people who do art spend hours and they get paid for their work someone who puts together parts that connect like lego blocks should not be compared to an artist not even mentioned in the same bracket because you know what, anyone can make the exact same moc but a person who draws a nice art piece cannont be copied no matter how hard your artstyle is a reflection of yourself and implented in how you express your self on paper. ALSO if moccing was art you would see moccers actually getting paid for their work sense its regarded in that way but you will see a shit ton of artist getting paid for their work online and offline but no moccers because it isnt a real skill.
idk if building MOCs counts as art (I never said I DOUBT it is), but people still work hard on that shit
That Bear Rahi I made was freaking killing me
You wouldn’t know how hard it is to make a MOC because you’ve never made any of your own
I wouldent know what its like to spend all day in a lego editor that has all the parts available just to make a lackluster moc, u either are average or it takes u an extra amount of time to make something average
It’s not the amount of parts available, it’s what you do with them
What’s lackluster is not building a MOC at all and just reposting one from another website
I’ve made stop-motion with my MOCs for more than 10 years, and making the MOCs themselves can be the hardest part of the whole process.
MOCs are not only chunks of plastic parts put together; they are very complex sculptures and, because you work with available pieces instead of doing everything from scratch, you have to be very clever in your technique to make something truly unique. That requires a lot of creativity and “thinking-outside-the-mold” attitude, and not everyone masters it (I don’t think I fully do, for one).
ALSO, LEGO designers are the ultimate MOCers and they get paid for their job. They not only put stuff together at random (and I know because I once met a LEGO designer); they get inspiration, look at references from other artists, go through a lot of try-and-error and testings, and they can even have more limitations and specifications than the regular MOCer to make their creations, as they work under a budget and their results must be viable for production and selling.
Finally, MOCs not only have to “look good”; there are textures, consistency, many ways to combine different colors and express yourself. In my specific case they also need to be very solid and stable to be animation-worthy. People put their imagination and discipline in them, just like any other artist would.
MOCing is an art.
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