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<p>[QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 2286971, member: 60292"]A few months back (as you may recall) I made a Lincoln Portrait out of pennies: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/penny-project.269032/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/penny-project.269032/">Penny Project</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Well I've done a couple more projects since then and would like to share the results...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><font size="5">Penny Project 2</font></u></b></p><p><b><u><font size="5"><br /></font></u></b></p><p><font size="4">This one came out okay, but not great. I used a smaller board (16" x 16") than the first project (18" x 24"). Therefore I had to use a simple "pixel" design since it was too small to do something with great detail. As a result it's not as sophisticated as the other two projects.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The design is of the mushroom from the Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. 3...</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/59/a7/26/59a726e240ec8b1c93af2cf0456000e3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></p><p><font size="4">I didn't take any progress photos as I was putting the pennies in place. First photo I took was this one just prior to getting epoxy coated...</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]457914[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">This one is difficult to see up close. It looks better from a distance. You can actually see the design better in the thumbnails than full image, which is similar to the distance effect. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"> [ATTACH=full]457928[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]457929[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]457930[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]457931[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><b><u><font size="5">Penny Project 3</font></u></b><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">First let me start by saying I really like how this one came out.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I did something a little different for this one in that I didn't cover the whole surface with pennies. It's also the largest board of the 3 projects (20" x 30").</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">I don't think I have to describe the design for this one. It's a universally known logo... </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]457932[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]457933[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]457934[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457935[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]457936[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 2286971, member: 60292"]A few months back (as you may recall) I made a Lincoln Portrait out of pennies: [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/penny-project.269032/']Penny Project[/URL] Well I've done a couple more projects since then and would like to share the results... [B][U][SIZE=5]Penny Project 2 [/SIZE][/U][/B] [SIZE=4]This one came out okay, but not great. I used a smaller board (16" x 16") than the first project (18" x 24"). Therefore I had to use a simple "pixel" design since it was too small to do something with great detail. As a result it's not as sophisticated as the other two projects. The design is of the mushroom from the Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. 3... [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/59/a7/26/59a726e240ec8b1c93af2cf0456000e3.jpg[/IMG] I didn't take any progress photos as I was putting the pennies in place. First photo I took was this one just prior to getting epoxy coated... [ATTACH=full]457914[/ATTACH] This one is difficult to see up close. It looks better from a distance. You can actually see the design better in the thumbnails than full image, which is similar to the distance effect. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4] [ATTACH=full]457928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457929[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457931[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] [B][U][SIZE=5]Penny Project 3[/SIZE][/U][/B][SIZE=4] First let me start by saying I really like how this one came out. I did something a little different for this one in that I didn't cover the whole surface with pennies. It's also the largest board of the 3 projects (20" x 30"). I don't think I have to describe the design for this one. It's a universally known logo... [ATTACH=full]457932[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457933[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457934[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]457935[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]457936[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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