post-it mosaic howto [updated]
June 4, 2005
update again:now that the project has received official, sanctioned status (i.e. our clients love it), i’ve posted a cleaned-up and better punctuated (and capitalized, Garythebadger) version of the howto to the capstrat (where i work) website here.
watch that space, as i’m working on some other, perhaps not as artistic or visually stimulating, but equally insightful insight articles and lunch & learn sessions.
update: here is a flikr photo set of some shots one of my officemates took of the mosaic after it was finished. the detail-oriented will notice that the pupils have been swapped out with blue, rendering the piercing gaze slightly less disturbing. that’s my boss’ back you see in the second shot.
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what’s this? squint and you can make it out… it’s Elvis.
look closer.
yep. those are post-its.
my boss decided that we needed to do something fun and creative in one of our conference rooms - the one we use for brainstorming and internal meetings - and together we came up with the idea of filling the wall with post-it notes in a multicolored mosaic of (and i’m not sure whose idea this was) Elvis.
since it was revealed the day after memorial day, and after mentioning it to some people, i’ve gotten a lot of the same questions over and over, so i decided to write this article to answer all those questions as well as serve as a howto for others choosing to waste office supplies in a similar artistic endeavor.
as you can see, we chose to use two contrasting color palettes - aquatic and sunbrite - for a total of 10 unique colors in the image, plus an eleventh dark blue for Evis’ pupils. there’s something to be said for the psychedelic quality of mixing blues and oranges. there are something like 34 different colors to choose from, and that’s only the 4- and 5-packs. in the single-pad packages, there are a few others, even dark colors for use with gel and metallic pens and markers - not that they’re anywhere to be found on the 3M website - check with art and craft supply stores if you want the darker variety. the creepy pupils in Elvis’ eyes are a dark blue post-it shade that i stumbled upon in a craft store. in all, post-its, as a medium, make for a fairly complete color palette.
not that you can actually purchase most of the colors individually from 3M, or anything directly from them, for that matter, even in bulk. most of the colors only appear in the 4- and 5-packs (and sometimes 6- and 12-packs) and are never sold individually. that is, unless you make a special order of 60,o00 or more, typically with your logo or other personalized marketing message imprinted on them. also, unless you’re making such a special order, 3M only sells post-its through resellers and retailers (staples, office depot, etc).
what you’ll need:
a wall.
preferably a good smooth one, uninterrupted by furniture, outlets or other protuberances. it also helps if the finish is one that isn’t marked or damaged by the glue on a post-it (not likely, given the formulation of the glue, but worth a test note or two). while you’re at it, make sure it’s a finish that a post-it can actually stick to. a big picture window would work just as well, if not better - the image will be viewable from both sides.
an image.
this is the easy part. my boss and i chose Elvis because… well, it’s Elvis. and we’re both big fans.
our original image:
photoshop.
or another image manipulation program that can change the size and color palette of an image. imageready will probably do just as well, but i doubt photoshop elements or LE will work. fireworks may also work, but not being a third-degree blackbelt in anything but photoshop, i can’t vouch for them.
the post-its.
measure the wall. divide the width of the wall in inches by the width of your chosen post-it (the “standard” is 3” x 3”). do the same with the height. simple math, really. anyway, that’s roughly the number you’ll need. big number? it’s a big wall… ours ended up being 63 notes x 42 notes, which meant i ended up applying 2,646 sticky notes. by the end, i was having flashbacks of the seinfeld episode where susan was poisoned by envelope glue. i was sure someone was going to come in after the long weekend and find me curled up in the corner, glued (however temporarily) to myself.
time.
the above wall and its 2,646 notes took roughly 10 hours to apply. this is somewhat a worst-case estimate: while i was doing it, i was also multitasking doing other things around the office to preserve my sanity. i was also working alone. with only a vague idea of how best to approach the application, i ended up removing and redoing large sections more than once. remember, more hands make lighter work - as long as your helpers don’t end up getting in the way.
step one-ish: prepare the image.
