VIDEO: Vincent van Domino: ‘Starry Night’ takes a tumble

It took 11 hours and 7,067 dominoes to recreate van Gogh’s classic.

25/06/12 2,378 Views 2 Comments

AFTER 11 HOURS and 7,067 domino tiles, one steady-handed YouTube user succeeded in recreating Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night in dominoes.

FlippyCat says that it took two attempts to create his domino van Gogh; the first ended when a screw from his camera rig fell onto the dominoes, as shown at the end of the video.

The second attempt proved almost perfect in its execution, with just one of the swirling stars left standing:

(Video uploaded by FlippyCat)

FlippyCat has also recreated the Leaning Tower of Pisa (with an emphasis on the lean):

(Video uploaded by FlippyCat)

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