Tobias Wong, a Canadian artist died last year at the age of 35...13,138 days to be more precise. His dear friend Fredrick McSwain decided to pay tribute to his deceased friend by creating his portrait entitled "Die" out of 13,138 dice, which was showcased in a recent exhibition 'BrokenOff' at Gallery R'Pure  in New York City.

McSwain rememebers Tobias Wong as "one of the funniest people who ever lived. Every day with him was a monumental occasion. He has his big presence. There was something about the way he saw the world, the way he reacted was like butterfly efffect."

"The idea of a die itself was appropriate-the randomness of life. It felt like (a medium) he would use. Because (Tobias) was a very street-level force, I thought it was appropriate (to install) the portrait on the floor. Its not something I wanted to suspend on the wall; I wanted it to be right there in the floor where you almost interact with it. 

The idea if every decision you make and everything you've done in your life, defines who you are. All those days symbolically makes up the image of Tobi"