of different chips, it takes a lot to make an accurate image. Like you said, fidelity to the color is sacrificed unless you have a LOT of different chips.
Even with the 480+ scans I’m using, flesh tones are toughest because that’s a common color needed in the images, and there aren’t a ton of flesh-colored chips.

 

[softchewy]

Hopefully some of these work

 

[Marius L]

Not sure if these are usable, bit here's a bunch more.

 

[Colquhoun]

Not sure if these are usable, bit here's a bunch more.

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These are great! If you have more, you can send in a PM, or you can email me

 

[Colquhoun]

Been a while since I've done one of these...anyone want one?
They're free....

 

[Himewad]

I keep forgetting about this. I need to get some good pictures and I’ll send you a PM.

 

[Thorn]

Have you made any photos of playing cards? Posters of face cards might be cool.

 

[doublebooyah85]

Have you made any photos of playing cards? Posters of face cards might be cool.

Great idea. Like the King or Queen etc

 

[ovo]

very cool

 

[Colquhoun]

Have you made any photos of playing cards? Posters of face cards might be cool.

It probably could work, but since the artwork is so detailed, much might get lost in the mosaic effect. What may work better is if I do a closeup of the king or queen.
Worth trying, thanks!

 

[Thorn]

It probably could work, but since the artwork is so detailed, much might get lost in the mosaic effect. What may work better is if I do a closeup of the king or queen.
Worth trying, thanks!

Yeah, I was wondering about how much whitespace would impact it. Like the idea of a close up of the faces. If it comes out ok, I'd be interested in the faces of the 4 kings. Very cool of you to do this by the way.

 

[Colquhoun]

Ok, I ran it through from a scanned card. This is a poster 24" wide, by 22" tall. Each chip is 12mm in width:

I highly recommend using this link to be able to zoom way in to this image, and see all the chips used to make it:
https://www.easyzoom.com/imageaccess/68728e58c06440678781d80e8c434391

I also made one using the K from the card:

 

[WedgeRock]

I was thinking of having a picture of my wife for my desk... but in poker chips. That's probably a bad idea, right?

 

[louBdub]

 

[Colquhoun]

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In order to get a good mosaic from a highly detailed item like a chip, the poster needs to be big, and the original image cropped tight.
Here the poster is 30" wide with a very small chip size: