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posted by n1 on Thursday March 05 2015, @09:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the check-out-the-patina-on-this dept.

Spotted at Make is a link to scale models and dioramas of Tokyo-based artist Satoshi Araki.

Amazingly, he uses a lot of Styrofoam to build the basic structures for his often-dark, often urban-themed dioramas, along with model kits, kit-bashed parts, and other miscellaneous bits. I’ve been dabbling in miniatures and model painting for most of life and know enough to appreciate just how difficult it is to achieve this degree of realism. This guy’s weathering/rust effects alone are an art form.

There's a link to Araki's (japanese) blog which contains more impressive artwork.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by janrinok on Thursday March 05 2015, @10:42AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 05 2015, @10:42AM (#153461) Journal

    The level of detail shown in the dioramas is almost breathtaking. They look realistic in almost every aspect and it is not until you see a finger in one of the pictures that you can get a true sense of their scale.

    Tip of my hat to him.

    • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Thursday March 05 2015, @11:50AM

      by jimshatt (978) on Thursday March 05 2015, @11:50AM (#153471) Journal
      Mind-blowing. I'd mod the article itself up if I could.
  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Ryuugami on Thursday March 05 2015, @12:04PM

    by Ryuugami (2925) on Thursday March 05 2015, @12:04PM (#153473)

    For those who want to see the works on his site, but don't know enough Japanese to navigate:
      - Go to the site from TFS [fc2.com]
      - Scroll down a bit until you see a big list of orange links in the left sidebar
      - In the upper half of the section "カテゴリ" (categories), links starting with "【作品.1】" (work #1) to "【作品.33】" (work #33) are the ones you want

    There is also a fair bit of explanation on how he made all of that, with enough pictures to scrape by (and make it interesting) even if you don't understand a single word :)

    --
    If a shit storm's on the horizon, it's good to know far enough ahead you can at least bring along an umbrella. - D.Weber
    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by richtopia on Thursday March 05 2015, @03:32PM

      by richtopia (3160) on Thursday March 05 2015, @03:32PM (#153534) Homepage Journal

      These are awesome looking. I would love to see more on his procedure and technique. If anyone finds something on his blog worth reposting leave a link, and save the rest of us from stumbling around on a blog we cannot read.

    • (Score: 2) by goodie on Thursday March 05 2015, @03:54PM

      by goodie (1877) on Thursday March 05 2015, @03:54PM (#153544) Journal

      Awesome!

  • (Score: 2) by goodie on Thursday March 05 2015, @03:12PM

    by goodie (1877) on Thursday March 05 2015, @03:12PM (#153523) Journal

    And I don't mean that in an any offensive way. I have always wondered at the ability for Japanese people to focus on minute detail to perfection. You can see this in model kits, anime (I mean if one wanted to build a mecha they could just use the sketches in various anime art books...), electronics, and any hobby really. I don't remember if I saw this on SN back then but there was also this guy, Ryosuke Ohtake who was making amazing wood models (http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/06/artist-ryousuke-ohtake-carves-incredibly-realistic-lobster-from-boxwood/). I see the same thing in music and a bunch of other fields. They have an amazing ability to channel their passions and energy into doing that reproduce the world to perfection and be very modest about it. Of course, sometimes, this is to a fault where people get consumed by these things.

    But overall, I am just amazed by this ability time and time again.

    • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Friday March 06 2015, @12:29AM

      by jimshatt (978) on Friday March 06 2015, @12:29AM (#153685) Journal
      The art form is called "jizai okimono" (found that on the page you linked, meaning "freely (movable) ornament") and you should definitely google for images and videos because it's amazing!