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I know that drawing lego people as anime-esqu figures is nothing new, but I just wanted to share these. I'm starting with Ninjago since it's closest to my heart, but I plan on hitting more themes as time goes on, especially Lego Movie, Chima, Nexo Knights, and Monkie Kid. More themes I'm open to, classics, 2000s stuff (Exo Force comes to mind), recent things like Hidden Side maybe. Might try to hit some of the cursed themes like Galidor and Jack Stone! Trying to get into Bionicle lore (struggled to get into it as a kid + the original ended when I was like, eight) so I may even do that. ;) Though when that day comes, they probably won't be anime... Anyways, here's the first batch of Ninjago ones! Cheers! This is the beginning of a long project haha

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Hi, thanks for the feedback! ^-^

Have a new one. Have a list of names, choosing from it at random. (https://wheelofnames.com/z6q-rq4 here, if anyone wants to skim through it) If anyone has any suggestions to add, please let me know! It's a long list but it's mostly from the 2010s. So if there's anything from the 90s or 2000s that you'd like to see, please let me know and I'll add it to my little randomized list! (Bionicle and Friends/anything adjacent to either are excluded at the moment because they're kind of in a different wheelhouse but I'll add them if there's enough demand) Far as new art, here's the first randomized pick, Sally from Ninjago!

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Hey, these look great! I don't know much about Ninjago's lore, but I love how much personality you've infused all of them with. Plus the disjointed limbs on the video-game-boss-guy? *chef's kiss*

Also really like how they aren't just plain portraits but are action shots, makes them all that much more interesting. Can't wait to see what else you've got in store.

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This is quite an interesting project, seeing how one would interpret humanized versions of characters we've seen only as Lego minifigures.

I'm unable to see this list of yours for your possible future works, but does it include characters from all of the Lego movies (not just the original Lego Movie, but also Lego Batman Movie, Lego Ninjago Movie, and Lego Movie 2)? If so, I would definitely like to see what you could come up with for many of those characters.

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These days, I am perhaps best known for my obsession with all Lego video games.

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16 hours ago, Chronicler06 said:

This is quite an interesting project, seeing how one would interpret humanized versions of characters we've seen only as Lego minifigures.

I'm unable to see this list of yours for your possible future works, but does it include characters from all of the Lego movies (not just the original Lego Movie, but also Lego Batman Movie, Lego Ninjago Movie, and Lego Movie 2)? If so, I would definitely like to see what you could come up with for many of those characters.

I'm covering Lego Movie and its sequel, as well as some Unikitty stuff. Excluding Batman because I'm avoiding licensed themes, and I'm doing a few Ninjago Movie exclusive characters like Garmadon's crew, but I don't exactly feel the need to double down on the Ninja themselves, even if they're technically different/alternate universe characters.

Current list has 200+ characters from: Lego Movie (+ the Second Part + Unikitty), Ninjago (+Movie), Chima, Nexo Knights, Monkie Kid, Hidden Side, Monster Fighters, Exo-Force, Lego City Adventures, then there's a few one-offs like Pepper Roni, Jack Stone, Johnny Thunder, Clutch Powers, etc.

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Sounds good to me. And it looks like you're already planning to cover almost everything I had considered as possibilities. Does that also include characters from the game Lego City Undercover? I'm asking because it's one of my favorite Lego video games.

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These days, I am perhaps best known for my obsession with all Lego video games.

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20 hours ago, Chronicler06 said:

Sounds good to me. And it looks like you're already planning to cover almost everything I had considered as possibilities. Does that also include characters from the game Lego City Undercover? I'm asking because it's one of my favorite Lego video games.

I hadn't considered doing that game! I bought it a while back, been meaning to play it. I'll add that in haha.

3 hours ago, Liopleurodon said:

These are very nice, great job! :)

Thank you! ^-^

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Forgot to post last week's here. So here's two! Queen Whatevera Wa'Nabi from TLM2 and Ultra Violet from Ninjago.

Queen Whatevera was kind of a departure because while I've seen people interpret her as a slime-like creature, I couldn't ignore her block-iness personally, and she felt too important to leave off the wheel. So I just made her more human shaped.

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Got a bit tied up after finishing this piece, but I capped of the year with Emmet from The Lego Movie! Here's to more of these in 2023!

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Now here's one I was looking forward to seeing, and it does not disappoint. I really like how you included even the most subtle of details, such as the name tag hanging from his belt, the white undershirt visible only at the collar, the instructions in his hand, and the blue pen in his vest pocket, along with some additional references such as the tube of Krazy Glue in his other vest pocket and of course his Minifigure form hanging beside his name tag.

Can't wait to see what you'll come up with for the other Lego Movie characters, as well as some characters from Lego City Undercover and others of interest.

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Benny from the Lego Movie

Funny little story about this one, he didn't have eyebrows for most of the drawing process, since on most (all?) minifigs and for most of the movie he has none. I added some tiny ones in last minute with the justification that he sometimes had eyebrows lol. This caused great debate among my family.

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Another Lego Movie character! And one of my favorites too.

I always enjoy seeing your attention to detail with these. In this case, there's the air tanks connected around his neck, the worn out space logo on his chest, the distinctive cracked chin strap on his helmet, and some background references to his appearances in both the first and second Lego Movies.

This is a really good one, and I look forward to seeing what you'll make next.

