LOVE all of your videos. I'm learning a lot and I've ordered your book. 😊 This video gave me a Déjà vu feeling... then I realized it's same as the ending part of tutorial 5!
These tutorials are great, this is the first one i've gotten stuck on! I've been following along with my own practice cards but I just can't seem to get the movement as dramatic as what's in the books....Oh well, on I go through the tutorials! On the whole, they're a breeze to follow!
To get spectacular movement I've found I need to experiment a bit - first make the basic mechanism (the parallelogram with the two little added triangles - in the video at 12.50) - then try building up the arm pieces step by step with several small straight pieces, stick a piece on and make sure that it will fold away and not snag as the base closes, then add another piece onto the end of it - as you add each piece experiment with lengths and angles - and with each new piece make sure that it closes smoothly.
I've having a hard time with my project. I'm making 3 (people) figures. One on the center, one on the left, and one on the right. The figure that will be on the left is going to have a moving arm moving from left to right going towards the figure in the center, almost as if hugging it. However, it's not really moving. This has been very bothersome. I hope I can get it to work soon. Thanks for the video.
Couldn't figure out the movement of the yellow strip from behind the green parallelogram at 3:18. You mention that the yellow strip is stuck to the page at an angle. Could you kindly explain further?
I'm not sure what your difficulty is! At 3.18 in the video you can see the end of the yellow strip and where it is attached to the page. The end of the strip is simply squared off and has a gluing tab that attaches it to the page. It is glued at an angle of 45 degrees to the spine fold. Probably the easiest way to understand it is to just make it, experiment! I hope this helps and that it all works.
Hi! First of all, I really appreciate the work you've put into these videos. You have been very clear and easy to follow along.:) I do have a question though. I like the effect of the bird's wings, specifically the airy space between them and the page below, at 9:00 but I am having trouble seeing the mechanism. Are the wings on a separate parallelogram facing the opposite direction since they fold to the right? Or are they on one of the triangles? The example you did at the start of the video has the movement I want, but I don't want the arms to have contact with the background.
Ha! You've spotted a variation that I failed to include in the tutorial. In this case the basic mechanism is still a parallelogram that lies flat when the base is open flat. The difference is that the gluing tab that attaches the short side of the parallelogram to the base is made a bit longer and instead of it being glued down folding towards the spine (and being hidden behind the parallelogram) it is glued down pointing away from the spine. This creates a gully on the outside of the parallelogram (between the short side and the base). Before gluing down this extended gluing tab fold two little triangles into this gully - just like at 5.00 in the tutorial. The wings you spotted on the bird are glued to the little triangle that is on the short side (and the outside) of the parallelogram. In the tutorial there is actually a glimpse of the mechanism at 9.01-9.03. This variation is also explained on page 90 of my book. Hope this helps.
The end of the arm is square, it's stuck down at an angle of 45 degrees to the spine. The easiest way to understand it is to just make a few simple experiments - no need to measure anything.. Actually showing it is a bit difficult as making these videos takes quite a lot of long term planning and organising.
please Duncan.. i searched everywhere for your black book pop-up design... unavailable... not in stock.... please can i buy a used one from yourself... i need the book...
It is available on Amazon uk. In fact the contents of the black cover book and the pale blue cover book are exactly the same - the blue one is just the publishers attempt to refresh the image. I explain in the video "The Pop-Up Channel - Book Notes".
Moving arms can be added to many other shapes. I've demonstrated them with a parallelogram because the gullies on the parallelogram open out totally flat and so give the arm maximum movement. In essence the muscle that moves the arm is just a small counterfold that is built into a gully (See 1.20 in Tutorial 22). Building these little triangles into any gully will enable you to make an arm move. There are numerous delightful and very clear examples in most of the pop-up books by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart.
O livro é chamado de "Design de Pop-up e Mecânica de Papel - Como Fazer uma Escultura de Papel Dobrável", está sendo reimpresso no momento e estará disponível na Amazon em breve. Claro que não planejado, mas se você gostaria de organizar um em Portugal ......
+The Pop-Up Channel You are right, it was my computer, now i see it, very good videos. When you make more videos? They are excellents and very instructives! I learn so much... I am an art teacher, I learned so much. i make pop-cards too, i love it, it's good hobby for me, i also use to my teach work...Congratulations for your tutorials...
+Arte Maniaco Oh good - I'm glad you have managed to see them. I will make more videos, but not sure when as I'm quite busy. You can get more information from my book "Pop-Up Design and Paper Mechanics" - there is also a French edition "Pas a Pas".. Best wishes
The body of the figure is actually made with a Pointed V-Fold (Tutorial 3 at 10.50). The arms and legs are moved by little triangles glued into the gullies where the body joins the page (Tutorial 15 at 2.19) ..... In the tutorial I said that the body was made with a Parallel Fold - sorry, this was inaccurate - though a very similar figure can be made using a Parallel Fold as explained in Tutorial 6 at 4.10.
Да, мы в своё время не изучали английский язык... Выход из ситуации: Наблюдайте за руками мастера, и ищите другие его видео где он объясняет базу... Как в песне: ...раз дощечка, два дощечка, будет лесенка...
