The art of LEGO design : creative ways to build amazing models

Schwartz, Jordan (Jordan Robert). (Author).

Summary: This book explores LEGO as an artistic medium. This wide-ranging collection of creative techniques will help you craft your own amazing models as you learn to see the world through the eyes of some of the greatest LEGO builders. Each concept is presented with a collection of impressive models to spark your imagination. Discover inventive techniques such as: creating lifelike creatures from unusual elements; designing sleek cars without showing a single stud; using light bricks or LEDs to add ambience to dioramas; crafting textures to create cobblestone roads and brick walls; building sturdy, detailed figures; and adding depth with forced perspective.

Record details

ISBN: 9781593275532 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1593275536 (pbk)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 267 pages : color illlustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : No Starch Press, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch 1: Inspiration & preparation. The plastic perspective (Colors ; Shapes ; Size and scale) ; Reference and research ; Your work environment ; Fighting builder's block ; Essential elements (318 bars ; Travis bricks ; Pneumatic Ts ; Finger hinges ; Flexible hoses ; Minifigure hands ; 1x1 clips ; Cheese slopes ; Pistols ; Half pins) -- Ch 2: Minifigure & company. Anatomy of a Minifigure ; Skin tones ; Strike a pose ; The extended family (FABULAND figures ; Belville figures ; Technic figures) ; A Minifigure Rogues gallery -- Ch 3: Bricks, slopes, & studs. Bricks (Plates ; SNOT ; Expansive structures ; Scattering bricks) ; Slopes (Roofing ; Rockwork) ; Studs -- Ch 4: Patterns & motifs. Introducing cheese-slopes mosaics ; Measurements and shapes ; Arranging cheese slopes (Squares ; Other shapes ; More complicated mosaics ; Eliminating gaps) ; Planning a mosaic ; Framing a mosaic (Orientation ; Shape ; Special frames) ; Mosaic or frame first? ; Other helpful hints ; Katie Walker on Mosaics -- Ch 5: Texture. Fabric elements (Building with fabric elements ; Creating texture with fabric elements ; Sculpting with fabric elements) ; Rubber elements (Building with rubber tires ; Building with rubber bands) ; Creating texture with plastic elements -- Ch 6: Dynamic sculpting. Organic models (Bows, slopes, and wedges ; Flexible elements) ; Bruce Lowell on the Lowell Sphere ; Stylized models ; Tyler Clites on Creating a style --