you’ve done the math. you know how big your image is going to be in post-it-sized pixels. resize (and probably crop) your selected original image to this size in photoshop (in the menubar “image” -> “image size”, or with the cropping tool, use the tool’s options palette to restrict the cropped size to your final dimensions in pixels @ 72 px/inch). if you’re after true-ish color (red notes representing red pixels in your image) be sure your image mode in photoshop is set to RGB - not indexed color. otherwise, if dark colored notes will be dark pixels, light colored ones light pixels, etc, set the mode to grayscale before resizing.
while you could work with your image at this size, zoomed in at 800 or 1600%, you’re probably going to want to add a grid, and print out your creation at some point (as a referfence for when you’re actually putting notes on the wall). for the moment, though, keep your image this size, as you’ll want to preserve those pixels.
you’ve picked out your palette by this point, right? you may want to start with the images here for a guide or scan in some notes you’ve gotten as samples. working with the actual palette will come up shortly. for the moment, though, you’ll at least need to know how many colors you want to use. one family of notes will have either four or five colors in it, which are purchased together. so, for efficiency, you’ll likely want to use all the colors from one or two families.
this is the tricky part. really.
you have your image open in photoshop (or editing app of your choice) and it’s either in RGB or grayscale color mode. go to image -> mode and select “indexed color.” in the palette that pops up, select “local (adaptive)” and the number of colors you’ve settled on. uncheck transparency if it’s checked, and check the preview checkbox. if you like what you see, hit the ok button and go to the next step. if, however, you’re not satisfied with what you see, try the “forced” setting on “black and white” (this will set the lightest color to white and the darkest to black, with the remaining colors in your limited palette dithered somewhere in between. it makes more sense on grayscale images than color ones, tho). you may also want to try changing the dither menu settings. different selections will change how to deal with the pixels that don’t fall on or about one of the new colors - either force them to the nearest color (none) or take the chunks of in-between color and “speckle” or dither them to create a pattern that, if you averaged it out, would be equal in ratio of two colors as the original pixels were.
okay, that made no sense, but if you ever deal with dithered colors, you know what i’m getting at. everybody else, just fiddle until you like what you see.
now, you’ll want to save your dithered, pixellated image. be sure not to replace your orignal as you may need to start over. i did. several times.
resize the image to a more reasonable size. something easy on the eyes, like 10x it’s current size, will give you big enough pixels to hit with the eyedropper and draw a grid on top of later. in the “image”->”image size…” palette, uncheck the “resample” checkbox and make sure that “constrain proportions” is checked. then, to multiply the pixel dimensions by 10, simply add a zero to the end of the width (in pixels) value. the height should magically do the same. easy multiples like 10 will come in handy later, so don’t get fancy
now, do you have big, chunky pixels? cool.
step two-ish: prepare your palette.
create a new photoshop document wide enough to accomodate as many blocks of color as your chosen post-it palette contains. this i will refer to as the “palette image.” with the paintbrush or marquis/paintbucket make some blocks of color that approximate the post-it colors you’ve chosen. liberal use of the eyedropper on your scans or the sample images from 3m.com is probably called for here.
if you know what you’re doing in photoshop or imageready, you can probably see where i’m going with this. if not, use option “b” below.
option a: reduce that palette image down to the required number of colors, in a process similar to what we did above, only be sure to set dithering to “none” so all your sample chunks are solid colors. then save that image’s palette and apply it to your mosaic image.
option b: open the mosaic image and your palette image side by side. set your mosaic image back to RGB color mode. select the magic wand tool, and uncheck “contiguous” and “anti-aliased” in the options, and set the “tolerance” to 0. select one of the colors of your mosaic image (all blocks of the same color should be selected). switch to the paintbucket tool and option-click on your palette image to select the color those blocks should be filled with. then click back on your mosaic image. those selected blocks should now be filled with the color you chose. repeat with each color in the mosaic/palette.
step three-ish: reference material.
now that you’ve got a mosaic in photoshop that’s about the right colors (it’s fiendishly difficult to match the color of paper on a computer screen, but you can get close) it’s time to figure out how many post-its you’ll need to buy, as well as print out your image as a map to follow when applying your masterpiece to the wall.
grab a pen and something to write on. you’ll take this to the office supply store with you.
