Pop Up Art

Have you made drawings that are "sort of" 3D? I am going to tell you how to do pop up art. 

Prepare the materials for this project: some sketch book papers, a pencil, an eraser, any coloring utensils, a pair of scissors, a glue gun, some cardboards, a ruler, and a cutting knife. Make sure you have the same dimensions of the sketchbook papers. 

Think of objects or people that you want to make it pop out from. For my project, I chose a vintage bicycle. It doesn't have to be more than one. Consider about it, and draw it on a piece of sketchbook paper. If you want to draw more than one object or person, draw them on separate sheets of sketchbook paper. You have choices whether to color it or not.

Then, think of a background that these objects or people might be in. It could be a forest, a city, a library, or etc. There are unlimited numbers of backgrounds that you can choose from. Draw the background that you like to have in another piece of sketchbook paper. Color it if you would like to. 

Whenever you are done, look at the papers with objects or people in them. Cut the shape of the object, leaving a few centimeters at the bottom. The reason why you need to do that is because it is easier to stick the objects or people later. Afterwards, do the same thing for every other object. 

You need to cut out the cardboards to make the frame of your artwork. It needs to be the same dimensions of the background. Cut them out by using a pencil, a ruler, and a cutting knife for accuracy. You may choose the width of the frame. Stick the cut out cardboards together to form a frame. It is a wise choice to use a triangular ruler to make the corners at a 90-degree angle. Stick them by using a glue gun, and be careful while using it. When the hot glue dries up, stick the background. Don't stick the background at the front of the frame, but at the back at the frame, because it needs room for the objects. 

With the cut out objects or people, stick them in front of the background. Don't stick it on the background, because it doesn't make it 3-dimensional. 

You are done whenever you stick all the elements!

Quote of the Day: "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." -Steve Jobs

This is my pop art. The bicycle is the
one that looks 3D.