Basketball and NBA mosaic portraits

From Kobe Bryant and Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Greek wheelchair basketball team: portraits and campaigns for the NBA, Bleacher Report, Nike and Italian and Greek basketball. Many use maps, photos or objects from the player’s own world as the tiles.

• Vassilis Spanoulis Legend 7 Mosaic

  Vassilis Spanoulis retirement tribute for Olympiacos BC: a 130 x 150 cm algorithmic mosaic portrait of thousands of career photos, installed permanently.

• Giannis Antetokounmpo NBA Creator Series Mosaic

  NBA Creator Series, 75th Anniversary Season: a mosaic portrait of Giannis Antetokounmpo, joining Greek patterns with Nigerian Aso Oke colors.

• Ja Morant Algorithmic Mosaic, Bleacher Report

  Ja Morant’s first All-Star appearance: an algorithmic mosaic of Grizzlies moments for Bleacher Report, with a video that explores it.

• Vince Carter NBA Canada Tribute Mosaic

  Vince Carter tribute for NBA Canada’s “Thank You Vince” mini site: a mosaic portrait, one of 15 artworks from artists around the world.

• Greek Basketball Legends Mosaics for HWBF

  Mosaic portraits of top Greek basketball players for the HWBF fundraising campaign, auctioned to equip the Greek wheelchair basketball team.

• Kobe & Gianna Bryant Mosaic for Bleacher Report

  Mamba Forever: a mosaic of Kobe and Gianna Bryant, built from moments of his career and photos of father and daughter, for Bleacher Report.

• NBA Finals 2019 Map Mosaics

  NBA Finals 2019 for Bleacher Report: mosaic portraits of Stephen Curry and Kawhi Leonard, built from city maps of Oakland and Toronto.

• Milwaukee Bucks Map Mosaics

  Milwaukee Bucks players, including Giannis Antetokounmpo, as mosaic portraits built on the actual city map of Milwaukee.

• PJ Tucker Nike Sneaker Mosaic Portrait

  P.J. Tucker (legendary basketball player) mosaic portrait, entirely made from Nike sneakers, for Bleacher Report.

• Giannis Antetokounmpo Nike Map Mosaic

  Giannis Antetokounmpo as a mosaic built on an actual map of Sepolia, Athens, the neighborhood where he and the artist grew up.

• Lega Basket Serie A Neofuturistic Illustrations

  Neofuturistic illustrations for Lega Basket Serie A, the Italian basketball league: season kickstart, Super Cup, Final 8 and wheelchair championship.

• Oklahoma City Thunder Emoji Hunt Mosaic, U.S. Cellular

  A huge emoji mosaic of three Oklahoma City Thunder players for the U.S. Cellular stand, part of an Emoji Hunt game fans play on their phones.

• Kobe Bryant Mosaic Portrait, CBS Sports

  A Kobe Bryant mosaic portrait was published on CBS News the day of his last game with the Los Angeles Lakers. "Thanks for the memories, Mamba!"

• Kobe Bryant Birthday Mosaic, Bleacher Report

  Bleacher Report LAB launch, The Art of Kobe: a Kobe Bryant mosaic portrait published on his birthday, one of eight illustrators.

• Heat Is On: Neofuturistic Basketball Player Illustration

  "The heat is on!" – colorful basketball player triangle mosaic. Experiment with triangles and colorful heat.

• Turkey 2010 Basketball Mosaics

  A personal project inspired by the FIBA 2010 Basketball World Championship in Turkey: neofuturistic vectors and neo-cubist mosaics of US and Greek players.