back in photoshop, open up the rarely-used but immensely useful “histogram” window (it’s under the “window” menu). in that window’s options, select the “all channels” view. with the magic wand tool, select one color’s worth of pixels. you’ll see the number of pixels you have selected appear in the histogram window. with some simple math, you can figure out how many post-its that number represents (if you resized your image 10x in the previous step, you’ll just have to knock two zeros off the end, otherwise, divide by the square…)
write those numbers down, preferably alongside the name of the color or post-it color family to which the color belongs.
in order to better facilitate mapping out your installation, you’ll want to add a grid to your photoshop file. this can be accomplished a number of ways, but the fastest is to draw with the pencil tool, on a new layer, a box the size of one note (10 pixels square). leave off the bottom and right sides of the box and select the 10px square with the marquis tool. go to “edit” -> “define pattern” and save your pattern as something witty like “10px grid”
select everything on that new layer (with just your half-box on it) and hit delete. then go to edit -> fill. select “pattern” and select your grid pattern. your new layer should now be the desired grid. adjust the transparency until it is more pleasing to the eye, save and print that out. it’s a good idea to make the page size as large as you can manage on your printer, so you don’t have to squint at your printout while applying post-its to the wall.
step four-ish: gather the materials.
now you know how many notes to get of each color. go to your local office supply store, or order online or however you get your post-its. be aware, though, that not every pad of post-its will have the same number of notes. different packages have pads with different numbers of notes in them, so check the label to make sure you get enough - if i recall correctly, five-packs have five 90-note pads and six- and twelve-packs have 80-note pads, so check the label and do the math. you’ll inevitably end up with leftovers, which you can go crazy with and actually use for taking messages with.
step five-ish: notes on the wall.
looking back, i probably could have used a laser level, chalkline, or even a projector with my original photoshop file to facilitate straight and square application of notes on a less-than-square wall. oh well. i think it looks pretty good for having been done freehand.
you’ll find your own rhythm and preferred way to tackle the problem, and the best thing about this medium is it’s temporary - if you mess it up, you can take everything down in moment and start over.
due to the manufacturing process, post-it pads aren’t all exactly the same size. in creating the Elvis mosaic, i found that there is often as much as an eighth of an inch difference in size between one pad and another, with typical variances being around 1/16th of an inch. that may not seem like much, but over the course of a wall 42 notes wide, that variance is noticeable. adjust your rows and columns accordingly, or just leave gaps between the notes and let the wall show through like grout between tiles. luckily, they’re square for the most part, but you’ll probably still want some kind of level or chalkline on the wall to keep your lines straight.
post-mortem:
unless you restrict yourself to the new super sticky post-its you’ll likely have a few succumb to gravity after only a few hours. these deserters can be easily reapplied or replaced. with humidity, changing temperatures, and ventilation, more will eventually fall off. remember that the whole idea of the post-it mosaic is temporary, fleeting. nondestructive expression.
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June 5th, 2005 at 11:57 am
Post-it Mosaic Primer
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June 22nd, 2005 at 7:28 pm
My god, that is a thing of beauty. I applaud you.
June 22nd, 2005 at 8:12 pm
Beautiful.
You could also use a projector to project the blocked-out image onto the target wall, to save you from having to refer to a print-out.
June 23rd, 2005 at 1:55 am
Amazing! Did your boss pay you to do this? lol You rock!
June 23rd, 2005 at 2:35 am
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June 25th, 2005 at 2:29 pm
Better than a Picasso painting. Can this come into highschool curriculum?
June 27th, 2005 at 2:01 pm
Hi -
Wonderful. Somebody already made the suggestion about using a projector - we did a small one that way. I wouldn’t put this on a window, though, as you suggest, unless it gets NO sunlight and/or it’s the same temp in and out. Otherwise the sunlight and the temperature shifts will cook the post-its in no time.
June 28th, 2005 at 3:45 am
How to make a Post-it Mosaic
Clever, and has a step by step. my boss decided that we needed to do something fun and creative in one of our conference rooms - the one we use for brainstorming and internal meetings - and together we came up with the idea of filling the wall with po…
June 28th, 2005 at 10:05 am
Purposly avoiding capitalization is not cute or facinating…its simply lazy, self-centered and disrespectful of the readers. The Post-It mosaic
is cool.
