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RedBubble Thursday Release Notes

It’s that time of the week again already, and this week there are two important additions to the site today.

Gaia, the book, is now on sale. It looks fantastic, get your copy from the RedBubbble Store. For more information, and a list of those published, please see this post.

Even bigger news is that today we have launched a new take on RedBubble’s continued exploration of New Art. We see this art as a move away from art bestowed upon us to art that ultimately embraces all of us as co-equals in its creation and interpretation. The publications ‘In the Moment’ and ‘Gaia’ were part of this exploration.

The new work ‘PAX’ is an online Mosaic of 16,384 images from RedBubble artists that aims for a collective beauty that is no greater than any single one of its components. It is an art work that is complete on the Web, fully harnessing the power and potential of this medium in its creation and in its display.

Enjoy!

- Pilgrim

  • JenniferB

    JenniferB

    fantastic mosaic… darn! was someone really obsessive enough to hyperlink all of those thumbnails manually??? nah… there must be a faster way of coding it all… nobody could possibly be that dedicated… or fanatical… ;)

  • Imogene Munday

    Imogene Munday

    i really love the mosiac :) can already see myself spening hours exploring it.

  • Faizan Qureshi

    Faizan QureshiAll Rounder

    Really well done guys… loving it.

    Now just tell us who’s in Gaia… Please? :D

  • solareclips~Julie  Alexander

    solareclips~Ju...

    This is really amazing!!! Great idea!!! I can see myself spending days upon days looking!!!!

  • melbourne

    melbourne

    WOW, awesome stuff guys.

  • Xavier Shay

    Xavier Shay works here

    “was someone really obsessive enough to hyperlink all of those thumbnails manually”

    It took the whole week. Had to arrange them by hand too.

  • Maria Dryfhout

    Maria Dryfhout

    Someone sure did a lot of work… WOW!

  • Jo O'Brien
  • A90Six

    A90Six

    800 thumbnails = The shadow on the roof beside the chimney! Nice job!

  • JoAnnHayden

    JoAnnHayden

    I lovethe moziac, you guys are awesome. What a wonderful idea!

  • Xavier Shay

    Xavier Shay works here

    They wouldn’t let me use my original mosaic design:

  • Rosina  Lamberti

    Rosina Lamberti

    fantastic mosaic,This is really amazing

  • Chanel2

    Chanel2

    Great work guys.

  • Jay Michelsen

    Jay Michelsen

    That is really cool. Guess I won’t get much work done tomorrow morning! I’ll be searching out the pictures.

  • red addiction

    red addiction

    sweeeeeeet!!

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA

    Xavier you deserve a pay rise!!! Wow. I can already see one of my images in the mosaic but how long will it take to go through and view them all … will be burning the midnight oil AGAIN I can see!!! Thanks guys for an amazing job!

  • sra58

    sra58

    This is great.
    Sharon A.

  • Shannon Rene' Justice

    Shannon Rene' ...

    that is so freaking cool! (i found one of my own on there and im amazed! yay)

  • TimChuma

    TimChuma

    Now where could they have gotten the mosaic idea from I wonder?

    The software includes an option to make a web page I think. One of my friends signed up to this site thinking you could make mosaics on it, which would be a good idea if you could talk to the person who made the software

    Just an idea for the future though, as I am sure you have lots of other things to do.

  • TimChuma

    TimChuma

    I can’t make any mosaics with more than 800 tiles as it makes my computer cry and run out of memory.

  • Chris Putnam

    Chris Putnam

    Very cool

  • Dreamcoat

    Dreamcoat

    Terrific. Another idea would be for Bubble Members to create their own books as another product idea… Who’s with me?

  • Xavier Shay

    Xavier Shay works here

    Funny tim, I clicked through and commented on your work was coz I was like “hay he made a mosaic too!”

  • Tania Rose

    Tania Rose

    Another extraordinary achievement by you magnificent folk

  • JenniferB

    JenniferB

    It took the whole week. Had to arrange them by hand too.

    ferking crazy… ;-)

    I can think of better uses hands can be put to…

    still… you did a great hand job of it.

  • Gerard Rotse

    Gerard Rotse

    Fantastic work.

  • ~ Selle

    ~ Selle

    Wow Xavier! Thanks – I love the mosaic and I am going to have loads of fun exploring this one – better than TV! :)

  • Ben Ryan

    Ben Ryan

    @Damien: photobooks are already on the horizon, we just have a bunch of other stuff to get out first.

  • aroha

    aroha

    Wow the mosaic is fantastic! So much work has gone into it, well done guys!!! I know what I’m going to be doing for the rest of the day now, the housework can wait! :)
    I like Damien’s book suggestion too

  • melodious

    melodious

    Brilliant mosaic!! Love it… its a wonderful collection and i’m so happy to be able to follow the links to meet the bubble artists! thank you for taking the time!

  • Glenn Alderson

    Glenn Alderson

    Wow…........well done!

  • jerry  alcantara

    jerry alcantara

    amazing!

  • Adam de la Mare

    Adam de la Mare

    to quote Rick from the Young Ones…...

