Dotty

I discovered about 150 dots is the minimum number of dots to make a specific recognizable person. You can make something that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won't be able to give much information about who it is.
~Chuck Close

150, eh? Does that make you want to test it? I have the feeling that he's right.

Polka dots today:

Polka Dot House, Detroit
photo by Patty Mooney

012 Polka Dot, London
photo by Eric
part of The Elephant Parade, drawing attention to plummeting Asian elephant populations

Polka-dot piano
photo by Steve Grant

Side of Polka Dot Bus
photo by Patty Mooney

Superhero Dachshund
by Jenn and Tony Bot

Pumpkin
by Yayoi Kusama
photo by Wendy Tanner

Art installation of polka-dotted characters, Let's Go to a Paradise of Glorious Tulips
by Yayoi Kusama
photo by Choo Yut Shing

Lastly, a quote to make you go "hmmm..." from artist Sigmar Polke:

I love all dots. I am married to many of them. I want all dots to be happy. Dots are my brothers. I am a dot myself.
~Sigmar Polke