Comments on: Post-ITS

By: Arlo

Arlo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:48:31 +0000

Wow, that Heavy Mural thing is pretty darn cool. Personally, I enjoyed working out the process with math and with Photoshop, but for those looking for help in the future, I’ll definitely send them there.

By: tradnairb

tradnairb — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:13:03 +0000

The webapp, Heavy Mural, probably could have helped, although it doesn't allow for the use of non-square sticky notes.

By: Arlo

Arlo — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:39:20 +0000

BJ,

Okay, here’s the cheat I used; you’ll probably have to play around with the setting for it to work for you.

Once you’ve got your image pefectly reduced to a 1-pixel to 1-post-it ratio, you can go into Photoshop’s View settings and turn on the grid. (The grid is simply a visual overlay, a guide, for your image.) When you set it up at first, the grid probably won’t be perfectly aligned with your pixel/post-its. Go into Edit -> Preferences and fiddle with the settings. I changed the grid color to black and had the grid lines only 1 pixel apart; remember, I was working with a tiny 38×73 image. Once the grid lines were in place and evenly dividing my picture up into 1-pixel segments, I zoomed in until the picture covered the entire screen.

Now, here’s the trick:

Use the Print Screen key to capture the screen and copy it to memory. Create a new, blank Photoshop document, and paste the resulting screen capture into it. Crop out all the excess and, voila! you should have a nice, large image you can print out and use as your reference sheet!

By: BJ

BJ — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:20:39 +0000

I love it! I too am trying to do a post it mosaic. A friend and I are supposed to do it this weekend but we are having a hard time with photoshop. We’ve been following the instructions on Mental Hygiene’s website but we are having a really hard time getting the grid lines on. Have any ideas?

By: Arlo

Arlo — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:02:30 +0000

Hi, Lisa.

I could probably make the grids for you without it being too much trouble. Did you read my full blog entry? There’s a lot of information we’d need to figure out, the most important being:

1) Wall size, length and width,
2) Which size of Post-Its you want buy, length and width, and
3) Number of colors you have to deal with.

If you send me a photo (and assuming it’s a decent one that will work well), I think I could get the grid back to you in a day or two.

My only requirement is that you come back and tell us how it went!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:52:24 +0000

I’m desparatly trying to come up with a pattern to do this when my bosses go out of town and I can’t figure it out! Can anyone make the grids for me????? HELP?

By: A Midgett Blog » Caution: Wet Paint!

A Midgett Blog » Caution: Wet Paint! — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:50:07 +0000

[...] It only took a few days for the painting to dry, but we didn’t hang it up until months later. I always felt a bit guilty about that; it was the longevity of my Post-It Note idea that monopolized the wall space… [...]

By: Zych’s Zeitgeist » Post-It Note Mosaic

Zych’s Zeitgeist » Post-It Note Mosaic — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:47:38 +0000

[...] I thought this was a cool idea so I decided to do some more investigating and it turns out that the internet is awash with Post-It artists. Though one comment on the Post-It note art trend struck me as somewhat cruel but probably correct. On MetaFilter BoringPostcards wrote “Further evidence for my theory that the internet was BUILT by people with too much damn time on their hands.” Some were inspired by the Elvis mosaic, like this one, put up for National Boss Day. Be sure to check out the time lapse photography of the installation. [...]

By: A Midgett Blog » Post-ITS II: Electric Boogaloo

A Midgett Blog » Post-ITS II: Electric Boogaloo — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:54:07 +0000

[...] Four months after we created the Post-It Note mosaic of our boss at work, we decided to take it down. Ever since I published the accompanying time-lapse video, ideas have been batted around on how to memorialize its removal. When the big day came a few weeks ago, we didn’t record another time-lapse video… though you wouldn’t know it, looking at the final video. [...]

By: Pb

Pb — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:58:20 +0000

I can’t download the time-lapse videos. I get en error when I click on the link. Are they still available? I’d live to see them. Congratulations on a job well done.

By: peggy penington

peggy penington — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:58:35 +0000

UNBELIEVABLE….I’M SO GLAD I LET YOU PLAY ALL THOSE COMPUTER GAMES WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE . VERY IMPRESSIVE ARLO

By: Arlo

Arlo — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:09:13 +0000

Charles, if that was you that created the first (Elvis) Post-it mosaic on LifeHacker.com, you have my thanks! It was my inspiration and credit should be given where it’s due.

As for intentionally using the small Post-its, well, it certainly wasn’t my first choice. You do what you can with the wall ya got.

The time-lapse was worth it, but you brought up something else I forgot to mention: Having that camera setup was what kept us from taking a break and finishing the mosaic the following day. We just HAD to get the entire process in one take!

By: Mental Hygiene » wow. just wow.

Mental Hygiene » wow. just wow. — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:14:44 +0000

[...] arlo midgett took the post-it mosaic and ran with it: and documented his creation with time-lapse photography and images of most of the prep. [...]

By: charles Mangin

charles Mangin — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:55:42 +0000

very nice. i’m surprised anyone would be so intentionally massochistic as to a> use *smaller* post-its and b> use the *non square* ones. yeesh.

very nice result, and i love the time-lapse. i thought of documenting the process of building my first one, but i wasn’t even sure i would finish in a day. plus, i didn’t think of the time-lapse potential until i was halfway done…

By: jj

jj — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:48:52 +0000

Simply amazing..can i tell people i know you???
Nice job…time lapse is cool too….
you never cease to amaze me.