JRock1966

Just thought I would share some cool stuff one of my students produced. This is from the "Abstraction" activity on pgs 24-27 of the Lego Architecture Studio Manual.

Thanks M0dulo I did see that in the vid......So I think I have figured this out. I made a simple lego model and took a picture of it...then I cropped out the background around the model in the pic. Then I printed it out on blue paper. I tried scanning it in for you all to see but my scanner scanned in B&W so you cannot see the true pic with a blue background. But its background looks similar to the pics above. Now I will be able to do the exercises from the architecture studio manual that came with the lego set like the scale exercise in the pics above. Hopefully my students will enjoy this.

Will do M0dulo! Thanks!

I like the perspective idea. After reading your post, I studied the picture again and it looks like they did a two-point perspective. The trick is going to be taking a photo of the student's models and getting it at an angle conducive to a two-perspective. But I think we can get it close and then just adjust the vanishing points as needed. That is what I am going to do...this is going to be fun! Even high school students love playing with Legos.PS - Thanks to you too M0dulo for your input! I was not clear on the definition of a sketch-model and your links helped me immensely. I think I am good to go here guys. Thanks again!

Hello! I purchased the Architecture Studio set over the Summer and have been reading the manual that comes with it. I have been especially interested in figuring out how the folks at Lego made the illustrations of the "sketch-models." I have attached two examples from the book for your review. Notice how they have sketched over top of the pictures of the Lego models with either a pen or pencil. I thought they did it freehand at first but the lines look much too straight to be sketched freehand. I really am wanting to find out how to go about creating these sketch-models as I teach technical drawing in high school and I think would be a fantastic activity for my students. I am thinking of either 1) have my students take digital photos of their models and then we print them out. Once printed, we could use overlay paper to make their sketches with---taped down on top of the photos of course or 2) insert the photos in some type of software that allows you to sketch over top of the photos....MS Paint or Adobe Illustrator maybe? If anyone else has any constructive suggestions on how I can teach my students how to create these type of sketch-models I would appreciate it. Thanks.