Source: MAJIRI (@Cityscape_Std) from Cityscape Studio - image used with permission

Diorama artist’s stunningly realistic traffic light fools Japanese Twitter

MAJIRI (@Cityscape_Std) from Cityscape Studio creates realistic dioramas of urban landscapes. His handiwork has been in the spotlight recently after he posted it on his Twitter account.

Even if you understand in your head that it's a hand-crafted element of a diorama, you'll probably be astonished by the attention to detail and the incredible realism MAJIRI has achieved...

Reproduced with permission from MAJIRI (@Cityscape_Std) from Cityscape Studio

"I finished this traffic light!"

At first, since it looks no different from a real traffic light, it looks like someone is playing around with perspective, holding up their hand in front of an actual traffic light to make it look like they're holding it, but then you look more carefully and realize that their other fingers are behind the pole. That's when you begin to have questions...

The words "Cityscape Studio" and the fact that the traffic lights aren't lit may have given some people a clue, but needless to say, the image perplexed many of those who saw it.

The Tweet quickly went viral, garnering over 135,000 likes and 15,000 retweets at the time of writing.

MAJIRI's amazing handiwork elicited comments such as:

  • "It's not a perspective shot, is it?"
  • "No matter how you look at it, it's a real traffic light."
  • "It took me a while to figure it out."

If you follow MAJIRI's Twitter account and YouTube Channel, you'll see more of his realistic city dioramas, like this amazing diorama of the famous Scramble Crossing at Tokyo's Shibuya Station.

By - grape Japan editorial staff.

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