Rusty Balloon Pop-up

I'm playing with several things lately: learning how to make popup cards, how to paint and shade using ink and watercolors, and how to use my new inkjet printer. Here I duplicated a balloon shape originally drawn with brown pen and inks, then printed out several pieces to collage on a V-fold pop-up card. The result is an explosion!!!

First I drew the balloon shape alone using brown pen and inks.

Next, I duplicated the shape using Procreate and printed the page:

I cut out the shapes and tested the concept in a small mockup pop-up card:

Finally time to make a real card. Here is the step-out:

Here’s a close-up of the final card, an explosion of balloons!

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