Painting the Diorama

[@thecassman]

Seriously?! The scene is not only set at a specific date but also a specific TIME !? And the stars and everything are accurate?! That's literally insane. The coolest thing ever.

[@JoshuaFletch]

I'm glad my nerdiness has gotten to the point where I can very unironcally say, "That's one sweet diorama."

[@Naiadryade]

Hell yeah.

[@tissue522]

Didnt know that Bill Stanley passed away.. I have been a subscriber since the Univ Montana days.. Bill was such a sweet person who seemed genuinely happy to show things to Emily and I really admired his humor and enthusiasm in the videos. Rest in peace Bill. Thank you for letting us know this whole new world of natural history.

[@TheFetchFan]

I absolutely love all the care that I'd being put into this project. Making the landscape perfect for the exact date and time? I had no idea! Is this amount of effort and precision standard for dioramas in all natural history museums?

[@aadelehanty]

+Fetch typically yes. Museums should go to great lengths for accuracy. Money, however, has always been the driving factor.

[@MaraK_dialmformara]

Snarl Akeley?

[@eilidhmacleod9125]

I got to go to the Field Museum today and I have to say that it was an amazing experience. The exhibits are amazing and the information is fascinating. I loved the Evolving Earth, it was very interesting. The Hall of Gems and the Hall of Jade are both very, very cool. I made a point of visiting the Mammals of Asia for this very exhibit and I was stunned. The mural in the background is phenomenal and makes you feel like you are really there. It means a lot to feel as if you are a part of it, because I remember donating to the indiegogo! Fantastic job, guys. Keep up the amazing work at the museum and on Brain Scoop!

[@UKMLGgaming]

dude i love this guy he's so cool

[@GingerLolaMiniatures]

+adequatespatula me too, what a fun job too :)

[@MonarchsFactory]

This video is my dream come true! I visited the California Natural History Museum for the first time this year and unexpectedly spent the whole day geeking out about the dioramas and how they looked like Gallifrey paintings and trying to work out how the artists did that -- I'm SO FREAKING HAPPY to finally get some insight!!

[@JaffaCakeGecko]

This looks GORGEOUS! I had no idea so much detail down to the positioning of stars went into dioramas! Next time I'm in a natural history museum I will be sure to look closer to fully appreciate this stuff

[@hellozup]

The diorama looks really lovely, especially the color of the dusk.. Can't wait to see the finished product complete with the hyenas!

[@piratequeen9464]

Will love coming to see this when it's finished. We should organize a Chicago Nerdfighters gathering for it.

[@thebrainscoop]

+piratequeen94 Yes you should! And let me know when you do... :)

[@karsineng]

The background has stunning depth to it, especially with the morning twilight. It's great to see all the pieces falling into place. Keep up the good work!

[@QuiggleSan]

Casper and Pollock, the Friendly Ghost and The Abstract Expressionist Painter--lesser known figures in Greek Mythology. (Psst...it's Castor and Pollux.)

[@jeaninemccarthy7411]

Ahhhh! Looking so fantastic! I stopped by the diorama a few weeks ago and it was still covered and mysterious, of course. Cannot wait to see the finished display next time I visit!

[@scott98390]

WHY DID NO ONE MENTION THE TORTOISES?

[@UrbanPanic]

+Scott Baker People that would comment about tortoises are a bit shy. Don't worry, they'll come out of their shell soon.

[@scott98390]

Benjamin Shaw oooo nicely played, Good Sir.

[@dirkbonesteel]

Screw them how about the giant face on the rock?

[@MAR72132]

please don't ever stop producing. we love your work!

[@AnAlbinoGiraffe]

That looks gorgeous! Can't wait to see it when I visit the museum in a few years. Nice job Emily & Aaron!

[@nudl3Zz]

+Elly Johnson I will totally go there too someday

[@GingerLolaMiniatures]

+Elly Johnson me too :)

[@aadelehanty]

+Elly Johnson thank you

[@creativityjune3591]

Thanks Emily! It was great to hear from Aaron, his painting looks fantastic

[@Bobbydog66]

I really love the way the painting has turned out, i know it's cliche, but I legit feel like I'm actually there when looking at it from a certain distance. Like the tree at the distance you first filmed made me think twice about it being there and all.

[@CapnHolic]

So glad to see this project went through. I had hoped it would. Field museum os on my list of places to visit someday.

[@leestuurmans2837]

Perhaps the grandest thing I've looked my eyes on in a while!

[@afeliafail]

Incredible colors and fantastic illusion of volume, amazing!

[@DanielFoland]

Frederick Edwin Church is my favorite painter and this is some seriously respectable work.

[@TeaBurn]

1:34 I wish I could have that as a poster...Carl Akeley is just too awesome.

[@markvankeulen6974]

It looks beautiful, clearly very talented people working on it! Is that face on the rocks based on a real carving (3:00)? I think that looks awesome!

