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Miniature art always fascinates with how artists can make their artworks so tiny but incredibly detailed. In the hands of Russian artist Salavat Fidai, the tips of pencils become tiny and incredible masterpieces. The amount of detail the artist puts into these miniature masterpieces is absolutely astonishing!

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The Ufa-based artist uses an X-ACTO knife to carve miniature renderings of various characters from pop culture, buildings, statues, and everyday objects. It is a delicate process because the success of the artwork depends on how much pressure the lead can withstand. Therefore, mistakes are inevitable.

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What Is Dead May Never Die

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For the artist, carving miniature renderings is like a meditation and a challenge at the same time. The most difficult task is to make a micro sculpture and not to break it. These sculptures are fragile and tiny, and that excites the artist the most. The artist likes to pay attention to the details and bring each sculpture to perfection.

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Rose

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Eliana Mount
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why so little upvotes? these are awesome! ヽ(͡◕ ͜ʖ ͡◕)ノ

Palestinian warrior
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How did they make it 2 different colors? Did they paint it? Or attach a carving from a red pencil to the green one?

Christine Holl
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't even sharpen a pencil without the lead breaking, let alone carve one...

Rose
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen stuff like this on tik tok and it is awesome I love these

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Fidai was born into a family of artists so it’s quite natural that he became an artist himself. His artistic journey started around 5 years ago and since then, he has continued to surprise us with his carving skills. If you are interested in more artworks by this artist, you can find them here and here on Bored Panda.

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Astronaut

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david kohn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow this is awesome the detail on that astronaut is incredible

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Pianist

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Your Mother
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the perfect pencil for listening to piano music. All you have to do is shove it up your ear 😂

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Butterfly

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Food Chain

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phone.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how the pencil is eating the fish...(I laughed my a*s off and now I can't get it back on, please send help)

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Star Wars

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Girl On The Tip Of A Pencil

Girl On The Tip Of A Pencil

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Witcher

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Elaine Mattingly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Set this in front of a candle in a dark room and tell scary stories. Beautiful.

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Chair

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Binxyminxem
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL an IKEA pencil chair! Where are the tiny assembly instructions 😁

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Olaf

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Bike

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Elaine Mattingly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the tiny little garage is the tiny little hat, tiny little gloves, tiny little jacket, tiny little permit and tiny little Mom who won't let you ride unless you wear all your tiny little safety equipment.

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Violin

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School Teacher

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Christmas Tree

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Annabeth Chase
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The elves can now celebrate Christmas. (make sure to leave out cookies for a tiny Santa)

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Pen

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The Man

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Halloween

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Rj
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is Halloween, this is Halloween, pumpkins scream in the dead of night!

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Mortal Kombat

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Love

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Faq

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phone.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love, my name is Faq. (I read it like this and now I can't see it any other way)

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The Voice

The Voice

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Ferrari 365 GT/4 Daytona

Ferrari 365 GT/4 Daytona

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be fantastic placed horizontally, with the lead of the pencil carved like dust cloud in the wake of the car.

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Caesar

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Elaine Mattingly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stop with the dirty look before somebody snaps your head off the end of that pencil.

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Women

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God Bless You

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Spongebob Squarepants

Spongebob Squarepants

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Love Math
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

-cool is it a pinapple under the sea - absorbent and yellow and pourous is he - :)

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Question Mark

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Love Is

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Movado

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Karin Gibson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are wonderful they hurt my eyes just looking at them....Imagining how it would feel to create them.. There is a guy in the uk who does sculptures inside a needle eye. He uses a high powered microscope.

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