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Re: How to critique, was Re: We need a new curator
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lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general
Date: 
Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:07:34 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mark Neumann writes:

Dude, always compare yourself to the best.  And do better.  If you can't
figure out how to do something, ask.  Don't worry about copying, and if you
do feel a little weird about it, give credit or ask permission.  I found
that even when trying to copy, it ends up looking completely different anyway.

Mark

These are words to live by!

One of the first "MOC"s I uploaded to my Brickshelf folder was a "replica"
of an early Mark Sandlin Lego Creation :^)  which turned out horribly
rainbowed!  It was like Lego Building 101 for me.  My piece assortment was
nightmarish and I was forced to "modify" some things in that model.  But I
built it (sans engines)!  I went ahead and uploaded the images and posted
the link to Lugnet then asked for a critique; I expected the obvious:
rainbowed, no engines, not quite the same... but actually didn't get any at
all really, although there was a reminder by Mark Sandlin about actually
providing the link!  I had previously e-mailed Mark a few times regarding
what I had done so he already new about it.  Anyway, the images are still in
my Brickshelf folder as a humble reminder of where I started from.  Since
then I've copied a few other mocs but didn't take pictures of them, copying
a moc is purely a building challenge these days.  It worked then, and still
works now!



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  Re: How to critique, was Re: We need a new curator
 
(...) Nicely put, Kirby! The only way to learn to build mecha is to actually sit down and do it. My starting point was to emulate Colin Gutierrez' building style and to branch out from there. Mark Sandlin is also a great place to start from due to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)

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  How to critique, was Re: We need a new curator
 
Critiquing is kind of tricky. It takes a certain amount of maturity on both sides of the table. To paraphrase one of my mentors (warning, he wasn't the kindest of souls. I remember the triage of broken souls after his class.); 'Don't tell me what (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)

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