zachpieces

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[MOC] Hedgehog (media.piefed.world)
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 2 points 5 days ago

Yes! It’s a flat rabbit actually

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks! No context or backstory — I just made it for the sake of the pun.

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 2 points 2 months ago

Feel free to crosspost!

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 6 points 4 months ago

Are you able to determine the density of the powder you have by measuring a known volume and weighing it? And then compare this density to the molar mass of the compounds in question?

Also not quite what you’re asking, but do note that Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium Bisglycinate are chemically different even though some brands market them as the same. If you’re taking this for health reasons, Magnesium is the active ingredient and the glycinate helps your body absorb it; bisglycinate is more effective at the absorption but you get significantly less Magnesium per serving/molar mass. Disclaimer: not a doctor/scientist but I have tried and researched both for my own health usage

If you’re concerned about the taste, Mg glycinate/bisglycinate/citrate are all available in pill capsule (and I think flavored gummy?) form.

 
[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I was able to post the images on a new community on my host instance. It looks like there is ultimately always going to be some degradation of image quality if I use my instance as the host, but this workaround is a improvement over the images being posted onto the main post directly. Thanks for the help!

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I found a high resolution scan of the first page of the Constitution. After deciding on my scale, I superimposed a 78x64 square grid over the scan, as well as a separate 65x64 rectangular grid for when I was building in the vertical dimension. After hemming and hawing for about year about over how to best to depict the paragraph text, I eventually decided that random shaping was the only viable option with the medium. However, using the grids as a reference allowed me to place the larger text, the indentations, new lines, and empty spaces in nearly their precise locations as on the original document.

Side note: the scale wasn’t determined by the text, but rather by needing the thickness of the stripes to be evenly divisible by the width of the brick separator. I opted to be 15% undersized rather than 13% oversized since it would be an easier task plus I thought it would look better scaled to the brick separator.

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 7 points 4 months ago

Thanks! I don’t think any other medium could be nearly as conducive to conveying the critical parts of this piece as Lego is, especially with orange being by far the most common color for the modern brick separator and red being by far the most common color for the crowbar piece.

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 5 points 4 months ago

Thanks, I’ll try to look into this and see what I can do

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 21 points 4 months ago

Thank you! He’s shrugging apathetically because he thinks that’s the most effective thing he can do in response to what’s going on next to him.

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Thank you! I’m incredibly flattered. It is indeed mine. I was thinking just today of how to go about finding a proper gallery for this.

Side note: Does anybody know why the additional photos are in lower resolution or how to upload them in a way that retains their original resolution?

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US Constitution - Lego (media.piefed.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by zachpieces@piefed.world to c/artshare@lemmy.world
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/lego/p/969974/moc-us-constitution

Roughly 85% the size of the original document, this MOC illustrates the 13 stripes of the nation’s flag being etched into the parchment and leaving a trail of dripping red blood. The process of methodical destruction is led by an orange separator, which represents an orange separator, and it is aided by a number of red crooks (AKA crowbars), which represent red crooks. To the left are some shrugging blue crooks, which represent shrugging blue crooks to the left. The scale and placement of text and lack of text is as accurate as possible to the actual handwriting on the document.

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[MOC] US Constitution (media.piefed.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by zachpieces@piefed.world to c/lego@lemmy.world
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/lego/p/969974/moc-us-constitution

Roughly 85% the size of the original document, this MOC illustrates the 13 stripes of the nation’s flag being etched into the parchment and leaving a trail of dripping red blood. The process of methodical destruction is led by an orange separator, which represents an orange separator, and it is aided by a number of red crooks (AKA crowbars), which represent red crooks. To the left are some shrugging blue crooks, which represent shrugging blue crooks to the left. The scale and placement of text and lack of text is as accurate as possible to the actual handwriting on the document.

[–] zachpieces@piefed.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think i/o (or o/i) had AI generated music. A number of the songs had been works-in-progress for years since Gabriel had performed early versions of them live in concert prior. In his full moon updates for each song, there is sometimes footage of the performers in the studio with instruments and even an orchestra or choir at times. I remember specifically he cited Brian Eno’s “electric worms” synths for the fifth track. There had also been a substantial time gap since Gabriel put out his previous album, and he notably likes to mix genres, including world music. If any artist would evolve their style atypically for their age, it would be Gabriel.

 

This careless interpretation (if you can even call it that) completely misrepresents the meaning of the original work. It represents the idea of using a delicate touch to handle something with the idea of punching it like a child would instead. As another song by them put it:

“Don't feed the people

But we feed the machines”

 

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by zachpieces@piefed.world to c/lego@lemmy.world
 
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