Jeremy van Bedijk built and photographed the scene above to use as album art for Life Against Us a band in The Netherlands.
Tag Archives: Art
Castle 2007, as remixed by Steve Vargo
Steve Vargo wasn’t quite satisfied with the skeleton army faction in the new Castle theme, so he tweaked it. Just a bit. Read Steve’s backstory for this diorama on Builder’s Lounge. Very Lovecraftian, Steve. (Via VignetteBricks.)
A vig that permits itself to be read
I breezed right past this vignette by Alex Eylar until Bruce pointed out an interesting feature on VignetteBricks — the two main characters are the only ones in color:
You can read the full text of “The Man of the Crowd” by Edgar Allen Poe online. (The title is a reference to a German quote that ends the story, “es lasst sich nicht lesen”.)
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative builder than to build a rose
Here’s a little something to offset Friday the 13th — an excellent rose by BrickJournal editor Joe Meno.
(And the original Henri Matisse quote: “There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.”)
More Bubble Bobble characters from Arvo
It seems like we’ve featured just about every creation the Arvo brothers (interview here) have built, but that’s because everything they make is wonderfully constructed and beautifully presented. Some creations are worth revisiting:
Ramón and Amador have added another batch of characters from Bubble Bobble. Here are Hullaballoon and Incendo:
Willy Whistle and Stoner:
Bubble Buster and Baron von Blubba:
Millenium Falcon Stop-Motion Build
LEGO Gives Woordenaar Piece of Mind
Steve Vargo’s Dreamscape
Arvo’s Chestburster from Aliens
The latest LEGO creation by the Arvo brothers features a chestburster emerging from some unlucky person, complete with pooling blood dripping off of the sculpture’s base.
Via Masoko Tanga and on Hispalug.
The purple flame is the key...
Album Art by Taka Hamada
I’ve featured LEGO album art by Digger Digger Dogstar and minifig, I don’t think I’ve ever highlighted Taka Hamada’s extensive collection.
Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell (1994):
Mr. Big’s self-titled debut (1989):
Björk’s Medúlla (2004):
Vignettes as Philosophical Statement
Nannan Z. is a wildly original builder with a penchant for philosophy. Click the picture to read Nannan’s take on the universe:
(Via Klocki and VignetteBricks.)