Snoopy LEGO Mosaic

Before experimenting with more complicated LEGO mosaics, I started with a simpler build: Snoopy sitting on top of his red dog house.

Starting With Pixel Art

The idea behind these mosaics is straightforward: treat LEGO pieces as pixels.

I drew Snoopy and his dog house as pixel art, then matched the image dimensions to a LEGO baseplate. Each position on the grid represents a location that needs to be filled with a LEGO piece.

From Pixels to Bricks

Once the pixel-art version was ready, I ran it through PicToBrick. The software converts the image into a LEGO mosaic.

That makes the model easier to assemble and produces a more practical bill of materials.

An Easy Parts List

The Snoopy dog house was also a forgiving choice because it used only a few colours:

• Red for the dog house
• White for Snoopy
• Black for Snoopy’s outline and details

With such a limited palette, the bill of materials was relatively easy to source

Choosing a Background

The background did not need to match a specific scene, so I did not include it in the planned design.

Instead, I went to a LEGO Store and used the Pick a Brick wall to buy enough pieces in an arbitrary background colour to fill the rest of the baseplate.

This was a convenient compromise. The important part of the image was Snoopy and the dog house; the surrounding colour only needed to provide contrast and hold the mosaic together.