Check out these amazing miniature dioramas from Tokyo artist Satoshi Araki【Photos】
Satoshi Araki is an artist who creates miniature dioramas. In one of his brilliantly imagined worlds, a mysterious figure stands in a dark alleyway. In another, a car with smashed-out windows sprawls in front of a bombed-out house in a destroyed city.
Araki sometimes puts a single finger into the frame to show the scale of the tiny scenes, which are sculpted in painstaking detail. His coke cans are smaller than a fingernail; his Vespa model is tiny enough to rest on your thumb.
The Tokyo-based artist’s most recent work has included this scene of chaos and destruction, which he researched online with photos of the Iraq war:
▼ Different materials are used to achieve realistic textures on parts of the building.
▼ The whole thing is constructed on the back of a small case.
▼ A finger at the edge of this image shows scale.
▼ This model car is riddled with tiny bullet-holes.
▼ Araki’s other dioramas also include some popular Japanese characters in unusual settings.
▼ Check out the attention to detail on these teeny-tiny drink cans!
▼ Car and bike models are also a speciality of his.
Araki regularly updates his blog and Facebook page with photos of his fascinating work. We’re looking forward to seeing what he turns his talented hand(s) to next!
Source: DDN Japan
Images: Satoshi Araki
