Friday, April 3, 2009

POP-UP BOOK!!!!

This is going to be an EPIC-ly huge post. An entire class worth.
(REMEMBER YOU CAN CLICK ON ALL IMAGES TO SEE THEM NICE AN' BIG! LIKE THESE LETTERS) ;o)

Ok, so, I've LOVED pop-up books forever and was SOOO stoked to finally get my chance to take pop-up books this winter. I plan on taking Pop-up II which technically isn't a class, but my buddy Alyx and I are obsessed and wont take no for an answer. It took me the whole 10 weeks to learn how to, experiment, and then finally make this puppy. I LOVE it. I hope you do too!

There's no story, just an Arabian theme.
first up: sketch and color study. These were VERY tentative as pop-ups change a lot during production by nature of the beast. Lots of engineering and trial and error, and error, and error. :o/

Then comes the white paper "dummy" book. This was my completed, to-scale, and working(!) dummy. I destroyed the evidence of my many failures. ;o)ooook. Time to ILLUSTRATE! What I did was scan in watercolor paintings of solid colors then put them together like cut paper, but digitally. I got to combine my love of paint, cut paper, and the efficiency of digital, all in one!
Here's some close-ups.

Now lastly, but most importantly, perhaps, is that a pop-up is not a proper, functional, pop-up unless it POPS! That means it looks good pop up, but it must also open and close, and often the most heart breaking part of making a pop-up is when it doesn't close. However, mine does!! YAY! completion :o)

3 comments:

  1. This one is *easily* my favorite piece you've done this year! I am so proud of you.

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  2. wow, what an endeavor! i can't even imagine how much time went into this. it looks fantastic :)

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  3. Pop-up books are sooo lovable! They've always been my favorite kind of kids book, but I never really thought about the fact that someone had to make them... They're so complex. You did an awesome job with it. It's so much like what we're doing, but real :) hehe. No wonder you're such an inspiration for JM!

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