[@dracla1]

I used to hate working with botanists, but after a while they GREW on me. Emily when your taking the skin off of animals are you ever aFLAYed of getting cut?

[@JackOfAllTrades0404]

Stop it you're hurting me emotionally

[@ljmastertroll]

I like where the Home Depot product placement ad was planted.

[@GingerLolaMiniatures]

+ljmasternoob nothing's for free, they gots to get paid :)

[@thebrainscoop]

+ljmasternoob The only thing Home Depot gave us was the plant. when we paid for it

[@ljmastertroll]

***** I know, but I needed to make the pun.

[@ljmastertroll]

GingerLola Doll Shows & Crafts No complaints - the cause is just!

[@thebrainscoop]

+ljmasternoob ....oh i juST GOT IT. Baaaaaaaahahhaha

[@Crystalvampire66]

This is sooooo cool! I love it when science and art come together. With our powers combined....

[@horizon241]

Anyone else see the face in the boulder on the left side near the tree at 3:16?

[@PinkGrapefruit22]

Those rocks. I felt as though they were staring into my soul.

[@rogerhamilton8029]

when i was little at a museum (either Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago or Milwaukee Public Museum) there was a buffalo diorama and someone activated the sound and i thought they were going to run my older brother over who was sitting in front of it and i ran over and was trying to drag him out of the way yelling HELP HELP! i love bringing it up to my brother when i need a favor, saying hey i ran out into stampeding buffalo to save you the fact it wasnt real doesnt matter all that matters is i thought it was and risked my life to save you! it is a great story and my mom loves the memory ( im not sure if i actually remember it or im just remembering the story) but either way it wouldnt be possible without dioramas

[@GingerLolaMiniatures]

So beautiful... fun job!

[@JenniferLazarevic]

This is awesome! Can't wait to see it when it's done!

[@Kitchensink108]

I'm wondering if you have any particular thoughts on the process of painting the diorama, given your own background in painting large landscapes.

[@thebrainscoop]

+Kitchensink108 Yes! I think it's wonderful the Museum has people like Aaron who are dedicated to the tradition of diorama making. I was always moved and impressed by seeing such murals growing up, which is why I wanted to paint my own featuring landscapes. Aaron has done a beautiful job creating the mood of the scene with regards to the composition and color choices. It's really stunning in person.

[@naota3k]

This guy is super cool. He would make a really good host for something.

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

I have mural painting experience and would really love to work at the Field Museum, but too bad I live on the other side of the planet.

[@mickblock]

1:34 Hmmm I wonder what dialogue got edited out at 1:51?

[@MisterTingles]

Don't break my heart. My Akeley breakely heart.

[@heavantedder1395]

It looks so good!!!!! Great job guys

[@zachodell182]

@ 3:00 is there a face in the rock by the tree?

[@TheMj77]

I like the masked visitor. Hope to see the diorama in person soon.

[@mydrynn]

That is a beautiful painting

[@gwcgwc1]

Look at all those happy little rocks!

[@walkswithhippies]

But the face in the boulders!! I'd like the story on that...

[@henryvonrintelen3748]

Post more!!! We love you!!

[@merlachner]

Amazing art work

[@rocketman1058]

At 3:19 there's a face on the left side, who and why?

[@teriscallon]

Looking forward to seeing this

[@Glasichor]

What's with the rock face?

[@aadelehanty]

+Glasichor It is Bill Stanley who sadly passed away while helping us build the diorama

[@mrbigoofs9820]

3:15 There are two bushes that are growing on the very top of the rock mound in the mural. The one to the left ( the one closest to the tree) is next to a boulder with a smaller rock on it.below that boulder is the face.

[@MatthewSchellGaming]

Cool mural! Does he do kids room (not really)? Plus I don't have kids, but would have loved to have something like this on my wall as a kid.

[@EmmaSpAce111]

3:13 is the face accurate?

[@KatrinaEames]

How do you get a job as a staff artist? What exactly is the process you have to go through to get such an amazingly cool job?

[@aadelehanty]

+Katrina Eames ---Art background, I am an exhibiting artist.... then just timing and good luck...I hoped to make diorama while I was there, luckily the opportunity came up

[@JoshuaChowabc]

I didn't know that the diorama would be so huge!

[@ReadHeadPat]

Aaron can you paint my room??

[@aadelehanty]

+ReadHeadPat yes...

[@maxm10081]

+ReadHeadPat He will probably just put a bunch of hidden faces everywhere

[@MardyBeetleBum]

Does he do bedrooms? Because I've been thinking of painting my bedroom wall...

[@IsabellaBasso1]

He's such a good painter! :o

[@WildBlueYonder]

This is so cool

[@feelzify]

Hi Brandon! Nice to meet you.

[@breonnamay]

slightly awkward, very informative. love it.

[@reynal_omnicide9217]

First comment, I gotta say something cool... Neil deGrasse Tyson must feel proud about that sky.

