The time has come for a new Fantasy Minifigure Series! For the next twelve weeks, I am sharing my Star Trek Voyager collection. I have been working on these drawings since January of this year. Incidentally, I have always been a Star Trek fan. Additionally, Voyager was my favorite of the shows growing up. Unfortunately, the LEGO® Group has yet
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Growing up, I was always a Star Trek fan. When I was really small, I watched reruns of the original series. However, I also remember catching the premiere of The Next Generation on TV. I watched each and every series, and continue watching to this day. However, my favorite series growing up was Star Trek: Voyager. Something about being lost
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. However, “weekly” has been hard to keep up of late. Work is hectic despite the COVID-19 shutdown. Additionally, my inspiration comes from new Minifigures. However, retail closures due to the pandemic stopped my Minifigure purchases. Series 20 is out, and I do not have a single one. In fact,
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® Minifigures through art. This week, we explore the concept of vengeance. I was inspired to write this poem not through personal experience, but through pop culture and Ninjago. I recently acquired the Gamer’s Market set (71708). It comes with a rather awesome Avatar Harumi. The outfit worn by this Minifigure looks very
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LEGO® bricks inspire me in many ways. Every Monday, I take a moment to share how Minifigures in particular get my creativity flowing. At times, I like to imagine scenarios in which these characters find themselves. Alternatively, they can remind me of something I have already seen, which I can then recreate. Sometimes, I just happen upon a fun shot
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It is December and the year is almost done. One of my New Year’s resolutions for True North Bricks was to post one LEGO-fied post each month throughout 2019. Today, I can say that I did it. Mostly, this has been part of Minifigure Monday. For those who are new to my blog, Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® Minifigures. This week, we delve into the world of photography and pop-culture. Once a month, I like to recreate a movie poster or album cover using LEGO® Minifigures. This month, I actually found an old post I made years ago, but never published. It’s a little rough around the edges, but I
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® Minifigures. This week, we delve into the world of poetry, photography, and pop-culture. Once a month, I like to recreate a movie poster or album cover using LEGO® Minifigures. Since Halloween is coming up, and the Christmas season begins the next day, what better way to celebrate than with Jack Skellington! For
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Minifigure Monday is a weekly celebration of LEGO® characters through art. What is more, once a month I take a pop-culture image and recreate it using LEGO® figurines. It was my New Year’s resolution for True North Bricks to create one poster every month throughout 2019. This month, I present Minifigure Monday LEGO-fied: Batwoman. Click here to view this year’s
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Minifigure Monday celebrates LEGO® figurines and art. What is more, once a month, I take a pop-culture image and recreate it using LEGO® characters, photography, and digital editing. This month the film 10,000 BC gets the LEGO-fied treatment. In 2008, the film 10,000 BC hit theaters. It did fairly well at the box office, but critics did not receive it
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