Tyler DeSilva

Designer | Artist | Photographer

I create custom Lego sculptures, mosaics, and pieces of art.

Ever since I could remember, Lego has played a significant role in my life in harnessing my creative side. Naturally, interests throughout life fade and then reignite, and that has been very true with my passion for these magical plastic bricks. Now I’m living my passion utilizing Lego as a medium to create art that no one has ever seen before!

With all of the toys that I’ve played with over the years growing up, Lego was the only one that really resonated with me. The older I got, the more possibilities I saw! I’ve seen people make the coolest creations, like functional candy machines, working transformers, and moving dragons that fly with fluidity.

And then I found Nathan Sawaya, a contemporary brick artist that makes life-sized human sculptures out of standard rectangular pieces. “How did he do that?!” and “Oh my lord!” constantly went through my mind when gazing at his work. Sean Kenney is also a huge inspiration who has a similar style and blends more of a cartoony vibe in some of his pieces.

After witnessing these breathtaking builders create actual master-pieces, I thought to myself, “I want to do that someday.” It’s like that moment when a kid looks up in the sky and wants to be an astronaut. For me, it was being a Lego master.

In late 2019, I rediscovered the medium and wanted to enter the vast and ever-growing Lego Community. I wanted to take all those hours playing block based video-games like Minecraft and make something physical from it. And once the show Lego Masters swept the states, I got more reassurance that my dream is achievable!

As my art account kept growing, I got more into photography and filmmaking to display my art more professionally. I strive to reach the highest quality in designing and presenting my work, but I knew I couldn’t do it all on my own.

And who better to ask for help than one of the best designers in the world, Aaron Newman, a Lego Masters contestant and expert in replicas, architecture, characters, and creativity! My gratitude goes out to him since he took me under his wing and showed me the world of Lego commissions and graciously threw some projects my way.

I cannot express my gratitude enough for his mentorship and featuring this website on his latest list of brick artists who will be taking over in his stead as he will become a designer for the Lego Group! Thank you Aaron for every opportunity, now and always!

One of my pieces that caught a lot of eyes was featured as Build of the Week on Tips & Bricks, a popular Lego blog highlighting cool creators and unorthodox building techniques.

I’ve also had the privilege of designing kits and instructions for Build Better Bricks and Bricker Builds, two companies that strive to create sculptures, replicas, and icons that are jaw dropping.

I have been doing commissions seriously since 2020 and can’t wait for what challenge awaits me next! Nothing brings me more joy than giving a client what they envisioned. Well, except maybe surfing!