June 28th, 2005 at 10:28 am
Garythebadger:
yep. i’m lazy.
when i get paid for my writing, i capitalize.
June 28th, 2005 at 10:45 am
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June 29th, 2005 at 7:07 pm
Wow. NICE! Your co-workers may have a harder time ordering office supplies from now on tho. ;P
I’ll write about you on my own blog .. let me know if u dont like that.
June 29th, 2005 at 7:15 pm
About two years ago I took a photograph I was fond of, put a grid over it, and drew each square on a yellow Post-it, which I then assembled onto posterboard. It was a really fun project. I love what you’ve done.
There used to be a great site where people posted images of drawings they’d done on 3×3 yellow notes, but I can’t seem to find it now. A shame.
June 29th, 2005 at 10:33 pm
Thanks for sharing your process. So rare to see behind the curtain, and that is where all the magic is. Well done.
June 29th, 2005 at 11:21 pm
NOOOOO MAMEEEESSS~!!!!!!!! KE GUEBAAAAAA……JAJAJAJAJAJA, total.
June 30th, 2005 at 12:43 am
So darn crafty, i can’t stand it!!!!!! great job; that should get you a nice bonus or free day off, don’t you think?
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June 30th, 2005 at 10:18 am
nice.
June 30th, 2005 at 10:19 am
A wonderful example of Post-it Modernism.
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Someone has too much time on their hands!!!
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Post-it Note Elvis
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June 30th, 2005 at 6:08 pm
i do something kind of similar:
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June 30th, 2005 at 9:21 pm
Cool postit shit =)
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Ha ha! The newest “team building exercise” to inflict on the gang!!!
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July 2nd, 2005 at 7:38 am
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July 2nd, 2005 at 9:33 am
hi my name is simon and i live in argentina i and elvis it’s my idol i am really sorprised from this work thank you and luck
and for the ones that only now spanish,,,,y para los q solo saben español
hola mi nombre es simón y vivo en argentina, soy re fanna de elvis y nada,, lesd queria comentar que lo que hicieron me parecio muy copado chau y suerte
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Hats for the effort and the asthetic of course. Though, i find the black post-it for the pupils rather disturbing. Unsettling.
July 3rd, 2005 at 12:53 am
That is pretty awesome! :) Garythebadger needs to spellcheck his posts (facinating? lol) before criticizing others, ha ha.
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July 3rd, 2005 at 8:32 am
That’s one of the most creative uses of post-its I’ve ever seen. Very cool!
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This is the coolest thing I have ever seen.
If anyone can translate these instructions (not that they are bad instructions, I just don’t have Photoshop) from Photoshop into Microsoft’s Code Name Acrylic software, I would love you! Or, if there’s any other way to do this without Photoshop… Otherwise, I suppose I’ll go buy myself Photoshop to put up a post-it mosaic on my ceiling! :)
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July 4th, 2005 at 9:27 pm
I for one, am really impressed. Thats the kind of dedication we need ;)
July 5th, 2005 at 9:40 am
That’s a pretty dang cool idea! :)
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July 6th, 2005 at 9:51 am
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July 6th, 2005 at 3:37 pm
Wow! Great idea!!
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This was really cool, think I’m going to test it! =)
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July 8th, 2005 at 3:55 am
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July 8th, 2005 at 10:50 am
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Elvis is in the Building
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July 9th, 2005 at 1:14 am
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July 9th, 2005 at 4:45 am
Hey, I just wanna say thanks for a great idea. I took your directions to heart, and I made a few creations of my own. Follow this link (literally!) and see a couple of our favorite childhood heroes.
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July 9th, 2005 at 9:47 am
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July 11th, 2005 at 6:49 am
I’d be curious to find out how much this has led to your company’s website getting more traffic. Can you share these stats with us?
I thought it was a fantastic idea, and even better to tie it with the company website as indirect advertising! Genius.
July 12th, 2005 at 1:27 am
I live on post-its but this is extreme. I love your creativity and only wish I thought of it first.
July 12th, 2005 at 10:16 am
Hi, Im brazilian girl..I love Elvis and this is a form of love more beautiful what I see…
Congratulations!!!
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July 12th, 2005 at 3:53 pm
[...] The folks at Mental Hygiene have provided a great HOWTO on, well, how to create one of these works of art yourself. [...]
