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Hi Backers! Norm from Tested.com has made a nice time-lapse video of a Brick-A-Pic LEGO® mosaic being built and reviewed.  Check it out below: http://youtu.be/JR2td-7HRLs  (Read More)

It's the first Thursday of the month, which means it's time for my roundup of interesting crowd-funding ideas. Consider throwing a few pennies at these projects, and feel free to send suggestions my way at popcandy@usatoday.com or on Twitter at @popcandy. (Read More)

Greetings Backers, We have a fun update on our LEGO Mosaic project today. We've had some requests to see some additional examples of what can be done with Brick-A-Pic, so we turned Spock into bricks for your enjoyment below. You can get this or any... (Read More)

Thanks to all of our backers for their contributions! Please continue to help us spread the word so that we can get fully funded and have the opportunity to deliver all of your rewards. I have received some questions about the technical aspects of... (Read More)

Dear Backers, We've been busy working on our technology and have an update to share with you. Our demo website has been updated with the following improvements. It now lets you select the size of your virtual mosaic.  You can select 16x16 (our... (Read More)

Dear Backers, We have had a number of requests to offer international shipping for our LEGO® Mosaic Kits. Our initial investigation suggested that international shipping was going to be $50 extra per box, and we didn't think that people would accept... (Read More)

When I visited LEGO Master Builder Nathan Sawaya's art gallery in New York last September, I asked the brick artist about how he designs and constructs his beautiful LEGO mosaic renditions of iconic and classic paintings. Sawaya told me that he creates those 2D LEGO paintings all by sight and hand--choosing the individual brick colors one at a time to adapt the original piece of art. Not all of us have that skill, so a new Kickstarter is attempting to automate that design process using clever software. Brick-A-Pic takes any image and processes it for LEGO's relatively limited palette of colors (16 current ones, 29 retired colors). The software will be available on their website, and Brick-A-Pic will even compile the pieces needed to build the picture in a kit if you want to pay for it. I like that the designs aren't restricted to 1x1 pixel pieces, and the samples they've shown look pretty lovely. (Read More)