Yesterday, @blaze@piefed.zip posted a LEGO Mosaics primer to !lego@piefed.social, and it was there that I had the pleasure of being introduced to Pontiérr’s work. ‘Mosaic portraits’ are not a new thing of course, but Gerardo is taking these in interesting new directions:

Some LEGO artists even create mosaics that depict a familiar image when viewed from a distance but, upon closer inspection, turn out to be built from a seemingly random mishmash of LEGO elements, including unusual ones like wheels, gears, and so on. For example, this mosaic created by Gerardo Pontiérr depicts Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. The variety of elements involved adds interesting surface texture to the mosaic. Despite the exotically shaped pieces, however, notice that the demarcations between one color and another still largely conform to the regular LEGO grid. --BrickNerd

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But wait, it gets even better. In more recent portraits, he’s been integrating smaller artworks as well. For example, from the fourth piece (“Katrina”) seen in the OP, a zoom-in of the left center edge of the portrait:

Zooming further upon the black rider and Mayan ziggurat:

And from another section, an “ofrenda,” or “altar de muertos”:

Very little of which can be seen from the overall view:

Here’s the artist’s Instagram feed (detoxified):
https://imginn.com/pontierr_artbrick/

And… why not? Here are samples of his work as a professional violinist:
https://www.youtube.com/@gerardopontierr5376/videos