    “It’s Completely Brilliant!”

  • cmsdesign

    cmsdesign

    Great mosaic. It a great way to see some of the art you never get a chance to explore. Good work

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted

    wow wow wow!

  • Jane Keats

    Jane Keats

    Wow! That’s amazing! I could spend hours on there!!

  • bodymechanic

    bodymechanic

    that is mad- u really have to get a life- nah well done ,and i’m glad it is you that had to do it!

  • Anthony R. Plastino III

    Anthony R. Pla...

    Awesome, Brilliant, Fantastic, Terrific – all words that come short of describing the mosaic and yet, are all I have to work with :) – Thanks for doing this!

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    Yo that rocks ! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

  • tinhearts

    tinhearts

    awesome!
    xox

  • Elaine Harriott

    Elaine Harriott

    Brilliant, love the mosaic, its a wonderful collection.

  • capgun

    capgun

    oooh ahhhh

  • Mark Richards

    Mark Richards

    The mosaic is just amazing!

  • Clark Takashima

    Clark Takashima

    Amayzinglee Delightful

  • Kurt Golgart

    Kurt Golgart

    THAT IS SOOOO COOL! I could play with it for hours.

  • Miron Abramovici

    Miron Abramovici

    Xavier – a warm BRAVO! Amazing work!

    I guess somewhere you have the list of all artists in there. Is this public?

  • Keith Richardson

    Keith Richardson

    Great work Guys! Congrats. Keith

  • Ozcloggie

    Ozcloggie

    I see! Should have entered: In the Moment and/or Gaia. Would have been nice to have had one in there. Maybe next time. I certainly recognise a lot of them. And, it’s impressive. I’ll go and get a tissue now.

  • Xavier Shay

    Xavier Shay works here

    Miron, Ozcloggie: It’s the top image works on the site (as seen at art/popular). Unrelated to the publications.

  • georgiegirl

    georgiegirl

    What a fantastic mosaic!! What a cool new toy!! Hundreds of thousands of teeny tiny pics all hand linked to rb!!! Brilliant work RB Elf Xavier ;D

  • coppertrees

    coppertrees

    Well done it will take days exploring

  • udonchow

    udonchow

    Kudos and thank you for all who made this mosaic possible!

  • Jeremy Harrington

    Jeremy Harrington

    woohoo found my work in the mosaic lol.. it took a while but i found it.. great stuff with the mosaic guys, that would have been a massive job..

  • Jan Piller

    Jan Piller

    hahah – way cool! I found one of mine on there too! And many thanks for the Gaia honour!! Such incredible artists there… I am truly grateful! thank you so much!

  • Paul McClintock

    Paul McClintockZuul, the Gatekeeper

    Well done. So, it’s sorting them automatically right?

  • Lam Tran

    Lam Tran

    WOw! Amazing work!!!!

  • kaha

    kaha

    many many hours of…exploration..enjoyment..errr is spellbound..it is gonna be posterized?

  • Xavier Shay

    Xavier Shay works here

    “So, it’s sorting them automatically right?”
    I don’t know exactly what you mean but I’m fairly certain the answer is ‘no’.

  • Virginia McGowan

    Virginia McGowan

    brilliant ,

  • Elizabeth Fox

    Elizabeth Fox

    This is amazing!

  • johna

    johna

    Is there an index of artists and/or titles of the works used? Was this an opt-in for them?

  • Claire Armistead

    Claire Armistead

    wow! This is amazing. It’s the weirdest thing when you randomly stumble across your own piece out of the masses : ). This is ALOT of work. Well done everyone involved x

  • Dean Warwick

    Dean Warwick

    Amazing!!!

  • reflexio

    reflexio

    Wow, sensational piece of work, well done.

  • peter

    peterworks here

    I voted for Xavier’s face on the mosaic – but no one ever listens to me.

  • Nathan Dooley

    Nathan Dooley

    The Mosaic is fan-riffic.

    I’m glad I’ve got today off. I wonder who’s gunna mow the lawns now I’ve got something else to do!! lol

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellafounder

    That’s some massive visual!!!! – incredible result!.... LOVE IT!

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethVoted Most Helpful Bubbler

    so cool!

  • Eyeleen

    Eyeleen

    Fantastic!

  • TeriLee

    TeriLee

    This is so awesome! Great job!

  • Paul McClintock

    Paul McClintockZuul, the Gatekeeper

    There are so many possibilities for this mosaic thing… exciting!

  • Merilyn

    Merilyn

    What is it supposed to represent?

  • Kitsmumma

    Kitsmumma

    Great!

  • julzcards

    julzcards

    the mosaic is a great idea!

  • salwa

    salwa

    This is great!!

  • budrfli

    budrfli

    wow! totally mesmerizing and intriguing! great work!

  • Danny

    Danny

    I thought it was going to be a magazine
    I must of missed that bit
    but at $AUS 42+, she’s not cheap

  • Leeo

    Leeo

    Looks good, but when I click on an image it won’t view large :( It takes me to a black screen, where it says drag to view, but there is nothing to view…and ideas how I fix this?

