Flat-Pack Toy - Found Photo Environments

Using Photoshop you will create 2 found photo collage environments for your flat-pack toy.

Each of your environments should be 8.5 x 11 oriented vertically or horizontally.

You should start a new document in Photoshop and set your resolution to 150.

You can then open the photo of your flat-pack toy and place that in your new document and begin to remove the background.

I have quickly photographed your flat-pack toys and provided access to them.  If you open a new finder window and then open MAC HD and then the folder called "Public Share" and then the folder called "readymech" you will find some images of your flat-pack toys.

For the next step in the project we will be creating environments for the ready mech

You will create 2 collage environments from found images:

1 environment will be the creature's/character's habitat

1 environment will be an environment in which the character feels out of place

These are collage environments and should be made out of a minimum of ten images, for example:

An exterior landscape would use a sky from one image and land from another, with a plant from another, and a tree from another.

An interior landscape would use a ceiling from one image and a floor from another, as well as furnishings from different images.

Your environments can be surreal in nature and do not have to reflect reality in any way.

You have 2 class periods to work on this assignment.


You need to post the jpeg version of your projects to your blog.  You should save your Photoshop files as well.

2D to 3D - FLAT PACK TOY PROJECT

"Jed" by Jules from readymech.com

“READY MECH” – FLAT PACK TOY PROJECT

PART 1:

Find an existing “Ready Mech”/ flat pack toy online (links can be found at the end of this post) print it to the 5550 and cut it out and put it together to gain an understanding of possible methods of construction and the way the flat design translates into a 3D object.

PART 2:

Create your own ORIGINAL flat-pack toy design.

Start a new print document in illustrator that is 11x17 (tabloid).

Although you can use an existing flat pack toy design as a launching off point you need to modify it and transform it so it becomes your own ORIGINAL and UNIQUE creation. We are not "tracing" these existing templates in Illustrator, you need to create your own template from scratch. You should first create the outline or template for your flat pack toy and print that out and construct it to make sure you are achieving the desired overall shape to your figure.

PART 3:

Hand-Sketch details onto the blank version of your character.

PART 4:

Add color and detail to the template of your character in Illustrator.

PART 5:

Name your character and include that on the plans for your flat-pack toy.  You must also include in your plans basic instructions on how to construct your flat pack toy.  For instance: “fold along dashed line and cut along solid lines.”

PART 6:

You will print the plans of your project to the 5550.  You will cut out and assemble this version as a proof.  You will then alter your plans to respond to any issues with the proof.

You will then print your plans to the matte Epson printer in the print room on thicker paper.  This will be the final version that you will cut out and construct.

PROJECT DUE:
Mon/Wed class – October 17th by 2:30
Tues/Thurs class – October  18th by 11:30


What you need to turn in:
The "blank" version of your flat pack toy with details hand sketched on the body.
The color plans of your flat pack toy printed to the 5550.
The final constructed version of your flat pack toy which will be printed on the "matte" epson inkjet printer found in the print room.
You must post the .png version of your Illustrator plans to your blog.

Ready Mech/ flat pack toy websites:

http://readymech.com/

http://www.paperfoldables.com/

http://www.nicebunny.com/downloads/nicebunny_paper_main.php#