Building with lego plates for designing mosaic portraits

Lego plates offer an alternative to building with lego bricks and have several benefits as well.  The plate is 1/3 as thick and many times is more stable when installing on a lego baseplate.  The look of the mosaic is the same whether bricks or plates are used, however.  Generally if the mosaic is designed to hang as is with the lego frame than I will continue to use bricks (some plates are much more expensive than the brick counterpart).  If a customer is looking to frame the art work in a traditional frame than the plate offers a great alternative because of its thickness.  Shipping costs are greatly reduced with a plate mosaic as well. 

There are endless possibilities with lego building and designing and I continue to enjoy creating custom mosaics.