Posted on 08/19/2017 8:43:44 AM PDT by mairdie
Live long and prosper: William Shatner creates portrait of Spock composed of Trekkie selfies in tribute to Leonard Nimoy.
William Shatner has created the ultimate tribute to his former Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy - a portrait of Spock composed entirely of Trekkie selfies.
The incredible picture is made up of thousands of fans giving the Vulcan 'live long and prosper' salute in a moving homage to Nimoy who passed away aged 83 in February of this year.
Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the original sci fi series, appealed for the selfies on Twitter earlier this month without letting on what the pictures were for.
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Nice.
Is that a Berber carpet canvas?
No idea. Haven’t done art in decades.
Very cool.
So nice it makes me wonder if he had help. I hadn’t heard he was an artist.
This article is from a couple of years ago so you must have had quite a backlog, my FRiend. I can relate to that!
Not an artist?!
You don’t have to be a great artist to do this. It helps if you have professional guidance or personal crafting experience.
There are many services today that will take any photo you have and print a T-Shirt or a hat or a ceramic cup with that image.
One could take the same process and add an overlay of (impasto-like) texture to produce a mosaic effect as shown here.
One need not be an artist to generate such a picture. One simply has to have the necessary software. Then one uploads the thousands of individual little images (here: of the thousands of fans) and the single main image (here: of Leonard Nimoy giving the Vulcan salute taken from the episode "Amok Time"*), and the program automatically generates the composite image.
Regards,
*Yes, I admit that I'm a Trekkie - look for me in the palm of Spock's right hand.
Neat.
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thrilled to meet a palm!!!!!!!!!
Thrilled to learn this. Had no idea. Have seen them before but have always been awe-struck. Well, still am, even with software help.
He is one crazy dude. So fun!!
There is a unique optical effect related to this...here is the famous Einstein/Monroe image...the farther you get from the image the less it looks like Einstein and the more it looks like Marilyn Monroe.
There is a graphic plug-in that can do this.
You are missed and fondly remembered, Mr. Nimoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAOWLhrxhQ
“I have been ... and always shall be ... your Friend.”
Possibly one of the saddest movie moments ever.
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