They were inspired by a certain physics major who used to live in the room, and she really liked the Greek letter Omega and the Units of resistance, the Ohm. For a period of time she would get these little pieces of art slipped under her door by a secret admirer. The identity of this great artist is still unknown but his work will now be published online here.
There are 7 in total, which I will be posting in 3 posts, along with my critical commentary. Thanks to Amber for mailing me the photos.
What we see here is a depiction of the MIT dome, famous location of MIT hacks.
Perhaps the artist has some Spanish influences. By the change in the style of pen I would guess that the "ho(h)mbre" note was added later by another artist. I personally don't approve of this addition because there is no clear "ohm" shape in the person.
Famed blogger Eli has created his own version of this man which I share with you below:
Well I hope she finds out who he is. They seem tailor made for each other.
ReplyDeleteThis is how the artist could have fixed the ho(h)mbre:
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