This is Dice Painter.
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This spiritual successor to Cocktail Typer features 1000 plastic dice that animate between different colours to paint pictures. Photographed on our meeting room floor, the website allows users to type their Twitter usernames and see their profile pictures painted with dice. The end result can then be saved as a new Twitter profile picture or Tweeted to followers as a unique URL.
Try it for yourself at http://dicepainter.com
Dice Painter
A screenshot of the website as it first loads. Note that the title "@DICEPAINTER" doubles as the text entry for typing Twitter names into the site.
Dice Holder
We spent a day constructing this dice holder, using plastic tile spacers to keep the dice in place for the shoot.
Toys
We raided our board game boxes and toy shelves for props for the shoot.
Shooting
We shot the dice in our meeting room from above. The shoot ended up taking 36 hours, which was only 35 more than initially expected. Apologies to our studio mates who were hoping to use the meeting room during this time.
Video
A video showing Dice Painter in action, particularly the Twitter profile picture importing. Try it for yourself at http://dicepainter.com