As a kid, I enjoyed making model of things. I remember persuading my grandmother to buy the little plastic set of toys that I could assemble myself. I remember that new sets would come every friday fortnight and I’d bug her to get them for me. I made miniature furniture like tables and pastry carts, wardrobes and at the end of the day, I’d be lost in my world of imagination, with the house that I built.
To a lesser extent, I don’t see much toy shops selling these type of toys any more. (Legos don’t count because they are above 3 dollars) Most toys nowadays are already pre-made – all you got to do was to take it out of its plastic cover. Personally for me, I don’t think there’s much fun in that as there wasn’t any sense of challenge and achievement.
I guess that was why I enjoyed doing the little experiment with the pictures of the scenes from work place. I stumbled across an article on tomorrow.sg about tilt shift lens effect. This effect gives the illusion of miniatures and I was extremely amazed at how it turned out.
Doesn’t these look just like miniature toys? It’s so charmingly cute and toy-like. I know I WOULD play with these toys for hours!
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Originals
thats really cool,i have similar:)
There is something so genuinely sweet about miniatures.
Thanks mockingbirdy 🙂 I’ll go check it out 😉
Miss jay, yes, it does look sweet does it 🙂 But sometimes I keep thinking to myself on this liliputian world and just feel like I’m just a small speck being part of a giant world and that we are all inter-connected together.
Sometimes I see myself in that miniature picture. The same way we see the miniatures are small. Surely there is some one bigger than us.
The 3rd miniature with the building and lots of trees is very nicely done!
Thanks aerotus! I love them myself! :):)