Tobinland is the digital presence for San Antonio artist and photographer Tobin Pilotte
"Nosferatu who liveth and feedeth on human bloode. This unholy creature liveth in sinister caves, tombs and coffins which are filled with cursed dirt from the fields of The Black Death." - Nosferatu 1922
Arranged a setup and gave it some atmosphere to help the photography with the ghostly landscape. Shot with a NECA Nosferatu figure.
- photo by Tobin Pilotte - Figure from Mezco - Diorama custom built by Tobin Pilotte
“Real love is forever.” ... The Crow
On Father's Day my daughter Sophi got me this amazing figure of The Crow knowing what a huge fan of the movie I am. Seemed that while playing around with fire today it was a natural setting to shoot him in.
- photo by Tobin Pilotte - Figure from Diamond Select Toys
This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine...
Playing with my camera, matches, fire and my favorite monster of all time.
- photo by Tobin Pilotte - Godzilla from Bandai
“You play a good game, boy, but the game is finished. Now you die.”- ANGUS SCRIMM - The Tall Man
Built this movie diorama from scratch just so I could photograph the 71 Cuda commemorative Phantasm car! Shot the photos in my studio.
- photo by Tobin Pilotte - Cuda by Errtl - Diorama custom built by Tobin Pilotte
"...and the truth bore witness to the miracle: at that very moment, the Great Death came to an end, and the shadow of the deathbird was gone... as if obliterated by the triumphant rays of the living sun." - Nosferatu 1922
Wanted a simpler arrangement to show off the cloak and hat for Count Orlok, the Mezceo figure I am loving to photograph. It's kind of a good representation of the end of Orlok having stayed out too late and being caught outside his coffin by the sun... all for a pretty girl. Well, a pretty girl and her blood!
- Photo by Tobin Pilotte - Figure from Mezco - Diorama custom built by Tobin Pilotte
“We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.” - Mike Carey
I love classic monster movies. Put this shot together and really liked the way my fog rolled in. I was attempting to make it less action figure and more scene oriented.
- Photo by Tobin Pilotte - Figures: McFarlane Toys Military Series 5 Army Special Forces Special Operator / American Werewolf in London from NECA
“People’s lives don’t end when they die, it ends when they lose faith.” - Itachi Uchiha, Naruto
Stuff laying around the studio looks awesome laid out in a still life today...
Photo by Tobin Pilotte
“Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
While I was in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago I snapped a sunrise street shot. Just had to play with it a little...
"Let me tell you: the only way to get rid of dragons is to have one of your own."-
Evgeny Shvarts
Some late night Dragon figure photography with one of McFarlane dragons.
Photo by Tobin Pilotte - Figure by McFarlane Eternal Clan Dragon Quest For Lost King
“Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.”
― Joseph Campbell
Epic Encounters: Caverns of The Frost Giant - Photo by Tobin Pilotte - Custom Diorama by Tobin Pilotte
"Yes, I am a Pirate.
Two hundred years too late.
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder, I'm an over-forty victim of fate"
- A Pirate Looks at Forty by Jimmy Buffett
My flat lay pirate photo I did recently.
Photo by Tobin Pilotte - Flintlock Pirate Pistol from Steamforged Studios / Knife from Zee Knives UK
"Truth is a moving target." - Brother Guy Consilmagno (form the book American Cosmic)
I have seen more UFOs/UAPs in my life than I can count or even remember. Never seen one crash though so I had to imagine the scene, build the diorama and shoot the photos in my studio.
Photo by Tobin Pilotte
“The human spirit lives on creativity and dies in conformity and routine.”
― Vilayat Inayat Khan
Another early morning photo shoot with an astronaut manufactured by Bandai that I build. Shot with one of my wife's many orchids. Oh yeah I added a tiny bit of photoshop as well.
Bandai Hobby ISS Space Suit Extravehicular Mobility Unit 1/10 - Exploring Lab Series
I am lost in a strange land and understand now, I will never return to my home.
Photo - Tobin Pilotte - Diorama by Tobin Pilotte