# Sheep art? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942 "2009-03-18T20:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/1 "2009-03-18T20:52:28Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/D2FX9rviEhw/hqdefault.jpg "Extreme Sheep LED Art") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw) Pretty cool even if parts are faked - I know sheepdogs are very good at organizing their flocks but the patterns (e.g. the pong, the giant walking sheep) just seem nearly impossible to organize coherently. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/2 "2009-03-18T20:56:25Z")
The fireworks at the end were a really good idea. I can see that working without being faked. Yay sheep dogs!! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/3 "2009-03-19T00:54:45Z")
Holy [del]cow[/del] sheep! ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/4 "2009-03-19T01:09:39Z")
I saw a report about this on Countdown a little earlier today. Thought it was really cool. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/5 "2009-03-19T01:16:39Z")
That’s hilarious. It must be faked, but so what? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/6 "2009-03-19T04:20:41Z")
Hal, I just couldn’t resist posting this for you! [Extreme Sheep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw) ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/7 "2009-03-19T04:45:25Z")
My local news channel showed the pong part of the video with the headline “Sheep gone wild!”. It really is an amazing display of sheep herding. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/8 "2009-03-19T04:48:07Z")
I’m not sure that it’s 100% real but also I don’t think it’s 100% fake. For some reason the Mona Lisa part is the hardest part for me to believe. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/9 "2009-03-19T04:55:35Z")
I figured it was done with just a lot of takes. As far as the Mona Lisa, its been done with just about anything that varies in shade, from spray paint to pennies. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/10 "2009-03-19T05:02:26Z")
> [@Alienhand](#): > > I figured it was done with just a lot of takes. As far as the Mona Lisa, its been done with just about anything that varies in shade, from spray paint to pennies. Yeah, I know the basic principle behind it but it seems way too difficult to orchestrate. Of course, I’m basing this on the idea that they did it in one night, but I suppose there’s no reason they didn’t do it over the course of a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/11 "2009-03-19T12:59:02Z")
The Mona Lisa was definitely the least interesting of them. Loved the fireworks! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/12 "2009-03-19T13:09:56Z")
> [@Alienhand](#): > > My local news channel showed the pong part of the video with the headline “Sheep gone wild!”. It really is an amazing display of sheep herding. Or maybe video editing. Which do you think more likely? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/13 "2009-03-19T13:34:50Z")
Wasn’t this already mentioned in the thread [Sheep Art?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510829) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/14 "2009-03-19T13:50:28Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Wasn’t this already mentioned in the thread [Sheep Art?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510829) Yup. Threads merged. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/15 "2009-03-19T15:32:21Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > I’m not sure that it’s 100% real but also I don’t think it’s 100% fake. For some reason the Mona Lisa part is the hardest part for me to believe. Having worked with sheep before, the Mona Lisa pic seems much easier to do than the Pong pic where 6 sheep are standing out alone from everyone else as the dividing line in the middle. Sheep like to be with other sheep, especially when there are wolfy predators around. But, they could have easily spent 20 or 30 minutes positioning the sheep for just a couple of frames of film. Clay-mation with sheep. For the Mona Lisa pic, all you would need to do is get the lights the right color, and then put the sheep in roughly the right position, which they did by physically picking them up and moving them when need be. I vote this video completely plausible. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheep-art/489942/16 "2009-03-19T15:40:04Z")
It seems real, though some sections are speeded up. The walking sheep moved much slower IRL, for instance.