Zilly Rosen of ZILLYCAKES in Buffalo, NY, builds a likeness of presidential candidate Barack Obama using 1240 cupcakes.

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    Nov 4, 2008 - Zilly Rosen of ZILLYCAKES in Buffalo, NY, builds a likeness of presidential candidate Barack Obama using 1240 cupcakes.

    Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake, tiffanybbrown, Simply Sweets, ITIetalhead, and 99 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    1. CrazyaboutCupCakes 55 months ago | reply

      This is so fantastic. A masterpiece, truly!

    2. amyc00per 55 months ago | reply

      This is an amazing feat, and there's no better subject matter!

    3. groovehouse 55 months ago | reply

      Cupcakes!

      This would make a great addition to the Cupcakes Take The Cake Group!

    4. Mexycan 55 months ago | reply

      e x c e l e n t e !

    5. l∞senut 55 months ago | reply

      Now more than ever I want to eat him.

    6. Pepecat 55 months ago | reply

      nom nom nom

    7. Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake 55 months ago | reply

      Please check out the Cupcakes Take the Cake interview with Zilly about her Obama artwork.

    8. stevej_1960 55 months ago | reply

      Sweet.

    9. just2debbie2000 55 months ago | reply

      What a great job you did. I'm sure it was a lot of tedious, hard work but the results were amazing!

    10. bjhanifin 55 months ago | reply

      What software did you use to pixelize the image? Did you use something like Rasterbator?

    11. bjhanifin 55 months ago | reply

      For anyone else who might be interested, I am posting shastio's answer:

      Funny, I've never heard of Rasturbator. ... No, I just use Photoshop and my brain. First I take a photo, scan it to photoshop, adjust the contrast, and run a filter or two on it to begin the process (I like the posterize filter for that). Then I superimpose a circular grid on it, choose my values/colors, and start painting! It's a process I used to do with my high school art students. It takes some time, but it works!

      @shastio: Thank you the answer.

    12. Sarah S. Moon 54 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Obama Craft Project, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    13. eyewashdesign: A. Golden 54 months ago | reply

      The WORK Paid off!
      Congrats on TIME!

    14. FotoManiac's Digital Studio 54 months ago | reply

      CONGRATS on making it to TIME magazine.. BRAVO !!! www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1866936,00.html

    15. (monica) 54 months ago | reply

      So great, saw you on time.com!

    16. A. Magee 54 months ago | reply

      Congratulations on the TIME coverage. I have tried cupcake portraits before, and failed miserably. You make it look so easy. Great job. I am proud to be included with others of such vision. All the best to you. -Andy Magee

    17. Montero Foto 9 months ago | reply

      Wonderful work! I saw this picture on the NY Daily News' website: www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mitt-romney-president-o...

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