(Credit: Mike Doyle)
New York graphic designer Mike Doyle is best known in Lego MOC circles for his crumbling Victorian houses, but the city of K'al Yne on the alien world of Odan might just be his most ambitious project yet.
Crafted out of more than 200,000 Lego pieces and taking over 600 hours to build, the sculpture, designed entirely by Doyle, depicts a wondrous alien civilization. There's something Gothic about his soaring spires, bridges, buttresses, and villages clustered about the city's base.
Doyle calls K'al Yne "a popular local galactic vacation spot." (Click to enlarge.)
(Credit: Mike Doyle)
The citizens of Odan, says the 45-year-old Doyle, are peaceful; they have never known war or murder, and the city of K'al Yne houses one of the purest expressions of this existence.
"One of Odan's great cultural icons is the Eternal Choir. Based in the small but ancient town of K'al Yne, the choir has been singing uninterrupted for 1,000 years," Doyle explains. "Thousands of citizens participate a few hours a day, forming an atmosphere filled with musi... [Read more]
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