Stranger than Fishin'

Well well, look who's back: it's Zach Macias, with his new comedy sketch Brickfilm, Stranger than Fishin'!

In a way, I feel that Macias' talent is wasted with so many small sketches - much like Spastik Chuwawa - but if it's the way he wants to go, then that's OK with me. Sometimes Brickfilmers just want to provide a bit of comic relief, and not a full-blown masterpiece like The River, Driven or Unrenewable. Macias has found his niche, and I guess that's where he's going to stay.

Nonetheless, this film is full of brilliant animation, and certainly makes up for the long wait when you see how much masking is involved (masking is the process of animating sequences where bricks are in mid-air, and is a very long process). Macias has developed a lot from his early days, and Stranger than Fishin' really shows off his skill in animating smooth, natural movements. 

One last thing to note in this animation is the use of several different faces for the main character, a technique that is becoming used more and more often. I hope to see it used a lot more in the future; it's one step closer to creating a Brickfilm which viewers can connect with.

~John

He does it again!

I don't know if you've seen the earlier creations of Jared Chan but they are all beautiful! Recently he uploaded his latest shop. The detail is marvelous.

When all his creations are put together it's a shopping(and of course a lego) paradise! Well, the picture below speaks for itself.

Ccccoooooffffeeeee!!

You should probably already know by now that I love every single thing that Alex Eylar (Profound Whatever) builds. Thus, when he turned one of my favourite paintings, Nighthawks, into Lego, I thought Christmas had come early. When I saw he'd distorted Nighthawks into a zombie post-apoc scene, I thought I'd had two Christmases, both early.

Alex Eylar, you da man.

~John

Going Country

Country Kitchen, originally uploaded by Heather LEGOgirl.

Heather "Heather LEGOgirl" built a Country Style kitchen. Best of all the fridge, freezer, dishwasher, and microwave all have opening doors. On top of that the microwave lights up. I can dig all that in addition to the great style this has. Nice work Heather!

You've had some cowboys in here...

...not actual cowboys.  Though that can happen...

Sorry, went into quote territory there.  Anyway, I'm blogging this for two reasons.  Firstly, I like it, because it's an excellent rendition of the Eleventh Doctor from Doctor Who by Legoagogo (great user name!) investigating the running theme through this year's series (the 31st no less!) - cracks in time.  Secondly, I'd like to remind viewers in the UK that this Saturday is the final episode for this season - and we'll hopefully find out what's been going on for the last 13 weeks.  So watch it, please, or I shall get Very Upset Indeed.



Oh, and this post is also something of an experiment for me as it looks like Flickr are messing with a new layout and settings for  images, I've jus tried what seems to be a new option for embedding images into blogs like this...

Dr. S.