Pride Art Studio

What is this month? Pride month! And to celebrate it, I have an arts and crafts studio that is redoing their studio with rainbow colors, based on the Queer Pride Flag!

This build is inspired by two things; pride month and art and crafts, but it's the arts and crafts theme that started this build.

On the third to last day of school, my art teacher celebrated by letting us parade around with our art, which were Nick Cave inspired headdresses. We were trying to make a statement, about art, and that got me thinking. About art, specifically about the power art has to change someone's mind. And that led me to graffiti. And so I though, Wouldn't it be cool to do LEGO graffiti?

But I didn't know how to make LEGO graffiti. However, after a couple of unsuccessful attempts, I finally got an idea, which eventually morphed into the completed build you are seeing now.

My idea was to build a wall covered in rainbow paint, which as I decided later, would become the walls of an art studio. The story behind the paint would be that some mini figures have found an old, rickety art studio, and they want to fix it up. But they don't want some boring old art studio! Pride Month is coming up and so the mini figures decided to make a pride themed studio with rainbow walls!

So, the mini figures got to work, and thus built a beautiful Pride Studio! There are mini figures inside, making sculptures, unloading supplies, and painting. There's even a mini figure outside, painting the wall (scroll up).

One thing I also like is the signs that this used to be a "normal" (what is "normal" anyway?) building. Things like the window frames that are blocked by the rainbow wall show that there were once traditional windows, as do the half-built walls around the frames. This is one of the fun things that help to convey a store about the building and its origins.

Another element I like is the different color of brushstrokes on the walls. They make it feel as if it were made by different brushstrokes and different artists even. It makes it look like they tried to do it in one color, but kept running out.

I think that this build has showed me the power of details, and how much they can really bring a build to life. Little details like window frames that don't have any purpose but to raise questions, and a mini figure painting the building to show that it is not yet done, really make this building a standout.

So even though this definitely isn't your traditional art studio, it serves all of its purposes, providing inspiration and creativity to artists of all genres!

- create_sparkle