::legos::

marked001

so its that time of year, again... have to do the 'ol company xmas card...as usual, dont have a ton of time to spend on it...so it couldnt be any kind of complex scene.. ibon's post with the hypershot-rendered legos gave me an idea.. so i decided to put together a lego xmas scene

here's what i've got so far...both built with individual pieces (why not..haha..its fun) and from following instructions on lego.com.. still have to straighten out the materials, but here's a start..

have a few more pieces to put together before assembling the scene.. i think i'm going to replace the 'lego' on the bricks with my company name in the lego font

ScottPara

Very cool. The legos look great.

Scott

marked001

thanks scott..

replaced the lego name with my own...not sure i love it..but going to go with it i think..

ScottPara

Jason,

This is one of those things that others will probably not notice right away if at all. Everyone knows that is where the "Lego" logo is so it will appear correct, if they do notice it and notice that it is your logo then they will know it is an artistic touch. I like it. It makes it personal and thats the point. I would put a small bevel on the extruded bumps though. They look a bit sharp up close, but if there will not be an extreme close shot then it is not worth the extra polys.

Great work.

marked001

i think i will end up doing a close up shot like the one above.. to show it off..haha.. yeah, definitely too sharp.. it was giving me issues with the cylinder in su.. but it definitely needs it.

Fletch

very nice, marked001

marked001

liking this idea less and less...haha.. definitely need to work on the background material a bit.. need my logo/name in there somewhere.. not thrilled with this attempt though not loving hte lack of a background, but not sure what to do...any suggestions?

alpro

Jason, why not a lego wall, window and/or door in the background, like you're looking into a lego livingroom on Christmas morning and how bout some sort of star or such on the tree that incorporates your logo, just ideas.

Mike

marked001

mike...i did have that thought..and its not dead, i was just having a problem exporting it... believe it or not, its alot of gemoetry with so many soft edges..so i need to break it up since instancing doesnt seem to be helping for some reason....

anywho, here is the sketchup scene with the house.. let me know what you guys think.

i'd really like to get the 'logo lego' to work somehow.. i'm going to use a postcard with a panoramic format.. so maybe i can have the blowup of the lego cropped and taking up the entire end..

Frederik

Very nice, Jason...

(But... For some reason I liked your X-mas postcard better last year... )

marked001

alright.. i wont bother reposting the progress images..and go straight to what i just sent off to the printer..modified it a bit..went horizontal with the front...added a 'lego' border thanks for the help..