Very Interesting Scene/Diorama Setups - Miniature But Not Virtual

Steve K

To me, one of the most enjoyable parts of creating short animations is setting up the scenes for the character to inhabit.  In Carrara, of course, these are usually virtual, although I have done a diorama or two using backdrop stills from Carrara.  Here is the epitome of diorama creation:

"Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962) crafted her extraordinary 'Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death'—exquisitely detailed miniature crime scenes—to train homicide investigators to 'convict the guilty, clear the innocent, and find the truth in a nutshell.' These dollhouse-sized dioramas of true crimes, created in the first half of the 20th century and still used in forensic training today, helped to revolutionize the emerging field of homicide investigation."

Pictures and VR tours here:

https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/nutshells

Diomede

Very inspiring.  Looks like the exhibition ended back in January. Would have liked to have seen it.

evilproducer

Very interesting and macabre.

 

Steve K

Diomede said:

Very inspiring.  Looks like the exhibition ended back in January. Would have liked to have seen it.

Me, too.  I did buy this book at Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580931456/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Headwax

Nice find SteveK - I sent an artists friend the link only to find out that Lee was one of her 'heroines' already - then she sent me this link 

 

https://diholdsworth.com/2013/12/19/suburban-noir-museum-of-sydney/

wonderful to see how three d and this work meld

Steve K

Diomede said:

 

head wax said:

Nice find SteveK - I sent an artists friend the link only to find out that Lee was one of her 'heroines' already - then she sent me this link 

 

https://diholdsworth.com/2013/12/19/suburban-noir-museum-of-sydney/

wonderful to see how three d and this work meld

Thanks, I actually found the book mentioned above listed in an unsolicited mail order catalog from acornonline.com.  The book is very well done, with a lot of background on the artist.

The link you provide is very interesting: "The assemblages in this exhibition are kinetic. On winding the work, shadows of figures move past the window blinds."    So animated dioramas, very cool.  It amazes me that anybody has the patience to build these - I have started kit models and always end up getting my highly skilled craftsperson wife to finish them (if I haven't broken too many pieces in frustration).