It's hypnotic...

The stare.  It's hypnotic.  I must obey...

This is Stewie from the Family Guy cartoon.  Built by car_mp.  Cute, but very deadly.

 

Dr. S.

Three reasons why I'd want Nannan Zhang as a student if I were a teacher

1. He'd make an awesome Pirate ship vignette for me when he was leaving university.

2. He'd make an amazing DNA sculpture from Bionicle claws for me when he was leaving university.

3. He'd make a wonderful gear-driven moving model for me when he was leaving university.

Seriously, his teachers are very lucky. And there may be more to come...


~John

8-Bit Trip

I just couldn't resist posting this amazing Brickfilm - the animation in it is truly fantastic. Usually, I find Lego 'sculpture animations' - with shapeshipting forms made from Lego bricks - quite dull, and a lot of them are badly made.
This one, however, is the complete opposite. Taking 1500 hours to make, it's a feat of animation. I love the paddle-game scene and the cube part is especially well-animated. Unfortunately the 'Lego-ised' real footage is hard to make out, and the music is only just bearable, but maybe just watch in on mute if you really don't like the soundtrack. Either way, watch this film!




~John

BIG

I just wanted to take a smidgen of your time to talk about BIG (or the Bjarke Ingels Group), a Copenhagen-based architectural agency. They specialise in urbanism, research and development of architectural ideas.

"Wot?" you think.

Well, basically, they're a Danish company that builds some of their ideas with Lego. And they do it brilliantly. Nathan Sawaya, step away: make room for BIG. Their builds are ambitious and fantastic, and they don't stop there. BIG are responsible for some of the greatest architecture in Denmark today, but the one I love the best is (obviously) their Lego project: a gigantic apartment block of the future. Built over numerous days and obviously with many weeks of designing beforehand, BIG's Lego design is an undulating landscape of blocky towers, creating a unique formation of living spaces. See more on BOX's website here (click 'Enter' and try to find the 'LEGO' box).

~John

Anyone for a Big Mac?

Beef Burger with Fries, originally uploaded by BloodRedDragon.

Now you can eat and get fat on your favorite McDonald's foods like never before. It has become especially easy for all FOL's because now your meals come in LEGO as BloodRedDragon on Flickr demonstrates.

~Zack

The Heart is only an Organ.

Or at least, that's what Jordan Schwartz (Sir Nadroj) thinks. In his latest freaky, slightly disturbing, loads of tentacles are grabbing a heart, dragging it to the very dark depths of hell. Well, that's how I interpret it. It's modern art, this is all to be expected.

So here's the picture, and a link to the MOCpages page , because Schwartz has blocked people from copying images from his Flickr. ARGH!

Giant Leprechaun

You know I said about the giant Leprechauns that do all my work? Well, in return, they wanted me to recognise their work on the blog. So, I went and found some Irish guy with a hat to keep them happy. Phew!

Double whammy: Making your creations look great & Oblivion

Quite often, you spend ages making a great lego model, take a picture to put on somewhere like moc pages or brickshelf only to find it looks terrible because you've got lots of things in the background, like your bed or other models. Well you can make your creations look great, quickly and easily by using GIMP. It's a free photo editing software, and you can go to the website and download it by clicking here. Then just use the magic wand tool and the eraser to get rid of the messy background (NB it works better if you have a single solid colour in the beckground). Here's an example I did earlier.

Notice how much more professional the bottom one looks. Please note you can make yours look better than that by taking your time. I did that one really quickly. Now for the review...

This sculpture, named Oblivion, was created by Nowhere Man. There isn't much to say, other than it looks great. The colours are good, and my only criticism is the dark, blurred photo. You can find more pictures of it by clicking here.

-Luke, editor

Letting go

This sculpture by Shannon Ocean is meant to represent her grandfather dying. To find out more, or view the picture in full screen please click here.

- Luke, Editor

Life goes on.

Life goes on, says Joris Blok. But does it? And, in particular, what does it have to do with lego minifigs sinking into lots of different colours, and the poor dark-green guy falling off the edge of this MoC? And why? Argh, too many questions, let's just leave this MoC as what it is: a work of modern art. Er...yeah.

"The cool machine"

The "Cool machine" was created by Shannon Ocean, it is supposed to represent her experience of school. You can find more pictures of it by clicking here.

- Luke, Editor

"Cosmic Chaos"

Yet another nannish creation by Nannan Z.

"Just add imagination"

Another classic nannish (a new adjective, which describes MoCs made by, or in the style of, Nannan Z) creation here, made by the big NZ himself. This imagination topic reminds me of a saying I once heard:

Each imaginative thought not thought yet is like an unborn child just waiting to come out.
But when it does, don't push to hard.

Contortion

This is 'Contortion', an amazing piece of Lego artwork, made by Nannan Z. Who is he? Well, do you remember that Satellite Outpost? And that weird black tank thing that was in the banner (or still is? I'll have to check)? Well, he made them! I've discovered more of his abstract and sci-fi creations on MoCPages, so there's more to come (if I can remember the names!). Ok, enjoy that great double helix shape!

Frogspace

There's been a huge cult thing going on at Brickshelf. Users everywhere are making mechs and spaceships for one creature: the Frog. This is frogspace, and this is cool. Here's my favourite pic. Enjoy!

Predator

RAWR! I'm in a good mood today, so I'll post another of my cool pics I used for the new header. Well, actually, I'm always in a good mood! lol! So, here is a vignette of a 'Predator', as in the film 'Alien vs. Predator'. I've never seen a Predator before, since the film is so dark you can't see anything! Oh, I saw the film Alien too. It was very strangely directed. So, I'll give you three guesses as to who designed this...come on, you should know this...come on...oh well, it was Nathan Sawaya, the lawyer-turned-LEGO artist. Ok, bye!

ps. Don't forget that October 1st is National Brachiosaurus Day!