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Machia from Ninjago! On a side note, I'm considering opening a commission thread on here, trying to gather money for school (some emergencies came up and I had to pull a bit from my college savings), idk, if this small tidbit is against the rules I'll remove it, just wanted to gauge some interest.

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ROCKET RACER!!!

He was my favourite Lego character back in the day, and it's absolutely fantastic to see him here! Love how he looks in your style; you've got his smug confidence down perfectly, and I like the combination of both his classic outfits: I guess that was inspired by his City Stuntz minifigure? The little keychain he has of his minifigure self is a fun touch, too :D

The others look great too, of course! I'm just not that familiar with the more recent Lego characters xD;

I saw earlier in the thread that you're open to suggestions; would you consider doing any of the Rock Raiders sometime? I'd love to see them in your fantastic style; but no pressure of course! ^^

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3 hours ago, That Matoran with a Vahi said:

ROCKET RACER!!!

He was my favourite Lego character back in the day, and it's absolutely fantastic to see him here! Love how he looks in your style; you've got his smug confidence down perfectly, and I like the combination of both his classic outfits: I guess that was inspired by his City Stuntz minifigure? The little keychain he has of his minifigure self is a fun touch, too :D

The others look great too, of course! I'm just not that familiar with the more recent Lego characters xD;

I saw earlier in the thread that you're open to suggestions; would you consider doing any of the Rock Raiders sometime? I'd love to see them in your fantastic style; but no pressure of course! ^^

Yesss!!! I originally wanted to add Rock Raiders (and adjacently, Power Miners) to the list because I knew they were fan favorites, but I also realize most of my social media audience is my age (late teens-early 20s) and most of us are attached to the more recent era of Lego lol. I can add them right now. Was definitely a thrill doing Rocket Racer and made me wanna do more classic characters.

Far as Rocket Racer goes, I tried pulling inspiration from a bit of everything. While his Stuntz fig may be the most apparent, his logo, leg pattern, and parts of his hair are based on his original design, then the random little star came from his little Evel Knievel looking design from Racers 2, as well as the pink visor on the helmet. Also his belt and arm patches came from the Race Car Guy blind bag.

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This week we got Vania from Ninjago. Already spun the wheel and I'll start knocking out the main five Nexo Knights next week. And finally, after much feedback over the months, I've finally caved and added Bionicle to the wheel. Idk when I'll actually get to them due to the randomized nature of this project, but I added the Toa Mata, Makuta Teridax, Mata Nui, and Takanuva. May add more but as I was going through the important/coolest ones it quickly tallied up to 30+ slots, so I'm starting with a handful for now. (The Toa Mata, whenever I hit them may be treated like how I'm treating the Nexo Knights, back to back, not splitting up the team. Idk how I'll approach that for other groups though, might still keep the Toa Inka and Toa Metru together I dunno)

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Also not really part of this project but I might've had a variant of the Bionicle dream and drew that out lol (it might be part of what compelled me to finally put them on the list)

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Decided to not post last week's here just so I can kill two birds in one stone, idk how my mind works lol, but anyways, did MK from Monkie Kid last week, and this week I celebrated doing 50(!!!) unlegoings by doing Wyldstyle. Also may double dip this week since it's my birthday and I guess it's become a tradition for me to post something unrelated/fandom related on that day. So I'll probably knock out Tahu on my bday then do whoever the wheel lands on on Friday. Might do this a few more times in the coming month or so because I have a few craft fairs to take care of in the next few months and I wanna make sure I have all the important/relevant lego stuff ready to sell (Monkie Kid, Bionicle, Lego Movie...think I hit most of the super important Ninjago stuff already lol), but for this upcoming week, I'm gonna use my birthday as an excuse to prep for that lol.

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Alrighty, we got Lady Bone Demon from Monkie Kid aaaand of course, Tahu!

I ended up swapping the original plan and made miss Bone Demon my birthday present to myself since I love a good skeleton motif lol. Onto to Tahu though, I tried to incorporate a bit of everything, even if it didn't make canon sense, including a bit of g2 influence! Also I had to pay homage to his 2001 artwork.

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Alrighty, update post I guess. I didn't get everything I wanted done but I got most of the important stuff.

Who I did get done: the rest of the Toa Mata/Nuva. Mei, Sandy, Tang, Pigsy, Wukong, and Red Son from Monkie Kid. Unikitty. Jestro from Nexo Knights.

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I might still revise the Toa later on. I'm not fond of Kopaka's lack of a neck (it was a perspective thing but just turned out weird) and the thing with Gali, Pohatu, and Onua is that I showed up to one craft fair with only half the Toa done, leading to complaints. So I had to rush the aforementioned three done so I could have them ready to sell as pins (where their major flaws wouldn't be noticeable) for another fair only a week later.

That said, since I'm doing more fairs and such throughout the year, I will continue to pick at major characters for the next month or two just so I can say I have them in stock. Now I need to knock out: Takanuva, Mata Nui, Makuta Teridax. Craggar from Chima. The kids + main antagonist from Dreamzzz. Iron Fan + DBK (one pic) and Azure Lion from Monkie Kid. Metal Beard from TLM. And of course, I need to do Ninjago's new ninjas since they're here to stay. Only 14 more to knock out! Then I go back to spinning the wheel yippeeeeee

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