I turned my phone into a diorama

Sculpting an ancient underwater-resin ammonite diorama inside an iPhone with Epoxy and Polymer clay.


Chapters
00:00 Opening
00:40 Photoshop
01:13 Shell Sculpting
03:30 Rock
04:07 Crinoids?!
05:56 Demolition
06:43 Magic Sculpt
07:26 Nautiluses?!
09:03 EYES
11:18 Trilobites?!
12:22 Painting
17:19 Texture
19:40 Feather
21:32 Bubbles
22:38 Fish?!
24:40 Epoxy Resin

[morganw.]

“I’ve. Been. ROBBED.” Makes me laugh every time. I love the wholesome, sometimes surrealistic humor you bring to your videos and art.

[erynnmurphy]

An upload from Kayakasaurus near the end of Christmas Day? BEST. GIFT. Happy Holidays everyone!

[ichthyovenator]

My phone is shaking right now, it knows what I'm thinking.

[sydneys]

The fish KILLED IT omg I got so drawn in by them and the creatures are sooo detailed and I the bubbles

[auricolour]

As a Crinoid enthusiast, you had me on the edge of my seat right until the very end. I should never have doubted you would add in the rest of the tentacles! The diorama looks amazing!

[sariannas]

The fish add so much life to the scene and the light ripple paint job looks bomb! Deeply unsettled by the fleshy pink of the crinoids, though. Feathers as the arms was a great touch.

[AdriansArts]

That crinoid in 4:32 is actually called dinomischus if anyone is wondering, also I like the art, I like Cambrian period too, make more on it! 😊

[lastofthehouseplants]

I can’t even wrap my head around how cool this is. It looks like a painting, the shading and everything, but it’s 3D?! Honestly gorgeous, you are insanely talented.

[prehistoricfanboy]

You really took your creativity to another degree with this one 🤯

[Syntax_Assassin]

Imagine walking up to some and saying “hey wanna seeing something cool” and you pull out this that would make that person’s day

[Lemonkid.]

I always found sea life more interesting than land life, and to sea a see diorama from one of my favorite model makers is a great christmas gift. Happy holidays!

[MilQuetoastMushrooM]

AMAZING WORK AS I love your art I’ve been watching your channel for years and my little sister loves it too!!! Somtimes when she’s feeling down or bored she says to me “can watch the guy who makes dinosaurs with clay!” 😂 the other day when we were watching your videos she said you should make a mosasauras diorama lol!!! Anyway keep up the good work man me and my lil sister love to see

[aylaweiss]

I’m so happy you talked about cephalopods!! They’re awesome. (And modeling the colors after the flamboyant cuttlefish was a great choice)

[susannescheper]

That's really cool. I love the attention to detail. When you added those tiny beads and the way you clustered them, that was awesome.

[shinysnake]

No idea what possessed you to make a diorama inside the gutted carcass of an iphone but I'm so here for it. This turned out amazing especially with the really limited depth.

[hitesman]

All the little tricks, techniques, hats off. Not only entertaining, beautiful to see, but educational as well.

[DUDETE]

Yay!!! New video! My bf and I are chilling watching you now 🥰

[ThatFreakOfNurture]

Always a good day when Kayakasaurus uploads

[GothamCtySiren]

This turned out amazing! It feels like your creativity knows no bounds! I think the resin still looks great, even if it wasn't the color you were going for. It adds even more of a true ocean feel since there's typically a blue color tone to things underwater in real life.

[Allestaer]

So cool. I love ammonites, and I like the bluer resin because it makes the ammonite look further away in the resin. Happy holidays!