Miniature sets

For the last couple of months I have been playing with arranging a lot of found, bought, collected and made objects to create miniature sets that communicate a sense of other worldly-ness. I was able to use the photography studio to shoot these sets which has meant they've come out top quality!!

The Oopsatoreum

 Cover  illustration  for the accompanying book for the exhibition, a portrait of Henry Mintox demonstrating his 'inpiration Recorder' on 1922 (based on a photo of Thomas Edison, an early photograph).

What I really like about Shaun Tan's work, and as most others would agree, is the acute observation to detail and magical stories that engulf me into their world that I wish so hard to be real!

I found out a little about what The Ooopsatoreum is:

What does it mean to be truly original?
Should creativity be measured only by success?
Or is it really the thought that counts ?
No matter how impractical?
Behind every enduring innovation lies a vast cemetery of achievement: the world of failed inventions.
Award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan explores this forgotten world in The Oopsatoreum, a fictional tale of a strikingly original but spectacularly unsuccessful inventor. Woven around strange and largely obscure artefacts from the Powerhouse Museum, the whimsical stories in this book are for anyone who has ever made a mistake.
Illustrated with original drawings by Shaun Tan and stunning photographs of objects from the Powerhouse Museum collection. 

Sounds amazing.


Source:
www.shauntan.net

Hugh Ferriss

'These drawings are by architectural draftsman Hugh Ferriss . His work is really incredible and demonstrates a fantastic imagination (not to mention patience). I prefer the style of the lighter, more detailed images, but I enjoyed the story behind the last few charcoal renderings. They are from The Metropolis of Tomorrow, where Ferriss imagined what a future megacity might look like. Delineator of Gotham indeed. 

I recommend looking through this epic Flickr set to see more of his work.'  

Posted by: Alex on 03.24.2011 in Architecture . Illustration 

I found these images by Hugh Ferris on Iso50 blog and what I like about them is their use of charcoal. They remind me off a couple of charcoal drawings of mine. I feel a strong sense of atmosphere about them and I like what Alex writes about in his blog, stories in the drawings and the combination of imagination and patience.  

Source: 

ISO50 Blog