Something I read in the papers this morning which was rather intriguing. An art student created a portrait of Lewis Hamilton using discarded hole punch dots. I think it was around 250,000 individual dots! It took her 12 weeks to produce this portrait which was 8 x 5 feet and it really is extraordinary. Crazy maybe but wow!
She finished it just in time for the Brazilian Grand Prix, where Hamilton will be driving his attempt for the championship title. Now I wouldn’t say I’m a HUGE fan of Hamilton, but I am a fan and it would be great to see McLaren win so woo let’s hope they do =)
Anyway, back to the portrait. I’ve seen paintings of this kind of art movement before (pointillism) and have always been amazed at the difference between how they look from a distant and up close, but using hole punch dots is a whole new approach. The time and hard-work she’s put into that, just imagine how long it would take for a project of that size. Whoa! Obviously, she is an F1 fan and in particular a huge fan a McLaren so GOOD LUCK TO HAMILTON!
hi this is the artist herslf. i don’t know why the press keep writing i am a huge lewis fan, i ama huge mclaren fan, always have been and still will be when lewis leaves. i made this in a hope that after 9 years of pain we may actually win something!
Hi! Thanks for your comment. I have to say your work is amazing and unique. The portrait has an incredible likeness of Hamilton. Did you sketch the image on first then stuck the dots on or…?
McLaren should have a good chance in winning this one hopefully, I think if Hamilton comes something like fifth or better then he’d win the championship so fingers crossed =)
Wow that must have taken a huge amount of effort to make, awesome stuff.
Kat x
WOW!! That must have taken ages, I wonder how many dots were used?