So, I'll admit. If I had unlimited time and zero responsibilities, I'd probably sit around making minecraft super structures. Whenever i see the Taj Mahal or Coliseum or whatever 1st thought: YAAASSSS!!! I want to go to there! 2nd thought: how the hell?? How did you even start? Like, literally, which block? What did you use? 3rd thought: you must have no one who wants to spend time with you... :( But I'm making an effort. My structures shall get larger and larger. I wanted to make an effort at building something with some planning though. I decided an omage to my nephew, who will be visiting soon. I told him to build me something last time he visited "to remember him by" and he did. (Haha! I need a pic. It's a block structure that 3x3 with a plaque that reads "remember Eli" adorbs). But where to start?..... A photograph. I was using Pages app ony phone and I made a "chart" and created as many rows and columns as it would let me. I changed the photo format to be behind it. Then clicked print. However, I realize now that I should have put more effort into this step. It is the foundation for what I made. And I wish I rotated the photo to make his face centered. And I wish I made sure the rows/columns made squares and not rectangles. But they were at least double, so I divided each in half. Then I started ticking things off. I decided to build it just off the coast, surrounded by ocean. I have a grid of paths to map what I've been making, and the diamond trail didn't lead anywhere. Now it does. I counted 65 blocks up from sea level. I checked the photo and counted down 65, so I could make it as tall as possible. Then I used my knowledge of facial layout to grid of a skeletal structure. A head is an oval. The eyes are approx half way between the chin and the top of the head, when viewed from the front. I made notes of how many bricks left or right an eye or ear was. But it was giving me grief. I kept having to blow shit up. I was struggling. Until..... Angles brought me this photograph. I'm sure other people have made things more profound, but this was just what I needed. What did they use? Planks, in a variety of wood types for color. It fit much better than the colored clay I had been trying. So fuck the old system, and just make a 2 dimensional pixelated pic of his face, and go from there.... I extended the sides straight out from his head. I assumed that those edges would represent the widest parts visible, and I would reduce the corners to create a curve later on. More pics to come. I have completed this, but didn't grab pics of it yet.
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