Paper Prototypes
Here is the process for my first papercraft prototype of my pattern!
From my last post, things I've already changed are the bears legs, and I have scaled down it's arms and added a few missing tabs here and there. I had created a normal printer paper pattern to follow during class Monday, and it revealed to me how horribly off the scaling was. Luckily I figured out how to properly scale things consistently on the printing area.
My families printer cannot print on cardstock, so I used the paper transfer method. I did not have a cutting mat- but I do have a big cutting board that self heals, and it worked just the same, haha. At this point, one change I will make is seeing if I can make the tabs any bigger on the really small pieces like the muzzle and ears. It can be glued together with some intense fiddling, but I want to see if I can make my life just a little bit easier, haha.
As you can see, the legs changed from an eight sided polygon to a six. I thought the legs before looked way to bulky, when they should be smaller and more floppy. The childhood bear I'm modeling this off of has super weird proportions (I'm also working from memory for now, until I can break into storage, haha). Besides the previous problem of the small tabs, otherwise, the shapes came together very nicely and cleanly.
and here's the 'final' product!
Things I am going to change from this prototype:
-Larger tabs on small pieces
-Scale the arms down significantly
-add more details, such as eyes, and it's stomach symbol
-make the end of the legs angled so it fits snug to the body
-Make small marks on the template of where the legs and arms attach
For my final I also want to use differently patterned yellow paper, with other bright colors. It would be favorable if it looks super playful and fun! I think for the eyes I'm going to attempt to make them quite detailed, and take a little artistic liberty and make them a bit bigger then they are on the real bear. We'll see what works in the end!
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