Japanese Artist Fills In Their Anime-Inspired Cutouts With Their Surroundings (100 Pics)

Strings of crystal prisms on wires sticking out of the ground.

I think it's just some grass with a bunch of dew on it...but they are beautiful!

Someone's suggested photo-shopping? But I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that they curved their fingers a bit to give more support.

I doubt any photoshop goes beyond combining two photos in certain areas to mask the fingers so as to not break the illusion. ::~~:: As for how the paper is 'staying up', there's more than one type of paper. The paper kirigami artists use is a bit stiffer than construction paper but not as stiff as cardboard. It's called cardstock. If you buy an old comic book that's in a sleeve there's generally a piece of cardstock behind it to prevent it from bending or creasing. It's also what memo cards are made of. ::~~:: There are plenty of tutorials on YT that walk you through how to make pop-up art using a combo of kirigami (cutting) and origami (folding), like this one... https://youtu.be/OrS78V7Oc6o Papercraft is a fun hobby to get in to. I'm getting ready to build a moving paper model of Howl's Moving Castle, like this one... https://youtu.be/x-xrwRXBnmw Its extremely complicated, and all the directions are in Japanese, so I'm having to watch videos of people who've already made it to figure out certain parts.

I doubt there's any photoshop. ::~~:: As for how the paper is staying up, there's more than one type of paper. The paper kirigami artists use is a bit stiffer than construction paper but not as stiff as cardboard. It's called cardstock. For delicate looking lines like that the artist either glued multiple layers of cardstock to the back of the central line or several of the thicker lines to create a staggered spine to support the top. I had a friend that did art like this and that's how he hid the supports. It also looks like she frequently uses sheets of thin plastic to draw/ cut on, so that would be A LOT sturdier than cardstock. If you go to her Instagram there are videos of her holding the art up against various backgrounds. ::~~:: I'm genuinely baffled as to why people think this is flimsy notebook paper...