July 13th, 2005 at 6:22 pm
[...] I’m a huge fan of post-its, so this is really cool – the article includes a complete how-to about making your own post-it mosaic. I smell proacrastination waiting to happen… [...]
July 13th, 2005 at 9:37 pm
[...] so, yeah…. I did warn you that post-its were bad for your books and papers…. but hey! they are perfect as a medium for creating your latest masterpiece! Now this post-it Elvis might be old news by now, but I really enjoyed the step-by-step tutorial for making this work of art. So… I’m gonna add this to my to-do list…… [...]
July 14th, 2005 at 3:36 am
[...] Elvis Post-It Notes Here’s a tutorial on how to create an Elvis mosaic on your wall with just stickie Post-It Notes. Someone put this up in their office. Sounds like a cool place to work. [...]
July 14th, 2005 at 1:26 pm
Yeah!! muito legal
July 14th, 2005 at 8:22 pm
[...] make an Elvis post-it mosaic . [...]
July 15th, 2005 at 6:56 am
[...] Clique aqui para ver o mosaico com post-it [...]
July 16th, 2005 at 1:51 pm
[...] Post-it mosaic howto [updated]. [...]
July 18th, 2005 at 12:17 pm
Post-it notes Mosaic How-To
a How-To for a mosiac made from Post-Its This person made a wall mosaic out of Post-It notes as a creative office project. The site has a how-to explaining the method. This would be a neat project for things like…
July 18th, 2005 at 12:31 pm
Hey there!! I am the one who does all the walls/bulletin boards at my son’s elem. school. The PTA Prez sent me this site….do you think it could be a hint of what she wants me to do? LOL!! So very cool!! Keep up the good work!!
July 18th, 2005 at 4:10 pm
I had the idea to do this on a wall at a previous office a few years ago but never got around to doing it. I am so glad to see that I’m not the only crazy person on the planet- very cool. And I am glad to see a method posted for the process. Thanks for the inspiration!
July 19th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
Awesome job. I applaud your work.
July 19th, 2005 at 8:16 pm
That was so cool and intriquing. Definately all the hard work is appreciated!
July 19th, 2005 at 8:19 pm
It grabbed me. It made me stop to make a comment. Curse your creativety…LOL…The King is alive and well!
July 19th, 2005 at 9:28 pm
I am very amazed at the way it really looks like the King I’m fom Memphis and kinda grew up with the King around me Even if he’s gone, he feels close. You did a excellent job I commend you
July 19th, 2005 at 9:41 pm
well, i am an avid ELVIS fan, nice job oh i mean fantastic, thank you thank you very much
July 19th, 2005 at 10:09 pm
how kickass!!! i totally applaud for u post pics if u do a new one!!
July 19th, 2005 at 10:55 pm
This completely rocks, just like the king did! Kudos of epic porportions to you both for this work of art! More? Ever? Please? Lil
July 19th, 2005 at 11:04 pm
FANTASTIC!!! UNBELIEVABLE - SUCH TALENT - WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED - POST ITS!! LOVE IT AND LOVE ELVIS!!!!!!!!!
July 20th, 2005 at 12:01 am
NICE!
IMAGINE IF THAT WAS MADE OUT OF GIANT PLASTIC BRICKS OR OTHER MATERIAL!
July 20th, 2005 at 2:10 am
PURE GENIUS.
July 20th, 2005 at 3:03 pm
That was the most beautiful thing i have ever seen in my life, well except for my Willy!
July 22nd, 2005 at 3:57 am
It grabbed me. It made me stop to make a comment. Curse your creativety…LOL…The King is alive and well!
July 28th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
[...] post-it mosaic howto [...]
July 28th, 2005 at 1:14 pm
cool, creative.
it’s awesome and genious one!
July 31st, 2005 at 12:28 pm
Sentimental and nostalgic. Great. Zachotnah.
August 4th, 2005 at 1:27 pm
[...] Check out this post on Mental Hygeine to learn how to make your very own! [...]
August 15th, 2005 at 4:58 pm
[...] …And lastly, a how-to! [...]
