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There is a certain art to certain things. There is an art to painting, an art to
cooking, yes, even an art to driving. But, did you know that there just might be
an art to brick? No, I’m not talking about those heavy blocks that spiders like
to hide in, the ones they use to make real houses out of; I’m talking about the
tiny ones that are plastic and have little studs-studs that say “LEGO”. Those
bricks. That is what my new website is called. Not bricks, but “The Art of
Brick”.
The Art of Brick is a compilation-a growing and continuing one that is-of my
personal creations. That makes it my personal Lego website. I have nearly two
and a half years of my recent work on this website. But what is it? Well, I got
a lot of Mindstorms up there, bipeds, quadrupeds, wacky stationary robots, and
the whole nine-yards. Unlike some people who like to build only one or two
different types of robots-which there is absolutely nothing wrong with-I build
just about anything I can think of. I also have some Lego CAD on my website.
This is a more recent sub-hobby (of Lego) of mine and is not nearly as large as
my collection of robots but is still awesome stuff. I have several robots that I
have done in CAD, mainly for instruction steps, but these are not included in
the CAD section. In my CAD section, I have scenes and virtual models. Basically
things that exist only in the virtual world.
From the front of my website, there are five distinct sections: Home, My
Robots, My Lego CAD, Lego Books, and Lego Links. These are all pretty
self-explanatory. The “Home” button takes you to the front of my website; its
there in case you are deep inside my website and would like to go back to the
main page. There are also four featured sections accessible from the main page:
Featured Creation, Featured CAD Scene, The Instruction Step Zone, and the Latest
Creation section. The Featured Creation section is to showcase some of my finest
creations. Every once in a while I will make an extra large or extra cool
creation and this slot is for those. Right now you can see the eye-catching
Chameleobot the Quadruped occupying the slot. It is a four and a half-foot beast
made from nearly a dozen varied Mindstorms sets and expansion packs! The
Featured CAD scene displays my most recent CAD scene. In there right now you can
see the striking “Robinson Crusoe: Painting Time Away”. This amazing scene
depicts Robinson Crusoe on that deserted island painting a picture amidst a sea
of blue bricks and waves. It is also contains the work of special effects:
super-realistic clouds and an externally added picture of a minifig that
Robinson is painting! The Instruction Step Zone is for displaying my latest
robot with instruction steps added. I have uploaded a number of instruction
links to the BIPortal and highly encourage you to check them out. The Galactical
Grocklebot is in the Instruction Step Zone right now. I hope you download the
.mpd file and programs and try it for yourself! It is a unique line-follower
with lots of time put into its creation and testing to ensure efficiency and
robustness. Also be sure to see instructions for Annelidabot the Robotic Worm,
Quadratic Axilitating Worm Gear Solution-an incredible Technic mechanism
(currently accessible only from the BIPortal), and a brand new one: Ribbit-A
Bitty Biped. And of course, the Latest Creation section is for displaying my
most recent invention.
I hope that somehow one of my creations-or all for that matter-can inspire another Lego fan out there. After viewing The Art of Brick, you just might discover you have an art to brick. And if you haven’t built much with Lego before, maybe my website can serve as a starting point to learning that art! My Lego Links section and Lego Books section list a number of resources that can help you learn more. You can get the link to my website at the bottom of this posting. Enjoy!
David Perdue
AKA “IMRoboGuy”
www.geocities.com/imroboguy
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