Brendan Powell Smith

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Brendan Powell Smith is an American artist, author, and creator of The Brick Testament in which he illustrates stories from the Bible by photographing dioramas constructed entirely out of LEGO bricks.

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[edit] Creations

Smith has a number art projects on the internet. They include BRAD: the game, a labyrinthine text-based choose-your-own-adventure style game and The Second Coming which was published in Boston University's Independent Student Newspaper The Daily Free Press from 1992 to 1995, as well as Vendetta: A Christmas Story.

Smith has several home-recorded songs which can be found on two albums on his personal website: IDEAS FOR SONGS and LIFE & DEATH. In 2000 Smith formed the indie pop band The Human Heads with Lila Tene and recorded the 2001 album here come the heads.

[edit] The Brick Testament

Main article: The Brick Testament

In late 2001, Smith began work on what would become his most successful creative project to date, The Brick Testament. Three Brick Testament books have been published by Quirk Books. Smith has indicated that he plans to eventually illustrate the entire Bible in LEGO, and continues to update the Brick Testament website on a regular basis with new material.[1]

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NAME Smith, Brendan Powell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Reverend Brendan Powell Smith
SHORT DESCRIPTION website creator
DATE OF BIRTH 7 September 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwood, Massachusetts]
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH