“Viewing the fine art photography of [Tourmaline .] is like falling down a rabbit hole into another dimension. The Jacksonville, Florida-based photographer constructs and photographs miniature dioramas of mysterious and whimsical worlds.” – WordPress Discover
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cardboard for the outer rim of the space shipwhite acrylic paint undercoat for the spaceship rim and a glowing bouncy ball for the center (I then painted over the white with glow in the dark gel)rocks from a bamboo plantpainted gold, white and glow in the dark
quarter machine, glow in the dark aliens bought in bulk from ebayholographic foam core for the sky and cheese cloth for the groundeverything all set upI used my lens baby control freak for this imagethere was too much light coming in from the window so I created a tent between my camera annd the set up with a blanket (all house and studio lights were turned off for the actual shot)
All images were shot very quickly with my phone, so I apologize for the iffy image quality.
That’s cute and cool that you made the picture yourself. With the title “Aliens” I was expecting something about Xenomorphs (or as our chum Axe Man calls them, Xemophores) and face huggers and all that sort of thing!
OMG — such intricate and creative work!! I believe it takes a lot of patience to work with miniature anything! My fingers would get in the way!!
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Aww thank you! It definitely takes some patience, but I love it :)
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Amazing! What a creative and thoughtful approach! It must have been great fun shooting this one. Best wishes, WG
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Thank you so much! I did have fun with this one :)
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Soooo adorable…
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Thank you :D
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Love it!
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thanks!!
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Great creativity. :D
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thank you :)
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That’s cute and cool that you made the picture yourself. With the title “Aliens” I was expecting something about Xenomorphs (or as our chum Axe Man calls them, Xemophores) and face huggers and all that sort of thing!
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haha well I hope I didn’t dissapoint :)
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Well done :D
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thank you! :D
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oooooooo – that came out superb! What fun!
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thank you :)
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