Mike Rayhawk
@mikerayhawk.bsky.social
The BrikWars guy. Former Lego guy.
Concept designer and illustrator behind many of your favorite Lego themes and games, and somehow also the old Roblox logo. I know, I can't explain it either.
mikerayhawk.com
brikwars.com
Concept designer and illustrator behind many of your favorite Lego themes and games, and somehow also the old Roblox logo. I know, I can't explain it either.
mikerayhawk.com
brikwars.com
Running back and forth between the two kitchens trying to get Thanksgiving cooked, continually forgetting that I just tore out the floor in one of the rooms between.
Repeatedly pranking myself right into the crawlspace
Repeatedly pranking myself right into the crawlspace
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Running back and forth between the two kitchens trying to get Thanksgiving cooked, continually forgetting that I just tore out the floor in one of the rooms between.
Repeatedly pranking myself right into the crawlspace
Repeatedly pranking myself right into the crawlspace
Joke's on you though, I've already got my Heavy Modular Frame dice
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Joke's on you though, I've already got my Heavy Modular Frame dice
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
the three spirits:
the three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
the three spirits:
the three spirits:
I draw hands by erasing them halfway through and redrawing them with EVEN MORE FINGERS
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I draw hands by erasing them halfway through and redrawing them with EVEN MORE FINGERS
I am! But only on unit 8, no bears yet. So far it just sounds like everyone in Denmark is perpetually amazed by how gammel I look.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I am! But only on unit 8, no bears yet. So far it just sounds like everyone in Denmark is perpetually amazed by how gammel I look.
One of the other guys just caught this photo of the weather here today
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
One of the other guys just caught this photo of the weather here today
These cross-Atlantic flights are a trip
October 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
These cross-Atlantic flights are a trip
Europe, here I come
October 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Europe, here I come
These Goo Jit Zu guys in particular were a departure for me - they wanted something halfway between my usual exaggerated rendering and the flat-shaded pin line style of the cartoon. What a balance to strike
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
These Goo Jit Zu guys in particular were a departure for me - they wanted something halfway between my usual exaggerated rendering and the flat-shaded pin line style of the cartoon. What a balance to strike
I mostly talk about LEGO work here, but I take on lots of bread-and-butter jobs for other toys and games. I did a whole pile of quick-turnaround package illustrations for Moose Toys this year and I just spotted a couple on the shelves.
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I mostly talk about LEGO work here, but I take on lots of bread-and-butter jobs for other toys and games. I did a whole pile of quick-turnaround package illustrations for Moose Toys this year and I just spotted a couple on the shelves.
Server kept getting overloaded, so I looked into the traffic logs to see what was going on. See if you can tell what time I blocked Meta's AI scraper.
October 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Server kept getting overloaded, so I looked into the traffic logs to see what was going on. See if you can tell what time I blocked Meta's AI scraper.
Ongoing projects this month: hanging doors and tearing up floors. Also it's tomato harvest time.
September 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ongoing projects this month: hanging doors and tearing up floors. Also it's tomato harvest time.
From this very morning:
If you don't dry off the blueberries enough, they sink to the bottom of your muffin batter, creating tiny outraged silhouettes of Gordon Ramsay throwing his arms up and yelling "why didn't you dry your blueberries"
If you don't dry off the blueberries enough, they sink to the bottom of your muffin batter, creating tiny outraged silhouettes of Gordon Ramsay throwing his arms up and yelling "why didn't you dry your blueberries"
September 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
From this very morning:
If you don't dry off the blueberries enough, they sink to the bottom of your muffin batter, creating tiny outraged silhouettes of Gordon Ramsay throwing his arms up and yelling "why didn't you dry your blueberries"
If you don't dry off the blueberries enough, they sink to the bottom of your muffin batter, creating tiny outraged silhouettes of Gordon Ramsay throwing his arms up and yelling "why didn't you dry your blueberries"
This post brought to you by coming back to a Satisfactory coastal refinery after several months away
September 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This post brought to you by coming back to a Satisfactory coastal refinery after several months away
Something watery
September 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Something watery
It's summer! Still counts
September 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It's summer! Still counts
Uh oh. Somebody found our old D&D books
September 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Uh oh. Somebody found our old D&D books
FIRST GRADE! FIRST GRADE!
September 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
FIRST GRADE! FIRST GRADE!
"Can we share your first day photos on the internet?"
"Only if you share the photos of me slapping my butt!"
Good luck, teachers
"Only if you share the photos of me slapping my butt!"
Good luck, teachers
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"Can we share your first day photos on the internet?"
"Only if you share the photos of me slapping my butt!"
Good luck, teachers
"Only if you share the photos of me slapping my butt!"
Good luck, teachers
I know I go on about these blueberry bushes, but how is this even real
September 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I know I go on about these blueberry bushes, but how is this even real
Same elevation map, now with water / desert / vegetation layers, each using a variation of the elevation map as a layer mask. Very quick and dirty.
August 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Same elevation map, now with water / desert / vegetation layers, each using a variation of the elevation map as a layer mask. Very quick and dirty.
Photoshop has a lot of good tricks for this, starting with a gradient map to map specific colors to specific altitudes.
If I were doing this, I'd then paste in generic texture layers for desert, water, and green, and then mask them in with a rough sponge brush
If I were doing this, I'd then paste in generic texture layers for desert, water, and green, and then mask them in with a rough sponge brush
August 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Photoshop has a lot of good tricks for this, starting with a gradient map to map specific colors to specific altitudes.
If I were doing this, I'd then paste in generic texture layers for desert, water, and green, and then mask them in with a rough sponge brush
If I were doing this, I'd then paste in generic texture layers for desert, water, and green, and then mask them in with a rough sponge brush
Behold the fruits of my labor - three generations of housing support in one photo. Today's the day we crank up the long-term jacks and see if the house cracks in half
August 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Behold the fruits of my labor - three generations of housing support in one photo. Today's the day we crank up the long-term jacks and see if the house cracks in half
Sure, sure - upstart newfanglers use calculus to mean something else these days. But originally it was a smooth pebble used for calculation.
August 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sure, sure - upstart newfanglers use calculus to mean something else these days. But originally it was a smooth pebble used for calculation.