The thing driving me in art and photography is the aspiration to finding new. If I can’t find it, I lose interest fast. With LEGO I think I had reached a point after which I found it very difficult to reach that experience of newness a few years ago. Gradually I had lost much of …
In science fiction science is, well, fiction: the laws of physics can be put aside and substitute them with whatever fits the story. In Star Wars this means, among other things, spaceships with atmospheric flight dynamics in the vacuum of space. The X-wings fly like Spitfires, even the explosions spew flames and debris in the …
Designing Weird, a review of set 75154: TIE Striker Read More »
One of the most bonkers a concept in the Star Wars universe are the walkers. You know the AT-AT (All Terrain Armoured Transport) and AT-ST (All Terrain Scout Transport) walkers, they are downright ridiculous in their vulnerability when used for what they were designed for. They just look so cool that we forgive that inconvenient …
This is a follow-up to Brett’s post a few days ago, it stayed with me longer than usual. It was really good. The post got me thinking about another, rather similar aspect of photography: the curse of the test photograph. It goes like this: you get an idea of a photograph, but before you build …
A couple of weeks ago I got an interesting assignment from an old client of mine. I had made illustrations for them in the past but this time they wanted a series of photographs made with Lego figures. One of the photos would have to deal with the future of employment, for which I would …
Taking the toys along with you on a vacation has been a thing often discussed here on the SiP blog. Especially during the summer holiday season. I would like to offer a new chapter to add another contribution to the dicussion. AvanautFull time illustrator, part time photographer. As such, I created blizzards with Star Wars …
-I see spaceships -Where? -Everywhere. A good friend of mine has this odd ability to see human faces in everything around him. A spit on tarmac or a shape of a lawnmower turns into an image of a face in his mind. It’s not just in his mind though, he photographs them so that he …
I don’t upload in hi-res for quite obvious reasons. Among other things, I have once taken an entire book of my photographs down from a website. The images were downloaded from my Flickr account and extrapolated into this crummy print-by-demand book. It was hideous! They took it down in seconds after an email from my …
This is another post in the a ”Small Scenes from a Big Galaxy” series, where I take a closer look at a few of the photographs created exclusively for the book. This time it’s actually two photographs. AvanautFull time illustrator, part time photographer. As such, I created blizzards with Star Wars Lego and had an influence on how The …
Behind The Small Scenes From a Big Galaxy, Part 3 Read More »
Like the previous ”Small Scenes From a Big Galaxy” photograph I wrote about, this image isn’t a standalone true original idea either; it has roots in earlier versions. Actually, the earliest example I can pinpoint as predecessor to this idea of an interior filled with smoke to create an atmosphere, was with a South American cave setting using the Indiana …
Behind the Small Scenes From a Big Galaxy Part.2 Read More »
