Posted in General, Iona.LABS, LEGO on Aug 19th, 2008 No Comments »
James over at LAML Radio is attempting to bring us one interview with a LEGO builder each day for the month of August. To lend a hand, I am interviewing a few of my favorite builders this month. My first builder interview is now up at the LAML Radio website.
UPDATE: I [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, General, Illustration, Iona.LABS, LEGO on Jun 30th, 2008 No Comments »
(It’s rare that animation and LEGO come together so nicely, so this post has me excited!)
If your looking for a slightly different take on WALL-E, The Brothers Brick (one of my favorite sites on the net) has a nice interview with Pixar animator and LEGO fan Angus MacLane.
Mostly I build with LEGO [...]
Posted in Artwork, General, LEGO on May 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
In which our heroes battle Skype, technology, and the language barrier to discuss LEGO as an artform. And as artists, do we build for ourselves or for others? And why the heck do we play with LEGOs anyway?
Check it out!
Posted in General, LEGO on Apr 30th, 2008 3 Comments »
I had the great pleasure of being a guest on the LAML Radio LEGO Talk podcast again. This weeks topic: Is LEGO dropping in quality?
Have a listen and enjoy my high pitch, annoying little bird voice.
Posted in General, LEGO on Feb 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
I was invited to join James Wadsworth and Andrew Becraft on this weeks episode of LAML radio. The topic of discussion was “Why we love the minifig.” James did an amazing job editing out all of my incoherent ramblings and making me sound like an intelligent adult. Not an easy task.
In [...]
Posted in General, LEGO on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
The LEGO Brick turned 50 today! Here are some fun facts:
• There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants. (about 65 thousand of which are sitting in my basement…LEGOs that is…not people.)
• More than 400 million people around the world have played with LEGO bricks.
• 2.16 million [...]
Posted in Artwork, General, LEGO on Jan 24th, 2008 3 Comments »
Well, I am back up and running, (thanks Brian!) and I have some very cool news.
I entered a LEGO builders contest on FBTB.net. The contest is to re-imagine the Star Wars universe in the style of Steampunk.
There have been alot of great entries and a few have been highlighted by popular blogs. I [...]
Posted in General, LEGO on Nov 14th, 2007 4 Comments »
I do not get blown away by much anymore. I think I have just seen way to much stuff via the interwebs. That being said, I am absolutely floored!
Dan Benedettelli Built a robot using LEGOs Mindstorms NXT elements. This robot analyzes and solves the Rubik Cube puzzle.
Holy crap. I bet all [...]
Posted in General, LEGO on Mar 27th, 2007 12 Comments »
Allright, I am going to come right out and say it. I have a large amount of LEGO. About 50 thousand pieces. Now, by most peoples standards that is absolutely rediculous amount. However, by the LEGO fan communitys standards, thats decent, but not impressive.
So You will understand [...]
Posted in Artwork, LEGO on May 24th, 2006 5 Comments »
Hey,
For some reason I have been in a weird mood lately. Here is a comic I made to go along with the anouncement I posted on the Classic-Space forums about my next LEGO project.
For those who may not know, Brasso is a product used for polishing brass. It is also used by [...]
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Currently employed as a Motion Graphics Artist at The Iona Group and as an Instructor in Character Animation at Bradley University
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