Joints and Degrees of Freedom
Mocs can look stiff when the joints have too few degrees of freedom.
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Stiffness
Stiffness is something that gets talked about a lot but is hard to define.
Colour Placement
Where we choose to place colours in our build has a lot of impact on how the viewer sees it. This is part of why colour blocking is so important.
Colour Theory
Lego has released parts in many many colours, and continues to release more.
Familiarity
We can take inspiration from the world around us to add familiarity to our builds.
Connection Hiding
We can build or pose the moc in a certain way to hide the connection points between different components.
Shaping
When building things out of lego, we often need to build up larger shapes out of smaller shapes.
Colour-Texture-Material Consistency
Textural consistency means that you consistently use one combination of colour and texture to represent one “material”.
Colour Layering
Colour layering builds on the idea of colour blocking.
Colour Blocking
Colour blocking means having larger sections built in one colour rather than lots of small sections made of many different colours.
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Dynamics
It’s one thing to build a moc that is just “standing there”. It’s another thing entirely to build a moc that looks like it’s actually doing something. This i...
Physics
In order to make our mocs seem more realistic and convincing, we want to think about how physics would affect our moc if it was real.
Silhouettes
One thing to consider when posing your moc is its silhouette. The silhouette is just the shape of the outline of your moc. Different angles and poses have di...
Camera Setup
Most good-quality moc photos are taken with a dedicated camera such as a DSLR or mirrorless camera. These cameras feature better sensor resolution, low-light...
Photography Setup
Moc photography is similar to product photography.
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Parts Knowledge
Knowledge is power. France is bacon.
Inspiration
When looking at a moc, people often wonder: “What is it?”