Pool Diorama with an unexpected ending【The Back Rooms/Pool Rooms/Liminal space】

[@ragtard7419]

“If you want to hide a tree, hid it in a forest”(Thalasso Hobbyer). Unexpectedly symbolic and, in my opinion, the best quote of the day.😊

[@たらっぷ佐藤-v4w]

それは日本のよくある言い回しです。

[@1pandamanypanda]

"Not all pools need monsters" proceeds to make one haunted by the existential aberration of Infinity.

[@cassius9006]

This is a phenomenal diorama of the backrooms pools, I once again commend your efforts and am in awe of your hard work and talent! Keep of the great work and I can't wait to see what wonders you will make! ❤

[@naboos4432]

I love your work! This neverending backroom pool is even more ominous for lack of monster..lets your mind run wild with all the possibilities...until the very end!!! Well done!

[@hieioni3354]

Agreed. Without the monster presence, the pool room looks more ominous for sure! That ending is very cool.

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

As the fellow from the Deepsea Oddities aptly put it: "what else lurks within the abyss?"

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

The yellow offices I think without a monster it's hell but you can go on, now the pool without sunlight and with this disgusting tile loneliness is worse than any monster.

[@interstellarsnow]

The thing that scares me about this is you didn’t just leave the water to look smooth and calm, you added texture as if something had disturbed it

[@しゃるろって-q9r]

ほんっっっとうに海が苦手でおしりがゾワゾワしちゃうのにたらそほびやさんの動画は見てしまう……怖いよりすごいが勝つからだと思う。作品ひとつひとつにストーリーがあって命を感じる。美しいと思っちゃう。でもやっぱり怖い…という自分なりの楽しみ方させていただいております🥹お体ご自愛ください✨これからも素敵な作品楽しみにしています!!

[@imaginedarc1883]

You really captured the feel of the back rooms with this one, it's absolutely amazing! I hope you have a peaceful new year and enjoy some time for yourself~!

[@jadeneace1408]

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist! Even if a scene doesn't need a monster to be scary, having the threat of one just out of sight doesn't hurt

[@DunkleNacht15]

This is really really cool and spooky 😅 OK wow, just wow, the ending, it's cool on its own, but the end 😱😱 A great Diorama

[@iRiselyTech]

You can get first-surface mirrors, where the mirrored surface is on the front of the glass. They are fragile and easy scratch, but in infinite mirrors, they work perfectly with no strange gaps :)

[@melaniesa2225]

I don't understand how people can just skip to the end of the video. Watching the process along with the music is like a few minutes of meditation. It calms my mind and inspires me to get back to my own creative projects. Keep up your nice work!

[@jetaimefebruary6]

I never get over your dioramas, each one you come up with is breath taking and even better than the past one. But, every diorama you've made until this point is awesome, and especial by it own. You managed to bring the backrooms pool scene really well. I appreciate your work so much, thanks for putting effort to show us a better work every time you post a video, you're one of my favorites KZbinrs at the diorama community.

[@BlackBeastWorkshop]

Th depth of the pool and vastness of the hall makes for a good unsettling feeling and plays into your own imagination making things more frightening. Really cool effect with a relatively simple setting. And a cool surprise at the end there.

[@Motley_etc]

久しぶりに見たけど、本当に繊細で且つ音楽の選び方にも気を使っている… 今年も残り僅かですが、あまり寒くされないようご自愛ください🍀 いや最後こっわ

[@dimasakbar7668]

i feel like being a Patreon of you is like old nobility giving patronage to their favorite sculptor / composers. Awesome works as always

[@Thalassohobbyer]

Thank you for everything.😄

[@vcpc333]

どこまでも続くプールの得体の知れない恐怖。でもいつもの恐ろしげなクリーチャーは今回はお休みか……と思わせてラストに魅せてくれて、思わずおおっと声が出てしまいました！ 粋な演出ですが、クリーチャーの制作過程も見たかったなぁ 今回も素晴らしい作品楽しませていただきました！👏👏👏👏👏

[@user-thuzuku]

新作、お待ちしてました！ 正直巻き戻すことはあっても早送りしたことはないです。 いつもどんな作品になるのか、楽しみに拝見しております。 明かりがついた途端に背筋がぞわぞわっとしました。これは制作過程を見ていなければ味わえないものだと思います。

[@darthrak2067]

I love how all the videos are made like a tutorial but no one could recreate the beauty that comes from your talent in this line of work edit: what was that end though... that was awsome

[@IQ-zx3pr]

不気味なのに落ち着く雰囲気がたまらない...

[@TheChaosGoddess]

Wow, that turned out brilliantly! Jaw literally dropped after the countdown and you turned the inside lights on. Never get tired of watching and rewatching your videos. Hope you don't stop posting anytime soon 😉 And Merry Christmas to you from the Americas 💙🎄🎁⛄🦌💚

[@midnight_blue_moon]

Oh my god, when you turned on the lights at the end my mouth literally hung open. I had to pause the video and take a few moments just to take it in. This is absolutely insane! Your pieces are simply phenomenal and I will never not be amazed by what you do.

[@翔Sho0820]

これだからホント大好きなんです‼︎ 最後までワクワクと期待を裏切らない世界観✨

[@angelawelby9993]

This piece is AMAZING! Your attention to detail and ability to problem solve tho get the effect you’re going for comes through in you pieces and never disappoints (far as I’m concerned).

[@kottu2267]

待っていました！ 丁寧なお仕事、本当に釘付けになります。鏡の境目を見事クリアし、美しくも不安を掻き立てるような作品に感銘を受けました。 最後は怖かった…です。

[@glenngriffon8032]

I prefer the Backrooms to have no monsters or creatures. To me it's far more terrifying to force someone to experience the terror and dread of being _truly_ alone. Some people might say that's boring but that's only because they don't really grasp what it would be like. To be stuck in this endlessness with naught but your own mind to keep you company. Especially if the Backrooms doesn't actually have anything to keep you alive like water or food or any ofher stuff. So you just keep walking and walking till you slowly die of thirst unless you find the pool and then you get to starve to death. Not because the backrooms hates hou and wants you to die but because it simply doesn't notice you. It is purely indifferent. That's terror.

[@Awen_newA]

You'd be a great script writer

[@MayaPosch]

That is indeed what makes liminal spaces so terrifying: they're supposed to be areas you pass through, like a hallway or parking lot, or where you briefly spend time before going somewhere else, like a shopping mall, a school or a pool. But what if liminal spaces were all that remained? Only these transitionary spaces that go on forever and ever, with never another soul to be seen? Maybe you'll find perfectly maintained stores, so that you don't even die from hunger or thirst. There's nowhere that you could walk or travel to that would ever get you out of these liminal spaces. Some may call it 'hell', or maybe it's just purgatory. Or maybe there's no name one can give to it, because it just exists, like liminal spaces that exist solely to provide a way for you to move from point A to point B.

[@glenngriffon8032]

@@MayaPosch It's my personal belief that the backrooms is alive. I believe that it's an alternate universe that is composed solely of the backrooms entity. A living, sentient universe. I don't think it's evil or malicious, just indifferent to us, probably not even recognizing us as alive in the same way that we would not understand how an entity could be its own universe. But I think it's alive and curious about our world and trying to copy it in places but it doesn't really understand the things that it is copying, like an AI making art, the backrooms entity is just mindlessly mimicking our world. Why? To what end? Well that depends. Personally I don't think it's malicious. Even more i don't think that it even has "wants" as we would understand the concept, if it even "wants" at all.

[@MollyHJohns]

This thread is what my soul understand about Backrooms, especially Poolrooms. Let there be no others but you and the endless rooms.

[@pashaveres4629]

It's kinda' like THE MATRIX (one of them) where Neo runs out of the subway station - just to re-enter it from the other side. Or like Eskimos, as Annie Dillard tells it in "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" wherein Eskimos in kayaks staring at the sea and sky with no clear delineation go crazy. Or the episode of Star Trek (TOS) "The Alternative Factor" wherein the character Lazarus is trapped in the corridor between matter and anti-matter. Jung would probably have something to say about it too. And maybe also Joseph Campbell; there's something archetypal about this undifferentiated space.

[@kota0405]

こんな結末、ありですか？ｗ　それにしても、こういうシンプルな作品故に、それにかかる構想や設計に時間がかかりそうですね。いつもながらのお見事な出来映え、堪能させていただきました。

[@user-damono]

なんてカッケェ演出なんだ… 見ていて楽しいです

[@True_Rarity]

Having the lights on the side, but none on the top, yet still sharing the light emitted from them is genius. Looks like real ambient sky lighting. Incredible work!

[@palindrme]

amazing as always!! I look forward to your next piece i agree that pieces like this don't need monsters to be scary, but I do really hope this doesn't mean no more monsters, as they're some of my favorite of your works you have so much talent and it's amazing to me what you do, happy holidays

[@boarbot7829]

Did you watch until the very end? If not, DO!

[@khill6860]

Ha!

[@palindrme]

@@boarbot7829 I didn’t! thank you for telling me, very cool

[@hieioni3354]

@@boarbot7829 The ending is very cool and spooky. I like it :)

[@boarbot7829]

@@palindrme no problem! Brilliant, isn’t it!?

[@jamielandis4606]

Artist, architect, engineer, video editor, producer, amazing!

[@LuciferTheIV]

That ending was done so well it gave me chills. Each piece you create astounds me more and more, your talent is like no other!

[@whyooow]

今までの作品の中で一番好みの構造かもしれません。 シンプルでいながら壮大で、本当に素晴らしいジオラマです…何よりメンテナンスができるのも嬉しい！(笑)

[@tahlenri]

Wow! The infinite corridor effect was masterful!!! Incredible!

[@dimitriisov1262]

The first-person view at the end is super realistic!

[@rancelopez6431]

That ending was awesome

[@prusin-senpai6013]

Yooooo~ a drunk person here! Have a great 2023! Even tho it will propably bring new struggles and will be shitty I believe in you! You survived this long and you will tank the shit out of 2023 - just like you did this year! Good luck traveler and always face the world with love, curiousity, conviction and hope!

[@CrimHawk]

Another absolute masterpiece!. The few bubbles in the deeper parts of the water may not have been intentional but they just added to the ambiance of the whole piece!

[@christraven]

Nicely done, as always. The end was a nice touch. Personally, I think part of what I find so fascinating about your work is the fact that it's all hand-crafted, and you don't use 3D printing or modeling as a shortcut or time-saver.

[@jakesto]

The hiding of the mirror gap within the 'forest' turnout out great! Every video you make is so creative and carefully done.

[@NeuJoi]

I rushed over here as soon as I saw your instagram post. I did not predict that ending. So cool!! Very impressive!!

[@gremmymemes]

Yay! I'm so glad you started a Patreon. You deserve all the support in the world 🌟The hidden creatures at the back of the diorama is so You, haha, I love it.

[@らぎ-x1w]

普通に永遠に続くプールを作るられたのね。そう思っていました。ずいぶん早く手をふっていかれ多々と思ったらこんな仕掛けが！ プール自体確かに終わりがないように見えると思いましたよ！ 今回も面白かったですね。最高の年末動画です。次回も楽しみにしてます♪

[@ShinigamiofExcellence]

I think i've said this before, but you're honestly my favorite diorama artist. Always makes me so happy to see your stuff, and how you sculped almost everything yourself from scratch. It's so satisfying. And i adore the poolrooms. So it was amazing seeing you work on this

[@カナはじめ]

いやー！お見事！！そしてゾワゾワする……。鏡だとわかっているのに、込み上げてくる不安感がすごいです！ ……ちらりと出てきた謎生物、モンスターハンターというゲームに出てくるフルフルを思い出してしまうお口……。

[@anicrue]

This is amazing!!! The infinite room trick was really well done, and I especially loved the surprise at the end!

[@lumpfish100]

I can't remember how many times I have watched this! It's absolutely amazing. I love this channel so much❤

[@melaniestapp4627]

OK straight up! Your work needs to be in an art gallery or museum, you have phenomenal talent.

[@thefrogggy100]

This is amazing. Especially love the lack of monsters, as its freaky without them. I did watch till the end

[@sikiharu1236]

鏡の効果とそれを最大限に活かす構成が素晴らしいですね…！！最後の映像が本当に迷い込んだような感覚になるし、最後の最後までみっしり詰まってて驚きました

[@harenava1451]

I see a new Thalasso hobbyer video, I simply sit back and enjoy

[@idk_bruh210]

That ending definitely caught me by suprise lol... This is absolutely amazing! All of your dioramas are absolutely mind-boggling! I'm glad I found your channel... this definitely beats pimple popping vids!

[@EpicGamerDog]

I love it! Really captures the liminal space feel with your twist added to it.

[@thelemonwho]

I lost track of where the mirror was multiple times! Phenomenal!

[@marvinumanavega]

Master piece!!! Thanks for this outstanding diorama! Simple and perfect! LOVED the ending!

[@tokyo_vr6352]

now this my friend it true art, art thats showes the dedication and beauty of each way. keep up the vids they are very addicting to watch.

[@inoli3164]

Happy holidays to everyone! Your videos are well worth the wait! (Edit) I also find it interesting on how you go through the process of prototyping and figuring out what works and what doesn’t.

[@にっしーだよ-o7c]

遅ればせながら新作を魅せて頂きました。ひよこちゃんはいつ出てくるのかと思ったら、しっかりと映り込んでいて笑いました😄 完成した時のゾワッと感が何とも言えませんでした。そして、一作品毎にストーリー性や、演出方法が進化していてスゴイとしか言いようがありません😍 次回作も楽しみにワクワクしながら待たせて頂きます。

[@forgingaheadinart]

Great job!!!! Thank you for the detailed explanation of the mirrors and how to work them into the build!! A BIG thank you for the peeling sound of acrylic off the resin, that is the best part of resin work!!

[@jadedisaster]

it looks incredble!!! the idea of having to swim or wade through knee deep water seemingly forever is giving me the shivers! Hiding the mirror line in the grout line of the tiles is so clever and it worked really well!! the ending was amazing too! what a clever place to hide it! this is a very very good christmas present and it's relaxing to see you work!

[@carlotta4th]

Fun tip: "First surface" mirrors have the reflective coating on the front instead of the back, so you can get a MUCH smaller gap in dioramas when you use them.

[@kingley7017]

VERY cool trick with the tiling, that worked so well! delightful surprise at the end too 👀

[@jemma8925]

That's awesome! Can also be more creepy than a monster for sure.

[@Nezlaya8]

Вы невероятный МАСТЕР! Все что вы делаете, это произведение искусства! Браво!!!❤❤️❤️👏👏👏

[@-yura-4349]

待ってました！ 今回の作品も素晴らしい✨ 無限に続く空間の得体の知れない 不安感と焦燥感にぞわぞわしました！ いつも感動を有難うございます🙇‍♂️

[@pfizz8347]

I think this might be the most geniunely CREEPY sculpture you've ever done! And I thought this before the reveal at the end! Amazing work as always friend, and Merry Christmas to you and yours

[@user-moffumofu]

試行錯誤の末の溝がプールのタイルを彷彿とさせてドキドキしますね！たくさんのタイル編集でテンポがいいのは…たくさんの努力と発想と試行錯誤の賜物ですね！ この小さなプールルームもルームと繋がっていて、覗く私達もまた怪異なのかもしれませんね。 素敵な動画をありがとうございます！

[@Squishcat]

the illusion of this one is extremely effective!! amazing work as always :D i loved all the little friends you put around Kiiroitori is so cute ^_^ also the ending really got me 👀👀

[@Bulma642]

Ooooh You hide the mirror with the wall lines. Clever. Amazing work as always.

[@monkeykingvk]

I love the editing in this video. You're getting better and better with each one. And cool reveal at the end, very well made.

[@chubbydinosaur9148]

Amazing work! I love the pool rooms so much, I imagine that they're rather cold, with a slight draft, the pools themselves are 20C so more on the cool side. I'd love to just float in that chill water and listen to the underwater pool sounds.

[@奈未ナミ]

すごい😳😳‼️ 最後ゾクッとしました💥 いつも素晴らしい作品楽しませて頂いてます(∩´∀`∩)💕 大好きです🥰💕

[@あそこのカラス]

巨大な生物でてんじゃねえかっ！！あと、そんなモノいつ作ってたんだ！！って思った

[@seefol9095]

I love your videos, it's always a treat to see you pop up in my notafacations!

[@0gammag0]

It’s always a good feeling seeing you upload, man! Can’t wait to see what you make this time! Edit: Whoah it turned out amazing!

[@とに-f3h]

凄い！！永遠と続くプール、誰も居ないと何となく不安になる感じ...最後はゾッとしました😂素敵な動画をありがとうございます✨

[@prenimystic]

I'm so early?!?!?! Also I love your work, it's always so amazing and satisfying to watch. The end products are just spectacular as well

[@amanomahitotsu1]

I don’t know how often you hear this, but it’s not enough. All of your works are of such high quality that they would fit right in at a museum or art gallery. The level of dedication that you put into these are like nothing I’ve seen before. Especially when you remember that it is literally just you. There are things similar to this on the internet, but they don’t really give the same level awe because they are typically less detailed or are worked on by multiple individuals. You are fucking awesome.

