A farmer from Argentina made a portrait of Messi on the field (10 photos)
One Argentine farmer was so inspired by the country's victory at the World Cup, that he painted an entire portrait of Lionel Messi in a cornfield. Now it Aliens will definitely see.
After the victory of the Argentina national team at the World Cup, one fan was delighted that he decided to make a giant portrait of his favorite player - Lionel Messi - in a cornfield. The drawing occupied 50 hectares terrain! To create it, the farmer Maximiliano Spinazze used an algorithm that calculated where the seeds would need to be planted in the field, to make a portrait.
Now this masterpiece flaunts on his farm in the Los Condores region, and his visible from space. "For me, Messi is invincible. Now he is a world champion and I'm happy to celebrate by planting corn," said the farmer. social networks, his creation was appreciated - however, some said that "It would be better to feed the poor."
The idea of creating such images is not new, but everything looks equally impressive! It was implemented by Carlos Faricelli, a software engineer agriculture. He developed a program for seeding machines, with with which they plant seeds in a precise pattern to create a certain image - while in different areas of the seeds there are more or less to highlight the outlines.
This is not the first time that fans have been inspired by Messi. Someone even shaved his portrait on his head, or made a tattoo with his last name: