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one of the many shots that I took while playing with my strobe on our camping trip. I happened to have my Rubiks Cube in my backpack that I use for a camera bag, and I needed a small thing to use as a test subject, so I did. I only did one thing in post, I just toned down the white on top of the cube because the flash was bouncing right off of it and it looked much brighter than everything else. I just processed two RAW files and used them to bring back the detail on top, pretty simple.
The Cube: Oasis
The third cube has been discovered. It lay deep in the desert next to a previously unknown oasis. While the ruins around it bear familiar architectural stylings, they are different enough to defy efforts to definitively identify their builders. We still don’t know what the cubes are, how many more there are, who made them, and what their purpose is. Perhaps time will tell, though I’m not holding my breath anymore.
Thanks again to Zachary Steinman for providing the breakdown photos of some of his cubes that made making this one possible.
This was a lot of fun. I had to stretch myself to learn some new things, including how to do palm trees. The core of the tops are actually a new technique (I think) that makes heavy use of the minifig action bar element. The water coloring was lifted directly from the Great Pyramid of Giza set and then extended to fill the space. I think my favorite detail is the sphinxes.
When I show the cubes at events, I play a game with the public with a little prize, usually a pick-a-brick wall piece that’s in theme with the scene in question. It’s a finding Waldo, I Spy-type seek and find game with the LEGO frog element. The jungle has one green frog in the foliage, the reef has 12 different colors of frogs used throughout the scene, and this new oasis has five tan frogs hidden in the ruins. Is a lot of fun, and people of all kinds and ages seem to enjoy it.
My first try. As I don't have photoshop I had to work out my own method and it certainly isn't perfect! There may be a easier way to get a better result, I will keep trying.
Yup, Thats a panda, in a bambo field, and he's gnawing on.........a Rubic's cube. not to often do you get this random in flesh, yet i welcome it. Shep..... and his tattoo------>TT
Another minecraft cube, this time with different characters at the birthday boys request - all edible gumpaste - with fondant squares...
well..we were trying 2 solve it n yumma toses it in the air n it breaks in2 lil rubiksy bits cux she cudn catch it n me n sham got a lil creative with the broken blocks...more fun then trying 2 solve the thng ne ways :D
"While it has been a faithful companion, your Companion Cube cannot accompany you through the rest of the test. If it could talk - and the Enrichment Center takes this opportunity to remind you that it cannot - it would tell you to go on without it, because it would rather die in a fire than become a burden to you."
-GLaDOS
"Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.
The houses in Rotterdam were designed in 1977 in a plan of 55, of which 39 were built.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay."
Source: wikipedia.org
After much fretting and pacing hither and thither, I've decided to part with my faithful G4 Cube. I've been editing photos & doing design work for the last year with this fan-less, near-silent design classic, and I've grown to love that it's so, well, quiet. No fan noise, no high-pitched hard drive whine, no drive-write "popcorn"... a system fit for a ninja. Anyhoo, this Stealthy System is on ebay with no reserve. Spread the word to all your ninja friends.
Here's the specs:
450 mhz G4 | 1.06gb RAM | 40gb HD | DVD/CDRW combo drive
upgrades:
—GeForce2 MX (w/32mb VRAM)
—OWC Mercury DVD/CDRW combo drive
—stealthy Barracuda 40gb HD (quietest 3.5" HD ever produced)