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b" border="0" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-fdab25e3700868c9621fb03b7fd07c38.jpg" /></a></div><p>It takes talent to create art from pen and paper, but it takes some serious creativity to create art using favorite childhood toy.</p>
<p>Author, illustrator and photographer <a href="http://chrismcveigh.com/cm/welcome.html" target="_blank">Chris McVeigh</a> masters this in his new series, "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerpig/sets/72157634886058845/" target="_blank">Brick Sketches</a>," created entirely from <a href="/category/lego/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss" target="_blank">LEGOs</a>. They give life to pop culture characters we know and love, including <a href="/category/batman/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss" target="_blank">Batman</a>, Bender and R2-D2.</p>
<div><p>See also: <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/07/18/desk-safari/?utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss" data-crackerjax="#post-slider">Desk Safari Morphs Bored Coworkers Into Wild Animals</a></p></div>
<p>McVeigh told <em>Mashable</em> in an email that he was inspired to start this project after artist friends began creating marker sketches of pop culture characters that were 4 x 6 inches. He decided to join in the fun using LEGOs and created a Wolverine "sketch" that he posted to his social media accounts <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/08/02/lego-brick-sketches/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Read more...</a></p>More about <a href="/pics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Pics</a>, <a href="/category/lego/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=rss">Lego</a>, <a href="/category/pop-culture/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Fe
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