The Art of Lego Design: Creative Ways to Build Amazing Models

By Jordan Robert Schwartz

Book Overview

The most impressive LEGO models often take careful planning (and lots of pieces), but with some inspiration, a little imagination, and a number of tried-and-true techniques, you too can turn bricks into a masterpiece.In The Art of LEGO Design , author Jordan Schwartz 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-like fantastic dragons, futuristic spaceships, expressive characters, and elaborate dioramas. You'll discover some of the inventive techniques that LEGO artists use to- -Create lifelike creatures from unusual elements like inside-out tires and minifigure capes -Design sleek cars without showing a single stud -Add ambience to dioramas with light bricks or LEDs -Craft eye-catching textures to create cobblestone roads and brick walls -Build sturdy, detailed, posable mechs and other figures -Add depth with forced perspective and interesting silhouettes Interviews with the talented builders behind many of the book's models reveal their thoughts on the design process and what inspires them most. Even if you've been building with LEGO since you could crawl, you'll find new inspiration in The Art of LEGO Design .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593275536
• ISBN13: 9781593275532
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Love it

This is the book that drove my creativity when building as a teenager. I've since donated it, but now that I'm getting back into Lego I wanted to have it again for nostalgia's sake. It's a great book for lego builders who are trying to break away from just building sets and coming up with their own ideas, and and it covers many ways to build that you won't get from a set of instructions. 10/10