August 23rd, 2005 at 11:52 am
mosaicer would have done all that work for you
Good job though!
September 8th, 2005 at 12:28 pm
Subversive yet corporate. I love it. And now you’re famous. See the last page (Rumor Central) of the 9/5/2005 eWeek magazine. You’re on the bar napkin!
September 9th, 2005 at 7:36 am
Pixel Monks
Pixel roller, pixel elvis, pixel-sexy, kung-fu monks.
September 20th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
Post-it king
En voilà des crinqués!
«two of my co-workers designed and built this mosaic of the king out of post it notes over the memorial day weekend.»
Il y a même un articlequi détaille la méthodologie.
via stunned.org
October 5th, 2005 at 3:47 pm
[...] I am blessed to have a mosaic connoseur, and a “mosaiker” himself, as a housemate. Or, a flatmate, if you wish. I am also blessed to have a friend in Slovakia that has a special skill for finding really really random things — like this post-it mosaic of Elvis, complete with instructions. Now we just need Brett’s critique. [...]
October 5th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
[...] I am blessed to have a mosaic connoseur, and a “mosaiker” himself, as a housemate. Or, a flatmate, if you wish. I am also blessed to have a friend in Slovakia (also known under the codename Rascal) that has a special skill for finding really really random things — like this post-it mosaic of Elvis, complete with instructions. Now we just need Brett’s critique. [...]
October 16th, 2005 at 3:06 pm
hi, im from the Gabrielino Speech and Debate team. I doing a speech on post-its, it is imformative. i am citing your story in my speech, and i just wanted to know what you name, what city,state you are in [your workplace of where the mosaic is], and what’s the date you and your co-workers made the art.
if you can give me information, it will be deeply appreciating.
November 1st, 2005 at 5:34 pm
wooow!!! esta conganas!!!
this is so cool!! i will make some ones :D
xD i have a looot of free time :)
saludos desde monterrey mexico
December 3rd, 2005 at 3:09 am
tramadol online
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December 9th, 2005 at 12:55 pm
Origami and Papercraft
Latest Update: Added Disney Haunted Mansion.
General Origami/Papercraft Sites
Canon’s Origami Projects and Papers - a nice selection of projects to print, and patterns for making your own stuff.
Printable Patterned Paper for origami, from thekhans.
December 14th, 2005 at 10:19 am
Promotional Project: How to Use 2,000 Promotional Post-its…
What do you do if you have 2,000 promotional Post-its? Well, one option would be to create an Elvis mosaic, and another is to line an entire bedroom with them. Follow the Elvis link for instructions. In other news,…
December 15th, 2005 at 3:14 pm
post-its, an all-purpose wall covering:
http://insurgentmuse.typepad.com/weblog/2005/04/rebecca_murtaug.html
interesting, if unfortunately temporary, art installation. cool.
December 29th, 2005 at 9:46 am
[...] Mental Hygiene >> post-it mosaic howtoRemember Elvis? He’s back.. in Pog.. uh.. post-it form! [...]
January 20th, 2006 at 7:00 am
ITS AN ART……BUT WE ALSO DEAL IN A PURE ART FORM REGARDING MOSAIC. SEE THE BRILLIENT WORK THERE
http://www.mosaicdeal.com/index.html?id=mosaic marble
Good Day
Ciao
March 7th, 2006 at 10:43 am
post (it)…
Geniale, l’invenzione dei post-it. E di genialità in genialità, c’è chi li usa per trasformarli in arte. Provvisoria, precaria, ma pur sempre arte. E del resto chi lo dice che (tutta) l’arte è eterna? Anche a me piace fa…
March 29th, 2006 at 1:56 am
Bravo! You got rid of those annoying capital letters. Hey, why not dispense with the spaces between words, too? seehowfriggineasyitistoreadthis
April 27th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
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May 21st, 2006 at 1:47 am
Great mosaic art.
So I finally found the originator of this mosaic art design. Cool. Thanks for the post on how you did the mosaic art.
Regards-Steve
http://www.mosaictile-art.com
June 16th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
links for 2005-07-01…
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September 7th, 2006 at 9:31 am
so cool!
September 7th, 2006 at 9:53 am
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September 7th, 2006 at 8:43 pm
Oh, Man!
