Building Lifelike Sculptures with LEGO
Basic Shapes and Color
A course by Samuel Hatmaker , LEGO Artist
About the video: Basic Shapes and Color
Overview
“To conclude this unit, I will help you to break your project down into manageable parts, decide on the details, and learn some basic terminology and techniques.”
In this video lesson Samuel Hatmaker addresses the topic: Basic Shapes and Color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Building Lifelike Sculptures with LEGO. Learn to bring your design ideas to life by creating unique and versatile sculptures from start to finish using LEGO.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Basic Shapes and Color We've learned a bit about LEGO terminology and how to gather resources. In this lesson, we'll discuss how to break things down into basic shapes and the use of color. I'll show you some examples of how I've built smaller models in the past. We'll start here with this flamingo. It's a very small model and it didn't cost much. I had most of the parts already and had to order a few special parts. I wanted to capture the flamingo in a real-world aspect, so I broke down its body shape and the neck shape, which are very important for identifying a flamingo. The color of a...”
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Course summary for: Building Lifelike Sculptures with LEGO
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Art Toys, Arts & Crafts
Samuel Hatmaker
A course by Samuel Hatmaker
Samuel Hatmaker is a toymaker from Michigan who spent two decades designing and developing children’s toys in New York City. As a lifelong LEGO fan, he rediscovered his childhood passion after a ten-year hiatus and started building LEGO sculptures with his technical knowledge of toy design. His model inspired by The Golden Girls went viral on social media, encouraging him to tackle more large-scale projects like his portrait series Chicks with Bricks, a collection of realistic LEGO mosaics depicting pop icons.
In 2020, Samuel appeared as a contestant on the first season of LEGO Masters, and his art has been displayed in galleries all over the world, including the Comic-Con Museum in San Diego and Art Basel in Miami. As a prolific toymaker, he has also created toys for renowned brands such as Marvel, DC, Hello Kitty, Nickelodeon, Disney, Crayola, Mattel, Hasbro, and more.
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