If I’m completely honest, I have to admit this one didn’t really turn out as great as I’d hoped. But the whole point of this challenge is to try new things and to have a bit of fun – this was definitely a lot of fun to create!
The challenge was to make a flatpack toy using the Pixolomew character you see in the header of my website. I thought the hardest part would be creating the panels but, thanks to an engineering past, this turned out to be the easiest part. As it happens, the most difficult process was making graphics that work in box form.
Here’s how it looks on an A4 sheet:
And here’s how it looks made up:
Pretty cool huh?
Improvements
If I was to do this again I would definitely spend more time getting the graphics right, I’m happy with the bottom half but the head could do with some extra features – I’d maybe add some texture to the hair or even extra attachments to give it some volume!
Download the pdf and make your own Pixolomew! (2.2MB)
Credits
The panel structure for the bottom half was partly copied from this flatpack toy created by Chris Spooner.
