Toy links
Tanaka Tatsuya’s Miniature Calendar.
“These photographs primarily depict diorama-style figures surrounded by
daily necessities.”
Miniature dioramas.
“From bizarre to beautiful, here are nine places to see these intricate three-dimensional snapshots of the world.”
Gilliver’s Little People.
“Each figure stands at only 2cm tall meaning that creating this work is a rather delicate (yet incredibly rewarding) process.” (See also.)
Christoph Berloger’s Miniature Worlds.
“I love this small, manageable and contained little world.”
Talk of the model village.
“Our desire for control – to set the world to rights by placing model citizens just where we want them at a scale of our choosing …”
Mitchel Wu interviewed.
“… I had the honor of working on image campaigns for Disney UK’s Toy Story 4, Kinder Surprise’s Animal Adventures, Schleich USA’s Power of Imagination, and Hasbro’s Power Rangers Lightning Collection…” (See also.)
Toy photography tips.
“… create toy photography in your own corner of the world out of everyday objects.”
Creating digirama.
Part 2. Part 3. Lighting. Behind the scenes.
Digirama by Arjun Menon.
“This India-based photographer combines action figures, household objects and some Photoshop magic.”
Digirama by Felix Hernandez.
“He relies mainly on practical effects and mixes them with some Photoshop …”
The toy designer.
“We have to consider safety, … box size and shipping, … testing, the price points … You want to be super passionate and optimistic because it drives product through final production and keeps your design exciting, but you also have to be prepared for the worst …”
Rios Palante’s FU-Stamps.
“… as the Toys ‘R’ Us went under, there were a lot of people that went jobless. I saw this is an opportunity to just kind of branch off and to see if I can do something Indy, on my own.”
Designer Con.
“I think there’s a big return to DIY, and I think that there’s an audience for it. There’s something tangible, there’s something different when something’s handmade; there’s an earnestness …”
Designer toys as art form.
“… when the MoMA Design Store released a series of 11-inch-tall vinyl versions of his coveted ‘Companions’ for only $200 apiece, the flood of traffic crashed their website.”
Batteries Not Included: A Custom Toy Show.
“The show highlights custom toy designers of all kinds from 2BitHack’s action figures of movie characters like Ducky from ‘Pretty in Pink’ to Patrick Ho’s cleverly inspired Sozotron robots.”
Silver Samurai.
A custom by Justin Manny.
District 9 exo-suit.
A Lego MOC by Vince_Toulouse. (More.)
Crab Arm.
An Assemble Borg fanmode by Misawa Kouki. (Click on the images for a better look.)
Shock in the box.
Digital manipulation by Karolina Kundzicz.
Artmobil.
Playmobil-inspired art by benjamin thomassin.