angry monkey pop-up card

I had an idea about how to get the double doors to work but I wasn't sure it was the best idea. There seemed several ways to go about it. I made one but wasn't completely happy with it. So I made another from an entirely different approach, then another from yet another approach. A fourth and fifth approach failed, finally after some twenty attempts at getting something smooth and nice, all failures, I finally resorted to the original idea -- the actual original prototype. Near the end I was beginning to get sick of the thing. Honestly. I do not want to see another monkey again.  

Second monkey

Third monkey

lotus flower pop-up card with led

The cover is a scribble that took two seconds to draw yet it appealed to two women so strongly they asked me to scribble it for them and one took a photo of this to use as screensaver or avatar or something. 

The lights were intended to impart mysterious water but they do not do that. They are useless. Pointless. A waste of time and energy. Plus they'll wear out eventually. Not a good idea.

The front and back are recycled cardboard from the back of tablets because I ran out of matboard. I like the way it looks.

Construction, 30 photos here.

flappy birds day pop-up card

This card is for my brother who never met a pun he didn't like.

flappy birds prototypes here

flappy birds construction page here 

rejoice pop-up card

This card is for a religious person.  It is intended for her birthday but there is no birthday message because, eh, the Lord works in mysterious ways innit. The arrival of the card coincides within a few days of her birthday so she'll be expected to put two and two together but that doesn't always work.

Creation. Universe. Earth. Rejoice. That is what I hope to convey with these recognizable images.   It's a two-page pop-up card. The last page is a simple quickly executed watercolor. The cover and the first page background are Hubble captures. The envelope is made to fit out of regular card stock.  

Birdhouse pop-up card

Birdhouse pop-up card construction here

Birdhouse prototype here