With the making of a cardboard box head that is tied with
the children’s book illustration project, I am going to approach the task by
creating something simple and not too complicated in terms of form and the
structure of crafting. I just gathered any pieces of card, but most importantly
a box, as that serves the main structure of the ‘helmet’ that it would be put
on the head. I didn’t want to create something that is too complex, and decided
to go for a simple robot look with circular cut outs for the eyes and mouth,
and added an antenna looking object on the top.
There could have been more to the head or perhaps make it
somewhat surreal by adding more stuff to it or applying some colour, but in the
end I just wanted to create something simple, and not something that would
otherwise make it look so complicated that would make the structure of the head
fall apart due to the weight or complicated structures that would obstruct the
surrounding area when wearing it.
Making it look like a robot connects with children’s
illustrations more, because I think robots in a way are associated in many
stories of children’s books, whether it’s being used as a companion or a toy
(which is most common) or a metaphor within the story.
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