September 7th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
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September 23rd, 2006 at 8:24 am
You are an artist of office !
September 26th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Nice conceptually. I love this idea. Elvis is such a perfect middle class icon. Thanks for the tips on how you did this work. I suspect that i will see more of this out there in the future. Cheers c
November 13th, 2006 at 5:37 pm
What’s up next? Marilyn Monroe? Or Mona Lisa? Seurat’s pointillism work– “Afternoon in the Park”
Offices everywhere are buzzing about your creativity!
November 22nd, 2006 at 6:30 pm
It`s Great.I wish i could do it!!!!!!!!
December 14th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
WOW!! AMAZING!!
February 18th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Two years later, and this site is still popular. Look forward to your continued talent!
Good luck!
March 1st, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Great. Otherwise you can generate online here : http://notes.mastervb.net
April 20th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Hi! I LOVE this post…and judging by its longevity so do loads of other people…the Elvis Post-It composition is a brilliant installation - would love to see a whole gallery Post-It show!
Debs
May 24th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
where do you get black post-its
June 5th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
[...] Post-It Mosaic A woman created an Elvis mosaic for an office wall using colored Post-Its and Photoshop. Very cool. Tags: art, cool, diy, how.to, mosaic, photoshop, post.it [...]
June 19th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
[...] Post-it Mosaic - Elvis in Post-it notes? Uh-huh. This one’s worth checking out pictures of, at least - it takes up a whole wall of the company’s meeting room. [...]
June 19th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
[...] Post-it Mosaic - Elvis in Post-it notes? Uh-huh. This one’s worth checking out pictures of, at least - it takes up a whole wall of the company’s meeting room. [...]
July 5th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
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July 26th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Some people have too much time
August 16th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
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August 17th, 2007 at 3:14 am
Honestly cool stuff.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
[...] what was it i said about imitation and flattery? [...]
August 30th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
I wonder if he’ll give you credit? No mention of your website in the article.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/29/irpt.post.it.art/index.html
August 30th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
[...] student posts colorful creation - CNN.com Original "how to" link from a few years ago Mental Hygiene » post-it mosaic howto [updated] Just kind of lame that someone is taking credit for someone else’s idea. __________________ [...]
August 30th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
looks like someone likes your idea.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/29/irpt.post.it.art/index.html
August 31st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
[...] by Nicolas Rudelle by ih8gates Read the post-it mosaic howto [updated] for instructions on how to recreate this style of [...]
September 28th, 2007 at 2:57 am
[...] Contact Sep 28 Elvis aan de muur Door pellyGeef een reactieOverige Heb je even weinig te doen op kantoor ? Dit is wellicht een mooi tijdverdrijf ook al moet je wel even alle 37 kleuren Post-it notes bestellen die er zijn … Hoe je het zelf het beste kan aanpakken staat hier beschreven. [...]
October 1st, 2007 at 3:37 am
[...] the post-it mosaic how-to for instructions on how to recreate this style of [...]
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:24 pm
cool stuff !! ..ist great ;-)
October 5th, 2007 at 8:17 am
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October 23rd, 2007 at 2:24 am
Awesome….
November 1st, 2007 at 6:37 am
Nice tutorial. Thanks for sharing it.
Cheers!
November 26th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
[...] Sitio oficial Post-it Elvis con Post-it Pedido de casamiento con Post-it [...]
December 4th, 2007 at 6:01 am
[...] The article “The Girls Guide to Elvis†by the New Observer newspaper gives us some data: “We’re talking about a mosaic of the King, Elvis Presley himself, made from Post-it Notes. A total of 2,646 sticky notes, to be exact, on a 14-by-9-foot wall.†Tedious though to calculate how many post-it per color scheme one would need, so to calculate how many pack to get… Anyway, would you want to convert a flat image into a post-it art piece, please follow the post-it mosaic howto [updated]! [...]
February 4th, 2008 at 5:04 am
Good enough to digg, thanks
March 14th, 2008 at 3:22 am
I would like to have your permission to use these photos on my website. We credit all photos to their respected owners.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
[...] “Como foi feito” um mosaico de post-its do Elvis. [...]
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Beautiful work
August 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am
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August 25th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
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