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Lego town

Real people enter a miniature town in a Photoshop montage that plays with scale.

Two people composited into a toy town, with a giant minifigure behind a table and yellow chairs.
A transparent yellow toy mug held on a thin support in front of blue bricks.
Final montage · complete image and printed credits further down.
When
Within 2013–2017 · exact year MISSING · posted July 2014
My part
Photography + montage · contribution split MISSING
With
Mélina G-Tremblay · Yijun Huang (roles MISSING)
Context
Université de Montréal · Infographie 1 (printed credit; details MISSING)

01 / Early draft — working date MISSING

An early idea

The early draft places a real person among oversized toy figures and buildings. Behance identifies this image as the original idea; the final montage takes a different direction.

STORY SLOT · S1: Add 30–60 words about the assignment or first idea. What drew you to this change of scale?

STORY SLOT · S2: Add the turning point here, before the photographs: what changed between this draft and the final scene? A note or intermediate image would make that transition easier to follow.

A person composited into a toy town beside a minifigure with a separated head and red digital marks.
The early idea identified as a draft on Behance.

02 / Proposed sequence — confirm

People, posed for another scale

The supplied photographs include a forward-leaning pose and a separate seated pose. The final montage places those figures inside the miniature scene.

MISSING: Confirm who photographed and directed each pose, who appears in the photographs, and where this session belongs in the actual sequence.

A person leaning forward with arms extended in a room with chairs and another person partly visible.
A staged pose from the supplied photographs.

03 / Proposed sequence — confirm

Small objects, separate pictures

The source set separates the setting, chairs, minifigure, arm and yellow mug into individual photographs. The mug is a useful close-up between the larger scenes.

STORY SLOT · S4: Just before the final reveal, add a process screenshot or 30–60 words about one actual compositing decision. No layer history or intermediate Photoshop file was supplied; the technique and order are unconfirmed.

A transparent yellow toy mug held on a thin support in front of blue bricks.
A small prop photographed separately.

04 / Final montage — posted July 13, 2014

The finished scene

The finished image brings the staged people into the toy town around the central table and chairs. A giant minifigure changes the scale again in the background.

This complete view preserves the printed border and credits. The Behance posting date is known; the working year and detailed contribution split still need confirmation.

Two people composited into a toy town, with a giant minifigure behind a table and yellow chairs.
Final montage, identified on Behance; complete image with its original printed credits.

Supporting gallery

The photographs behind the scene

A selected reference set for comparison, arranged by subject rather than shooting order. Open a thumbnail to see the full photograph.

A low view across a studded baseplate toward orange, white and grey toy buildings.Expand this part of the trailCollapse this part of the trail

05 / Supporting image

A photographed miniature setting.

A low view across a studded baseplate toward orange, white and grey toy buildings.

A low view across a studded baseplate toward orange, white and grey toy buildings.
A photographed miniature setting.
Two yellow toy chairs beside a grey central table structure on a studded baseplate.Expand this part of the trailCollapse this part of the trail

06 / Supporting image

The table-and-chair arrangement before compositing.

Two yellow toy chairs beside a grey central table structure on a studded baseplate.

Two yellow toy chairs beside a grey central table structure on a studded baseplate.
The table-and-chair arrangement before compositing.
A person seated sideways on a wooden chair, holding a drinking glass.Expand this part of the trailCollapse this part of the trail

07 / Supporting image

A seated pose to compare with the figure in the montage.

A person seated sideways on a wooden chair, holding a drinking glass.

A person seated sideways on a wooden chair, holding a drinking glass.
A seated pose to compare with the figure in the montage.
A brown-haired minifigure photographed upright with one arm raised.Expand this part of the trailCollapse this part of the trail

08 / Supporting image

A minifigure portrait from the source set.

A brown-haired minifigure photographed upright with one arm raised.

A brown-haired minifigure photographed upright with one arm raised.
A minifigure portrait from the source set.
A detached toy arm held on a thin support in front of blue bricks.Expand this part of the trailCollapse this part of the trail

09 / Supporting image

A separate arm photograph.

A detached toy arm held on a thin support in front of blue bricks.

A detached toy arm held on a thin support in front of blue bricks.
A separate arm photograph.

Looking back

What stayed with you?

STORY SLOT · S5: Add a brief reflection after the images (40–70 words): a discovery, a detail you still like, or something you would approach differently now. This slot is reserved for your own words.

Credits

People & contributions

  • Printed artwork credit: Mélina G-Tremblay and Yijun Huang. MISSING: Confirm spelling, roles and preferred public credit.
  • Printed course credit: Infographie 1, Marc-André Landreville, École de design industriel, Université de Montréal. MISSING: Confirm the wording to retain.
  • Behance credits the source photos and montage to Mey Tremblay; the shared printed credit is retained; individual roles remain MISSING.
  • LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this montage.

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