[@party4lifedude]

I can't wait to see what you make next. I hope things are going well for you.

[@Narumi_Navy]

完成品を見た時、凄い引き込まれた！ 素敵な動画をありがとう

[@JustAnotherBuckyLover]

Wow. Incredible work. You managed to hide the gap so well, and the end result is endlessly unsettling, just as it's meant to be. Also, I loved the extra Christmas treat at the end. 😂Watching you make things like this is as much a part of the joy as it is seeing the finished result. I love it!

[@1000Puhtaters]

Not gonna lie, that last bit triggered my thalassophobia a bit. Very cool 😄✨

[@saskiaglory1179]

we miss your videos!! hope youre ok :(

[@slimkt]

Truly stunning! Empty backrooms like these are truly terrifying to me because of the absolute insignificance one would feel in a vast, endless space in which you’re completely alone. Your mind is incredible and I cannot wait to see whatever you create next!

[@JRHainsworth]

I gather that the slight unevenness of the 2 mirrors wasn't intentional, but the slight curving away in the distance is a really cool effect.

[@ガンスミス-b4p]

いつもとは違う作品ですね🎵 本当にどこまでも永遠に続く長いプールに思わずゾクゾクしましたよ。 作品自体は短い作りなのに鏡を使うだけで遠近法でとても永遠に続く長いプールに見えるのは本当にアイデアが凄いですね🎵 とても素晴らしい作品です👍⤴️🎵

[@rheinsalim]

Another excellent work from Thalassohobbyer to express liminal sensations

[@toshsqeez]

I love your concepts not dark part lol I like lights from between pillars so fantastic as same as my mental scenery👍

[@Faesharlyn]

Thumbs way up, this is amazing work You could use a kaleidoscope mirror to hide the seams, they are silvered on the front so there is no glass in the way

[@PhantomSavage]

its arguably more scary to be trapped in a place like The Backrooms than it is to be hunted by some monster. A monster is at least a monster, and if catches you, you're dead, and probably relatively quickly. The Backrooms on the otherhand feels like a place you'd get lost in for days... the kind of place where you'd either slowly starve to death as the overwhelming feeling of panic and confusion ravages your mind to the brink of madness, or inevitably take some wrong turn and die horribly somewhere in the bizarre architecture, perhaps falling from great heights or getting trapped into a room with no air. And of course.. there always is the possibility that *something* lurks out there, and that maybe, you really *aren't* alone..

[@HawkeGaming]

I'm a hobbyist game developer, and I have to say "The Pool Rooms" would actually make a really cool (and absolutely terrifying) video game.

[@dona10080609jettsam]

いつも素晴らしい作品に魅入られています。今回のは引き摺り込まれるというちょっと恐怖感がありました。本当に最後ゾクっとしました💦

[@nicholascampbell3081]

I always enjoy your Subnautica content, please keep up the good work with your craft. Never give up ♥️

[@MouseGoat]

All it needs is some kind of monster, but that probly be really hard to make. Such a cool concept.

[@khill6860]

AHAA! You couldn’t resist! Good for you. Sometimes our demons are a comfort.

[@morgantorres8282]

This is my favorite channel and I check back pretty much every week for new videos!

[@harvesterofsubs5561]

I’m actually baffled that you didn’t show about a quarter of the sculpture/diorama until the very end

[@feynthefallen]

You can buy mirrors with the metallisation on the front side. They aren't usually installed in homes, because they are very scratch sensitive and difficult to clean without damaging them. They are mostly used for technical applications like laser installations and telescopes where maximum reflectivity is required and the refraction of the glass in front would be undesirable. In a fully-enclosed diorama they should be fine, but they do come at a price...

[@Misha..K]

Great concept, editing and the ending is just amazing 💜

[@アヴィ-g7x]

意味深に終わった後、画面が暗転して終わり……かと思ったら明るい場所で普通に見せてくれるという遊び心、大好きです

[@TheNecromancress]

Haven't seen anything new from you in a while, Hope you are well

[@cmarano]

Congratulations! Saw the story about you on Laughing Squid. Your hard work is being recognized.