  • jep983

    jep983

    I love the mosaic!

  • redhawk

    redhawk

    Great idea and love the pictures. Is this only the ones in Gaia or random from the entire RB community?

  • carol brandt

    carol brandt

    Bloody brilliant.

  • Leeo

    Leeo

    I can see it now, was just slow to load. Awsome work guys!

  • artyrau

    artyrau

    Good work !

  • Irene  Burdell

    Irene Burdell

    Great idea but I find it very difficult to manouvre . Virtually impossible to view them all.

  • Mugsy

    Mugsy

    Impressive effort with excellent results!!

  • Solomon Walker

    Solomon Walker

    Very good to see the efforts RebBubble is making on behalf of the artists across the globe. You are indeed leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of online galleries. Much respect.

  • DBALehane

    DBALehane

    Anyone spot anything to do with writers here? Support us RB or lose us.

  • Liz  Spittall

    Liz Spittall

    Amazing work!!!

  • ChrissyB

    ChrissyB

    Wow that is so cool! I recognized some of the work.

  • Gili Orr

    Gili Orr

    Great idea, this mosaic! Enjoyed exploring it.

  • Lenka

    Lenka

    Hi Xavier, amazing work, congratulations!

    Suggestion to RB, about writers: wouldn’t it be great to have a book with writers/visual artists collaborations? There were already some challenges on this, and I love to read poems/short stories accompanied by (suitable) images :) I’m sure I’m not the only one, am I?

  • LittleHelen

    LittleHelen

    Omg…I love the Mosaic! I saw three of my wee Hearts in there….thanks so much ;)

    I’m having trouble viewing the thumbnails though…Firefox keeps crashing whenever I attempt it…I’m figuring it is just the traffic and will try again later.

    Xavier…you look like Einstein in that shot babe ;)

  • Shelleymay

    Shelleymay

    Love it!

  • adgray

    adgray

    RB you can get books published full of pictures why not books of words?
    Please where are the MOOKS?
    Lovely pictorial art nicely displayed but I feel sad that my art is not worthy of Bubble’s assistance
    ~ Sad left-out Writer <(

  • Peter Horsman

    Peter Horsman

    that mosaic is insane – great stuff. Not that I need it, but it’s another way I can while away the hours now…

  • Wildwings

    Wildwings

    Just wonderful! Waiting to see what you have in mind for the ” Photo Books.”

  • Keegan Wong

    Keegan Wong

    Amazing.

  • Les Magee

    Les Magee

    fabuli!!!!

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    Awesomely creative! Love it!

  • velveteagle

    velveteagle

    So very creative.. a joy

  • mystiqueisland

    mystiqueisland

    awesome mosaic!!!!

  • frozenfa

    frozenfa

    Love the mosaic!! it’s so fun to look around!! =D

  • jdmphotography

    jdmphotography

    Awesome ! (-:

  • Shirley Cooper

    Shirley Cooper

    This is great. I’ve got 79 pictures to do a mosaic. I just need to print em off and find a space to do it. Maybe I’ll start tomorrow. Have you seen the Big picture. www.inthebigpicture.co.uk? SIsi.

  • TomBaumker

    TomBaumker

    Thanks a lot guys! We need all the help we can get. Tom

  • Jason Stengren

    Jason Stengren

    Holy hell, that’s nuts… You guys should start releasing/selling some themed community art books and kick-down some profits for people you include!

  • Shanina Conway

    Shanina Conway

    Brilliant mosaic….it would be fantastic to see it on the side of a huge building and the Gaia book looks wonderful;)

  • mick8585

    mick8585

    Am I selfish for searching for an image of mine?
    Wonderful lateral thinking by someone.

  • FlowersEtc

    FlowersEtc

    Nice as a mosaic, but to time consuming to look at completely.

  • Tania Rose

    Tania Rose

    I’m assuming PAX comes from KPAX???

  • GLAMAZON

    GLAMAZON

    I am thrilled and honored to have been chosen. x

  • GLAMAZON

    GLAMAZON

    So is Lisadee :))

  • Jacqueline  Murphy

    Jacqueline Mu...

    Brillant idea.. amazing.. the time you spent creating it.

  • Pilgrim

    Pilgrimworks here

    Writers ALL. I am with you. I am a writer. That is my passion and yes we do continue to think about how we can display and honour writing. We are just a terribly tiny team 10/11 people and doing things (dealing with the inevitable objections etc) all take up resources. We believe in writing!!

  • heroine

    heroine

    Are all the images photography???

  • deezy

    deezy

    its alright i guess

  • dixiegirl1

    dixiegirl1

    its ok

  • JennyLee

    JennyLee

    Wow, that’s brilliant. I love it. Would love to see the whole thing in one piece though!

  • nadeem

    nadeem

    great work

  • waseem

    waseem

    fantastic great work…WoWWWwwww!

  • smudged

    smudged

    I think both Pax and Gaia are great concepts and congrats are deserved all round to ‘contributors’ and ‘composers’ alike.

  • Bizin

    Bizin

    Wow! Great work!
    ...how do you find the time…

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