Monthly Archives: October 2012

DIY Pop-Up: Darth Vader

For this DIY Pop-Up you will need:

  • Cardstock or heavy construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Paper clip, or ballpoint pen that has run out of ink, or a knitting needle
  • Crayons, colored pencils, markers

Instructions

1 Download the PDF templates and print out at 100% size (no scaling) on a heavy paper, such as cardstock.
2 Color all of your pieces with crayons or markers before scoring and cutting.

3 Using a ruler as a guide, take the rounded end of a paper clip (or a ballpoint pen that has run out of ink) and press along all the dotted lines of the pieces.
4 Carefully cut out the card and pieces of Darth Vader following the solid, black lines.
5 Take the base page and fold it towards you along the black dotted line. Crease well and unfold.

6 Take the piece that is marked with “Glue Here E”/“Glue Here F”. Fold it along the center dotted line away from you. Crease well and unfold.
7 Now fold the lower left tab up towards you along the dotted line. Crease well and unfold.
8 Now fold the lower right tab up towards you along the dotted line. Crease well and unfold. Set the piece aside.

9 Now take the piece that is marked with “Glue Here G”/“Glue Here H”. Fold the piece away from you along the center dotted line. Crease well, do not unfold.
10 Fold along the top diagonal dotted line away from you. Crease well and unfold (but keep the piece folded down the center.)
11 Now fold along the middle diagonal dotted line away from you. Crease well and unfold.

12 Now fold along the bottom diagonal dotted line away from you. Crease well and unfold the whole piece completely.
13 Fold the upper tabs of the piece away from you along the dotted lines. Crease well and unfold.
14 Now fold the piece away from you down the centerline very slowly. As you do this, put your finger in the “V” section below the top tabs and push down. This will make the section go back as you fold the piece away from you. Crease well and unfold.

15 Now fold the lower left tab up towards you. Crease well and unfold.
16 Fold the lower right tab up towards you. Crease well and unfold. Set the piece aside.
17 Now pick up Vader’s mouthpiece. Fold it away from you down the center dotted line. Crease well and unfold.

18 Fold the left tab along the dotted line towards you. Crease well and unfold.
19 Now fold the right tab along the dotted line towards you. Crease well and unfold.
20 Fold the piece again down the center dotted line. Take the triangle area and fold it towards you along the dotted line.

21 Now fold the triangle area away from you. Unfold the piece completely.
22 Using your thumb, push the triangular area away from you as you fold the piece down the center dotted line away from you. Crease well and unfold. Set the piece aside.
23 Take the base page and put glue inside the grey shape marked “Glue Here A”.

24 Take the piece that is marked with “Glue Here E”/“Glue Here F” and line the lower left tab with “Glue Here A”. Press firmly and let dry.
25 Put glue in the grey shape marked “Glue Here B”.
26 Line up the lower right tab with “Glue Here B”. Press firmly and let dry.

27 Now put glue in the grey shape marked “Glue Here C”.
28 Pick up the piece marked “Glue Here G”/“Glue Here H” and line up the lower left tab with the grey shape marked “Glue Here C”. Press firmly and let dry.
29 Put glue in the grey shape marked “Glue Here D”.

30 Line up the lower right tab with the grey shape marked “Glue Here D”. Press firmly and let dry.
31 Fold the upper tabs of the piece marked “Glue Here G”/“Glue Here H” towards you to uncover the grey shapes marked “Glue Here E” and “Glue Here F”.
32 Put glue in the grey shape marked “Glue Here E”. Line up the upper left tab with the grey shape marked “Glue Here E”. Press firmly and let dry.

33 Put glue in the grey shape marked “Glue Here F”.
34 Line up the upper right tab with the grey shape marked “Glue Here F”. Press firmly and let dry.
35 Now put glue in the grey shape marked “Glue Here G”.

36 Pick up Vader’s mouthpiece and line up the left tab with “Glue Here G”. Press firmly and let dry.
37 Put glue in the grey shape marked “Glue Here H”
38 Line up the right tab with “Glue Here H”. Press firmly and let dry.

39 Close the pop-up (Let the pop-up completely dry before you close it).
40 Now open the pop-up and you have your very own Darth Vader!

Artist Watch: Atelier Pariri

I came across Atelier Pariri from two sources within a few days of one another.  One was through the Daily Heller, which is a blog and daily email from Steven Heller (a very experienced Art Director, and extremely respected in the design field).  The second was from a friend of mine who discovered Atelier Pariri from the New York Times. Jérôme Corgier, who is a part of Atelier Pariri, creates paper type illustrations.  And they are really beautiful.  I love the photography of the final product and the fact that the piece actually exists in reality.  Check out more of his work here!

New York Comic Con 2012

Matthew is honored to be speaking on a panel and signing at New York Comic Con this October 14, 2012.  Along Matthew’s panel information is as follows:

Sunday, October 14 – 10:45–11:45 AM – Room 1A08

Comics for young readers: Want to raise a comic book aficionado? Start here! The incredible Jarrett J. Krosoczka (author of the astoundingly stupendous ‘Lunch Lady’ series) moderates a group of authors who are masters at penning favorites for the youngest age group, with characters ranging from a neurotic rabbit to a crime-fighting lunch lady and formats from graphic novels to pop-ups.  Look forward to a discussion about presenting the comic book genre to the littlest readers in an accessible and often downright hilarious way guaranteed to have them reading AND creating works of their own.

Matthew and the other panel authors will then be available to sign books after the panel from 12:00PM – 1:00PM at Autographing Tables 2, 3 and 4.

Artist Watch: PostCarden

How amazing would it be to receive a post card that pops up AND can grow a mini garden?  The London based Another Studio for Design thought it would be pretty great, so they created PostCarden!

PostCarden are pop up greeting cards that contain seeds you can grow in the pop up environment. Check out more about PostCarden on their website.

Artist Watch: Markus Linnenbrink

After walking into the Ameringer McEnery Yohe Gallery this weekend (525 West 22nd Street, NY, NY 10011), I was stunned into silence (no easy feat, let me tell you) and completely blown away by the work of renowned German artist, Markus Linnenbrink.

The ultimate master of color, he pours varied hues of epoxy resin into old bottles, strange sculpture forms and over woodblock canvases to create a riotous layered rainbows of all shapes, sizes and moods.  I first encountered his technicolor vases a few years ago… his larger pieces are absolutely unbelievable.

Inspiring and truly amazing work!