Pop-up Book Fundamentals: Storytelling with Paper and Light
Designing Page 3: Hyde Park 1
A course by Helen Friel , Paper Engineer, Illustrator, and Author
About the video: Designing Page 3: Hyde Park 1
Overview
“On the third page of the book, I will work on capturing Hyde Park, the largest park in central London and one of the city's most important green spaces. In this case, I will design a V-fold and 90-degree mechanism.”
In this video lesson Helen Friel addresses the topic: Designing Page 3: Hyde Park 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pop-up Book Fundamentals: Storytelling with Paper and Light. Learn fundamental techniques to create your own pop-up books that come to life with light, from the initial concept to the finished 3D model.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll be putting together the third page of your book, Hyde Park using the V-fold mechanism and 90 degree angles that you learned in a previous lesson. We'll work on capturing Hyde Park, one of the largest parks in the city and one of London's most important green spaces. Let's go into Illustrator for the final time. This is a layered pop-up, it's a V-fold, we'll also be adding a 90 degree angle. And it will be 3 layers. Four. If you add the 90 degree. So I've taken my sketch. From Procreate. and I've used different colours so that I can see clearly what's on different layer...”
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Course summary for: Pop-up Book Fundamentals: Storytelling with Paper and Light
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Narrative, Paper Craft, Storytelling

Helen Friel
A course by Helen Friel
Helen Friel is a paper engineer, illustrator, and author based in Bristol, UK. She grew up in a creative household and went on to study a BA in graphic design at Central Saint Martins, working for clients alongside her studies and producing her own artist books. Helen later worked as a paper engineer for a card company while juggling freelance projects and, a year later, pursued her creative passion full-time.
She has worked in the editorial and advertising fields, creating and directing for clients including Fanta, TIME, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Sky, The Savoy Hotel, Ted Baker, Etsy, The Body Shop, and The Sunday Times. Alongside creating paper craft designs and publishing books including Midnight Monsters and Hoakes Island, Helen teaches MA Illustration at Falmouth University. She is also the co-founder of the London chapter of Ladies, Wine & Design, which aims to bring together women in creative industries.
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