“You asked me if I ever wanted to believe in something. I do. I want to believe in this. I want to believe that there is more. That we could be more. Hell, we could be heroes.” - Victor Vale
Time to finally reveal a HUGE checkmark off my wishlist! ♠️ A revisit to the ADSOM and Villains crossover illustration, now a papercraft! Inspired by the two series by V.E. Schwab! Last year, the illustration version of this concept was made available as a print at Illumicrate’s booth at YALC. It originally was pitched to be a papercraft, as you can see here! Unfortunately, due to time constraints in my schedule, we opted to print the illustrated/vector version, but I always had the intention to finish the final papercraft. The progress on this was something I’d do minutes at a time in between my larger projects over the next several months. This week I was relistening to Vicious and it spurred me to finish the handful of hours I had left to complete it. ✨ ♠️ Fun fact! This piece was the first time I proposed to Illumicrate the concept of integrating illustrated vellum paper into papercrafts (for the faces and hands.) And even though we didn’t reach the stage to test it out, the idea was revisited for the dust jacket papercraft for Illumicrate’s The Cruel Prince Collections Edition! ♠️ If you’re interested in snagging a print of the original illustration, Illumicrate still has them available in their shop!
Time to reveal my favorite papercraft artwork that I’ve made for the Illumicrate mug series! Featured in their June 2020 box! Based on the Villains Duology by Victoria Schwab!
I always love working in Victoria’s aesthetic - playing with a limited palette is a great color exercise. Fun fact! I created the background by caking on layers of gesso and acrylic, then carving through it with a steak knife to create the ‘wainscoting’ effect; as if carved by the knives present in the papercraft.
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This papercraft was such a no-brainer. The concept just flowed out so easily, even though the contexts of the character’s symbolism are few sentences in passing. Victor blantantly being skewered by the knives are very blunt representantions of the episodes of severe pain he experiences throughout Vengeful. Eli’s was the most obscure, referencing his father carving 'new feathers into the torn wings of Eli’s back.’ Both boys struggling to make their way toward Marcella, who’s balancing on a bed a knives like a boss and then wisping them away without fuss.
Bonus doodle I made while relistening to the series for this piece - from the scene in Vicious that always sends chills and thrills down my spine.
