The Brothers Brick

…one giant leap for a minifig. Mikael (CopMike) celebrates the 40th anniversary of the moon landing with this simple but iconic build of the first step on the moon.

I’m a little bit behind on my poetry journals, so I was very pleased to receive a link from Vito to an item featured in the current issue of Poetry Magazine.

The text on the left is a translation of a section from “The Great Order of the Universe” by Greek philosopher Democritus and the text [...]

This vignette by Tyler Clites (Legohaulic) is just too beautiful and surreal to pass up.

Artist Brian Colin recently painted a series of small canvases featuring LEGO zombies. Gotta love that Classic Space zombie leading the horde.

Perhaps not the thing to hang in your baby’s nursery, but awesome on so many levels that I wanted to pick up a couple myself. Sadly, I was vetoed by my wife. The good [...]

This very striking scene by Erik Smit is really something. The white and transparent background pieces really set the stage for the purple highlights. I can’t stop staring at this scene.

Sometimes it’s just nice to step back from the world of LEGO-only builders and photographers and see the great inspiration that art photographers derive from the simplicity of bricks. I ran across this flower photographed by Daniel Y. Go about a month ago and have been looking for an excuse to feature it. Then I [...]

I just don’t know where to start or stop when sifting through d-higdon’s hundreds of photographs of her elegant and skilled LEGO mansions, department stores, country estates and office buildings. But I guess this beautifully lit living room will have to do.

I’ve never wanted a big house, but if it were made out of [...]

Dirk has created some really lovely sculptures of the Moai of Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island). Like many people, I’ve always been very intrigued by these giant statues. The Lego renditions made me smile.

. . . the more they stay the same.
Mike Stimpson’s (balakov) interpretation of the classic photo by Jeff Widener of the Associated Press seems quite timely to feature today though he made it some time ago. Twenty years after Tiananmen Square and my understanding is that due to the press blackout on this image [...]

Matija Grguric worked for almost a year and a half to make a minifig scale model of the Art Pavilion in Zagreb, Croatia. This massive creation measure around 150 cm long, 85 cm wide and 90 cm high. The display renders the intricate details of the original structure, and the crafting of the roof is [...]

Dirk has recreated one of the most famous sculptures of Ancient Greece, the Venus De Milo.

This replica is half-size, but Dirk says that he would like to build a full-scale version some day.

Artist Jason Freeny amazed us last year with his detailed minifig anatomy schematic, suggesting that minifigs are just regular humans inside their plastic skins. Turning that idea inside out, Jason’s latest piece — “What you’re made of” — suggests that we all have a brick somewhere inside all of us who consider ourselves LEGO fans.

Kiwi T-shirt designer Glenn Jones (Glennz) has created a couple of really sweet shirts featuring little plastic people.

Tee hee! :-D Thanks for the tip, Rob Walker!

Not quite as elaborate as the full anatomy of a minifig, this brick-built version by Billy McGill (Mt.Dew Monkey) is equally impressive.

Polegon has gone all geometrical. These polyhedrons are sweet!

Thanks to Fred for the heads up!

Alex Schranz (Orion Pax) tries his hand at LEGO tagging with a 3D version of “PAX” that looks nearly robotic.

And builds some graffiti out of his bricks. He’s (Cole Blaq) built his own tag in a fade color scheme. I love this graphical style. Ever since my design classes in undergrad, I’ve been a bit of a font nerd, and really enjoy it when people play with the simple forms of [...]

Veteran Classic Castle member, Micah Brown, has been drawing forum avatars for some time and they have quickly become sought-after favorites.

Affectionately known as Lord DOOM, Micah is all metal and heart. But besides being a great guy, his Lego-inspired artwork just keeps getting better and better.
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