I wanted to make a card that carried on with the theme of the Star Who Stayed Up All Day, with the possibility of getting a double page spread in the envelope that Mel gave us. This is an image of starfold I worked on.
My thinking behind this piece of self promotion was to produce something that showed me to potential publisher in the following way:
· That my images are painted
· That I enjoy character design
· As a piece of artwork that carried my personal statement
· That my contact details were easily read and could be acted on
· That it could be kept on a desk/pinned to a wall, but would DO something rather than end up in the bin.
One of the websites I looked at last year was a commercial outfit that produces interesting promotional goods to send to people in the post. Pop-up-Mailers does just that (One of the graphic’s guys has ordered a whole box full of their samples - open box and stand back). They do some interesting card and Paperfolds that are fairly simple to do and would fit into the envelope nicely.
I started to research the star fold, and then got onto some internet tutorials. I made a couple, but it didn’t quite have the punch I wanted. There are lots of very earnest American ladies who do greeting’s card tutorials on Youtube. I started by watching a couple for folds (they have immaculately manicured nails!) and found myself watching a tutorial for a spinning card. This lead onto a coin card, which spun and that I thought had that playful factor that the star folds had lacked. I made a rough card sample, but quickly decided that I wanted my card to be more of a thin box. After that, it was a case of developing the artwork and the template
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