Day 3063: Any lego fans?

 

 

"The Superheroes": The Salloum Family, drawing & pen, Christmas card ,2020.

 

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Update

I am in the process of making Christmas cards, but I took a break and decided to try to draw the Superheroes. 

I sketched with a Palomino Blackwing pencil. A lot of erasing.

 

   Then outlined with a Pilot Bravo pen, and Gelly-ROLL white. The final is at top. I think I will stay with it as is, instead of adding color? What do you think?

 

 

 

 

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Are you a lego fan?

 

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was published sometime between 1829 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first print in Hokusai's series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.

Hokusai’s Great Wave, Sculpted in Lego Blocks by Jumpei Mitsui

 

all photos courtesy Jumpei Mitsui

 

Jumpei Mitsui (previously), a certified professional LEGO builder, has completed what can only be described as a masterpiece: a LEGO replica of Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” one of Japan’s most iconic images.

Hokusai’s iconic woodblock print was always something he wanted to build, explains Mitsui, but never had the chance until now. In ensuring that his 3D lego replica not only payed homage to the original but also captured the dynamics of crashing waves, Mitsui says he read several academic papers on giant wave formations, as well as spent hours on YouTube watching video of waves. He then created the sketch below, which was used to create the final model.

Mitsui LEGO sculpture is currently on display at the Hankyu Brick Museum in Osaka, a space dedicated to showcasing the works of Jumpei Mitsui, Japan’s only certified professional LEGO block builder

 

 

 

•  An informative 17-minute video, World Breakfast, here.

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Just because ...

 

 

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

 

 

          

              

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