Getting it right!

Im finding with the siluetts getting the shape right is very Important as you can see below the angle of theTricerotops is slightly wrong and there for is not working to its best!

Perhaps he would work better if I included the whole body.

Today's Doodles!

I really like the idea of using mixed media in the book and id like to use silluets in it so I'm going to keep playing with them until I have found a way to incorporate them!

Use of a lightbox

 Using a Light box Most definatly has its uses, I have used it to copy down the base of the Dino's markings on to the square paper my next move is to design the markings properly by colouring in the squares in pen and ink, crayon and paint so i can decide on my final look. From here I will be getting the image onto the computer to print of the designs onto paper thin enough to make the dinosaur out of!

The markings onto working paper for the colour proses.

Use of the light box to get the exact positioning of the markings.

The Start of the Remaking of the Origami Dino!

The redesigning of the origami dinosaur is prooving a challenge and a long winded one at that! I have started by remaking and remaking the dinosaur so i can get a feel for the shape, I have then started putting markings on him and playing arouund with colour so i can see where about on the starting square piece of paper the markings for the dinosaur will be. Below are samples of the making of the paper dino and the rough mark making