Aaron Andrews depicts the epic duel between 17th-century Japanese swordsmen Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro, complete with rolling surf and cherry blossoms.
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How to make a Pepper’s ghost, by Alex Eylar
In addition to being a band, “Pepper’s Ghost” is a stage technique in which actors appear as ghosts in the production. Alex Eylar has tried his hand at creating this illusion in LEGO:
Click the image to read Alex’s description of the building and photography process on MOCpages.
Legend of Zelda sprite mosaics by Matt Wagner
The Reign of King David, by The the Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
The newest stories in the Reverend Brendan Powell Smith’s The Brick Testament feature events from the reign of King David, including “God Kills Man for Touching Ark”:
Axefight at the Rusty Shackle, by Mike Yoder
The Night Watch by Jonathan Watts
Jonathan Watts (Flickr) presents a scene inspired by the cover art for Terry Pratchett’s The Night Watch, which was naturally inspired by the book itself, as well as by Rembrandt’s painting of the same name. Take that, Plato!
Shattering the vistas of reality
My most recent work is another surrealist scene, depicting a very personal experience. The imagery was fully conceived in June of this year as I lay in bed thinking on a peaceful mid-afternoon. The work is titled A Death to Disorder.
You can visit Flickr for marked notes on symbolism and an accompanying poem.
Stay frosty and alert...
Ride like the wind, Ichabod! Ride!
Historical photographs, LEGO’d by Marcos Vilariño
After we posted Mike Stimpson’s Classics in LEGO, we got an e-mail from Juan Macias that reminded me about some other historical photographs recreated in LEGO:
These were showing up all over the ‘net earlier this year, but I never managed to track down the actual creator, so chose not to blog them. (Side not: Shame on people for posting other people’s things without proper attribution for the creator!!!)
We really appreciate readers like Juan who point us in the right direction. So, it turns out that the builder is Marcos Vilariño, who has an entire collection of historical photos turned into very cool LEGO creations. Whereas Mike builds at minifig scale, Marcos builds in the larger Miniland scale, and frequently uses vintage LEGO figures from the pre-minifig 1970s.
Here’s Marcos’ version of “Lunch atop a Skyscraper”:
Be sure to check out all of Marcos’ photographs on the Centro de Estudos Fotográficos Web site.
Death of a Loyalist Soldier by Mike Stimpson
Mike Stimpson has added another great recreation of a classic black-and-white photograph, this one inspired by “Death of a Loyalist Soldier” by Robert Capa’s, taken during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 (compare original).
(More black-and-white photos coming up shortly.)
