Diorama Breakdown: How to Make a Japanese Style Garden

Today, I am showing you how I made the Japanese House Garden scene that you’ve seen from my Nendoroid Sakura Miku: Bloomed in Japan photos. I googled inspirations and analyze if I can pull it off with the materials I currently have. I always want to take photos of my figures in ‘engawa’ or Japanese porch/veranda.

How to Make Cherry Blossoms Vers 2

It’s the season of cherry blossoms in Japan, so I made another tutorial for everyone to enjoy for their toy photography. Years ago, I made a video tutorial on how to make a sakura-inspired tree. The difference of today’s tutorial is that I painted the center part of the flower with darker shade of pink. This…

Nendoroid Sakura Miku – Bloomed in Japan

In Japan, this is the best time to see the cherry blossoms. The sakura bloom throughout the end of March until May all over the country. What a wonderful scenery to see. I hope I can see it for myself someday. Today, I’m showing you figure photos of Good Smile Company Nendoroid #500 Sakura Miku:…

Watch: How to Make a Beach Umbrella

As part of my diorama project in last Sony’s event, I made a quite number of DIY miniatures for a real summer vibe. This includes making a beach umbrella to complete the summer gears needed of my Nendoroid and Cu-poche. Since I couldn’t make something from scratch due to lack of time, I found an interesting…

Cu-poche “Friends” Anne – Summertime

  “I think of thoughts that cannot be, no hand can reach across this sea, the seasons change on distant shores, from frosty skies to sunshine blue, as summer’s touch undresses you- Reminding me of all the things I often wish, but cannot do.” – Michael Faudet