Sometimes sketches don’t just end up in a sketchbook. Sometimes, they end up as a paper-craft, 3-D, pop-up card. This was a very special commission for a very special lady. The brief was quite simple: a card that could sit on the mantle for longer than just her birthday. Accompanied with a list of her favourite flowers and a poem. And voila! This was what it culminated in. My love for ‘building’ things has been an integral part of me since I was a kid. My love for building blocks as a child made me think that I would be an architect one day. Much later I realised I actually enjoyed the act of building things myself, rather than plan on paper. Needless to say, I am not an architect! But I still get to create things on such a personal level as part of my job. Ever ever so lucky and grateful for that.
I was sorting out paperwork and notebooks with my morning cuppa when I came across an old sketchbook with an unfinished doodle of an elephant. Should I have kept sorting the shelf or should I have stopped everything to finish the sketch? You can guess the answer! 😉I wasn’t born in India and I have …
I have been seeing a trend of colouring in the negative space in drawings and paintings, and leaving the subject matter in black and white. So thought I would give it a try. I did and I love the effect! But also had an epiphany of sorts while colouring, which I have said many a …
3D Paper Craft Pop Up Card
Sometimes sketches don’t just end up in a sketchbook. Sometimes, they end up as a paper-craft, 3-D, pop-up card.
This was a very special commission for a very special lady. The brief was quite simple: a card that could sit on the mantle for longer than just her birthday. Accompanied with a list of her favourite flowers and a poem. And voila! This was what it culminated in.
My love for ‘building’ things has been an integral part of me since I was a kid. My love for building blocks as a child made me think that I would be an architect one day. Much later I realised I actually enjoyed the act of building things myself, rather than plan on paper.
Needless to say, I am not an architect! But I still get to create things on such a personal level as part of my job. Ever ever so lucky and grateful for that.
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