I saw the iPhone Lego App a few days ago and downloaded. It is an okay app. It lets you take a picture (or use an existing one) and create a Lego mosaic of the image. You can tap the screen to change the color scale.
I thought that I would try to recreate one of the mosaics with real Legos, and this is my first result. I took a photo of one of the large foam Lego bricks.
Next, I used the Lego app to create a mosaic.
Then, for "fun," I recreated it in the Lego Digital Designer, thinking it would help me figure out what pieces, etc. Although, I largely just used 1x1 plates in the digital version.
I used the LDD version to build the final one, using a variety of plates that would fit the mosaic. I was lazy and decided to just leave the background gray rather than filling it in with white. I also just did the main brick and shadows.