[@ugh.2923]

My god that intro is a mouthful!

[@thebrainscoop]

+Ian Kim Sometimes I get over-excited, shoot off at the mouth.

[@ugh.2923]

+thebrainscoop I can tell! visiting these places while they're still in construction is not something the average Joe gets to do often!

[@ugh.2923]

+Ian Kim Oh no the wifi is duplicating my messages -.-

[@gordonyoung9872]

Amazing! Will it be on exhibit at the Field museum?

[@KrazyKaiser]

I totally noticed that face hidden in the rocks, whats that all about?

[@BellMuseum]

This is great!

[@thebrainscoop]

+BellMuseum Thanks, friends!

[@Inucat]

First of all: well done. That is a stunning painting! I have strange mixed feelings about dioramas. My local natural history museum (Senkenberg in Frankfurt Main) doesn't have any dioramas and for me these are typical for American museum (for which you can blame the movie Night in the Museum.) I get their educational value and they are, if well made, nice to look at but there is this weird off feeling I have about them which I can not put into words. It feels wrong, which is weird because I don't mind all the taxidermied animals, but it's like that dioramas somehow pretend that the animals are still alive and that rubs me the wrong way. Nevertheless well made. Can't wait to see more about this project.

[@seigeengine]

+Inucat That's... the point. You're trying to show the animals (in this case) as if they were alive, doing what they do, as, you know, animals.

[@mojonacho]

It still has glitter on it.

[@gildedbear5355]

"there they sat; under a bedazzled moon..." A very interesting image, though I'm not sure how a person would actually use it in a story...

[@diphyllum8180]

"... in Somaliland" -- 45 seconds in and you've acknowledged the existence of an internationally unrecognised state! Subtle yet significant...

[@500Bees]

why is there a face in the rocks

[@carriel3054]

0:26 Soon Raccoon's new friend "Soon Fennec Fox"? Edit: "Soon Bat-Eared Fox"?

[@hadorstapa]

Did Aaron call the Twins "Casper and Polluck"? Is that a thing? He knows it's Castor and Pollux, right?

[@christonyawatson4519]

way to go brain scoop

[@Kaneanite]

It appears that Soon Raccoon approves of this gorgeous diorama.

[@LiCracken]

I have this weird feeling that soon raccoons aren't native to somliland, but then again it is soon raccoon, and he's everywhere.

[@howarthe1]

(5:30) I wanna build a model...

[@melhope]

August 6? That's my birthday!More recently than 1896 😉

[@Cpt.Phenom]

Pro tip kids: Mother-in-Law's Tongue is also one of the plants recommended by a NASA report on plants that improve air quality by targeting certain compounds. This one starts it's job at night. Page 6 of the ACTUAL report (ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930073077.pdf)

[@Kazooga-lp5ql]

thx for this awesomely ha bisky vid i loved seeing this a lot

[@megansheufelt8803]

I loved soon raccoon just chillin there

[@horizon241]

Why hello Soon Raccoon! I see you there hanging out in the background.

[@__RD14533]

3:17 Anyone else see the face?

[@WarisAmirMohammad]

0:25 new diorama who dis

[@JeanPhDV]

YEEEEEY !!!

[@Zootycoonman223]

Chelonia are always forgotten 😢 Stigmochelys pardalis!

[@tamaboyle]

Casper and Pollock

[@David-kd4qr]

castor and pollux, not castor and pollock....unless the painter went and took over the job for pollux...

[@SSGranor]

Wait a second. Did he say "Casper and Pollock"?

[@jintie]

Damn I thought this said diarrhoea thank god I read the title again or I wouldn't have watched it 😂

[@thebrainscoop]

+Kel 〈3 We do some weird stuff on this show to be sure, but I can't imagine a scenario in which we'd be painting diarrhea. Actually... I'm not going to rule it out.

[@WarisAmirMohammad]

+thebrainscoop how about painting WITH diarrhea

[@666Tomato666]

+Waris Amir Mohammad too artsy

[@Jonatrus]

Guys, its a miracle. There are no dislikes!

[@jebus6kryst]

1:25 - That is good. Neil deGrasse Tyson would approve.

[@realspacemodels]

Oh I love that he made sure that the sky is accurate! Neil DeGrasse Tyson would approve!

[@GreyDevil]

Soon raccoooon

[@SassyForStyles]

.....this is my dream job

[@lierrasilvan1509]

SOON RACCOON!!!

[@JackOfAllTrades0404]

"Bleeding blood" as opposed to bleeding...sweet tea? 😂

[@RabidMortal1]

That "rock face" at 3:20 is terribly distracting

[@miah2011]

those hyenas are older than my country lol

[@maxmccormick3376]

"Casper and Pollock" *Castor and Pollux*

[@error.418]

Casper and Pollock? *facepalm* Castor and Pollux, bruh

[@rurutuM]

this is beautiful. please come paint my room. i can pay you with m&m's and room temp mountain dew