The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds was the last game I finished on my Nintendo 3DS. It took me forever since I don't get much gaming time, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I'm waiting not-so-patiently for Breath of the Wild for my new Wii-U (yes, I finally bought one) but in the mean time I'll admire this beautiful studs up mosaic by hd_lego and reminisce about the ability to stick to walls to evade enemies and transition between worlds, what a handy trick.
No, you don't have to fight, no you don't have to worry about Masterblaster, this is not that Thunderdome (but is certainly inspired by it). This was a EDM music festival in the Netherlands famous for driving beats, undulating dance moves and a seriously cool logo, here brought into stunning relief by builder RedRoofArt.
Sam Berns (Of Life According to Sam) loved sports, and he loved LEGO, and the world loved Sam. His inspiring words have uplifted millions and he will be forever missed. This year for the auction to benefit the Progeria Research Foundation (PRF) and to honor Sam the master builders at LEGO and the sports teams of Boston have partnered up to offer an absolutely awesome one-of-a-kind LEGO mosaic. And as if that mosaic wasn't cool enough check out the frame SIGNED BY EVERY SPORTS TEAM IN BOSTON! The Night of Wonder 2016: Score for the Cure auction is this Saturday, April 9th at the Renaissance Waterfront in Boston, MA. For more info click here.
Builder Grantmasters shows us how you really can't go wrong when you combine Banksy, LEGO and silhousaic art. This interpretation of 'girl with balloons' (not it's official title, Banksy isn't much on titling his work) would look right at home in any art museum. Or on the wall of my studio for that matter.
You want to hear my fan theory that the Predator is actually a Sith? Too bad because I don't have such a silly theory. I do have a strong admiration for this latest build by Grantmasters though. I've always been a big fan of this amazing character brought to life by the late, great Stan Winston and his crew. It's one of the things that sealed my ambition to work in creature effects.
Apparent newcomer Bricks Noir is on a roll, with the third stunning MOC this week. Silhouette mosaics, or Silhousaics, such as this are very difficult, but this builder makes it look effortless and graceful. The contours and construction on this are remarkable, I would love to see it in person.
You know, I've never given much thought to the "mudflap girl". I grew up seeing her on nearly every 18 wheeler in the country, and since have seen her on hats and shirts and stickers and so on and so on. With a quick google search I discovered she's the product of Bill Zinda, who came up with her to promote his trucking products. And she's been going strong ever since. And now we can enjoy her curvaceous silhouette in bricks thanks to builder bricksnoir.
Feast your eyes upon this. When I came upon this stunning MOC by Xenomurphy in my Flickr feed it sort of hit me in waves. First I was looking at the thumbnail and thinking "wow, that's cool" then I viewed the image and went "wait a second, that's not..." then I zoomed in, my eyes bulged, I slowly leaned in and went "whaaaaaaaaaaaa". Seriously, stop reading this and click through and zoom.
October is here. That means pumpkin spice everything, BrickCon (which I'm not at, boo) and heaps of fun halloween MOCs. This piece by vitreolum is as much art as it is seasonal, and who doesn't enjoy a sexy witch? This style of building, which I'm going to dub "silhousaic" (sill-o-say-ic) has become more and more popular with builders, but vitreolum is setting a new bar recently.
This is one of those pieces that you can easily miss because it's so well done you might just skip over it confusing it's thumbnail for just a photo. According to builder vitreolum it's the single most difficult MOC he's ever built, and I can believe it. Just compare it to the actual album cover and you can see what a labor of love this was.
Leave it to those geniuses at Pixar to give all of our emotions personalities of their own. And leave it to builder Mister N to bring them to life in our favorite bricks. My favorite is Anger, as he was in the movie too. It's probably because I'm a ticking time bomb of fury, or something.
I posted this a while back while it was still a work in progress, but now it's done and a true work of art. This is Bricasso, a LEGO mosaic printer by JK Brickworks. I could go into some lengthy descriptions about how it works and the intricacies of it, but why bother, just check out the video and marvel at this little mechanical wonder.
This MOC is a testament to the building tenacity of Legonardo Davidy. It was originally started back in 2013 and has been slowly taking shape since then. It's also a study in unconventional building techniques, with everything from standard connections to SNOT, capture and inversion.
This is pretty cool! Thanks to the limitless possibilities of EV3 and the creative brain of JK Brickworks we can now watch a LEGO machine build a LEGO mosaic. Not only that, but he created some excellent videos to document not only the working machine, but some of the progress in building it. It's mesmerizing to watch, and fascinating to learn how it all came together.
Yup, it's May the 4th, and Star Wars nerds the world over are celebrating. It makes my geek heart soar that we've all banded together to make this a thing. This isn't Hallmark selling cards, this isn't Walmart selling cheap hats and party blowers, it isn't even Lucasfilm and Disney cashing in. It's fans, like me, just saying "I love Star Wars" in as many ways as they possibly can. This cheese wedge mosaic by hilaryleung is clever and awesome.
So what's the deal? Why am I showing the poster to John Carpenter's The Thing? Look again, it's BRICK! This seriously phenomenal build is for the MOCathalon over at MOCpages by builder matt rowntRee. This is one of my all-time favorite thrillers, and to see it like this gives me a happy. Click through to see how this amazing and pretty huge MOC was done.
Big thanks to elbarto for the head's up
I'm not certain if this unorthodox mosaic by pasukaru76 is an homage to the original video game or to the street artist. But since the the street artist is paying homage to the video game does it really matter? While working in London I used to walk under an original Space Invader every morning, and wonder how on earth he got it up there.
The 1950's were an exciting time for LEGO. The brand was getting recognition for quality and our favorite "System of Play" was introduced, while the wooden toys that the company was founded on started to be phased out. During the mod 50's, you were likely to see this little guy on the packaging. This version was built by Bill Vollbrecht for the L-Gauge Museum.
I generally don't feature digital builds, but since I'm presently at SDCC and speaking tomorrow on a panel (Looking at Beyond The Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary at 5pm) I'm immersed in all things nerd, this MOC caught my eye. It's actually a good example at how building digitally can actually be way harder than just getting out the bricks (assuming you have them). Having recently dealt with flexible elements in a digital model, I know how tricky this was.
I love the retro feel of this relief mosaic by Burriedbybricks. It's hard to believe that Batman is 75 years old, he doesn't look a day over 35. But you can get a bit of a hint of his age from his raspy voice.
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