Firstly, the photography is terrible, not my speciality. But if you can get past that you'll see the progress I've made with the latest version of my fairy.
She's had a bit of a make over - different hair style, a bit of rouge on her cheeks, a few frills on her dress and some accessories . . . well mushrooms and toadstools and a treehouse to play in!!! What more could a 21st century fairy ask for!?!
All this was made from 14 sheets of A3 paper and half a roll of sticky tape. I've popped a lego man in on a couple of pics for perspective.
I've always seen papertoys as having an extended life after they've been built. Collections look cool sat on the shelf, but the audience I've always had in mind has been kids and kids love to roleplay. So I've been working on prototypes for 'homes' where Box Edward and Box Edwina can live and play!
There's two versions of the stadium, the second has a little more height than the first. You can see some bits of design in the treehouse but I felt I needed to get the structures right as this will dictate how the designs are illustrated. I got desperate for parts at one stage with the treehouse and stole some bits from one of the fairies!
I'll put up colour versions in a couple of weeks, hopefully I'll get some time over the holiday season. Both the treehouse and the second stadium stand at about 40cm high.
There's more! Bugger! Forgot to get the ball in there.
Busy, busy, busy! Like Little Barry Bee buzzing about in Buzzville, Bees Town, Beeland, Arizona. Three lots of stuff that is getting real close to the finished article. Well two and a half really, got lots to do on my Josh Homme Box Ed. Speaking of which . . .
Well I've been tinkering like a tinkering tinky thing, who came second in the tinkering world championships in Tinkersville, Tinkland, on my Fairy Eds and Footy Eds! No major changes, I've been getting things just so.
Anyway to relieve some of the tedium I've also been working on a Josh Homme (QOTSA, Them Crooked Vultures) Box Ed. Very close to finishing, and hope to have him printed and built this weekend. So until then here's a sneak peak at some of the details.
Nothing much to update this week, and probably for the next few. I'm just making some adjustments to my Footy Eds and Fairy Edwinas which I want to complete by the end of October. It's gonna be quite tedious work but necessary, so I might not share every slight change of angle or fractional adjustment to the colour or width of an eyebrow!
As some slight relief I've made the first attempt to combine my creative passions - Caricatures and Paper Toys. And look what plopped out the other end - Josh Homme QOTSA and Them Crooked Vultures fame! I've almost finished his head, I'll do the body this week and then should be ready to build the next.
