I’ve seen several people doing drawn and painted artwork for #MerMay and #mermaychallenge, so I decided to try my hand at it.
Dollar Mermaid for MerMay
Dollar BB-8
It came around time for my sister-in-law’s birthday, and rather than getting her gift cards this year, we decided to go with the gift card accepted everywhere: also known as cash. I whipped up a French Bulldog by modifying a dollar origami (standard) bulldog model by @JanessaMunt to give it the right ears. Needing a second model for a second bill, I decided to go with BB-8. My original design used a $50, which gave it a nice coloring but required folding a small strip along one of the long sides to center the black circular mark (on the front of the bill) in the center before following the steps down below. I did diagrams for a more affordable version. Luckily the back of the $1 bill has a huge nicely centered circle on it.
The affordable version:
Diagrams:
The antannae take a little adjusting to get right. Don’t be afraid to let the back get a little messy while you massage them into place.
The expensive original:
Mouse
Just a quick little dollar bill mouse.
Diagrams: (they’re a bit rough at the moment)
A-Wing
The first attempt I made at an A-Wing used a dollar bill, simply because the long rectangle allows you to create a waterbomb base along the back for the fins with plenty of room to spare at the front to double back and use for the cockpit.
For whatever reason I seem to have forgotten what the heck an A-Wing looks like when I designed the first one, intent more on the idea of how to deal with the back fins and the cockpit than actually worrying about the details.
The finished model turned out much nicer, with the characteristic snub nose and straight wings without the rounded nose (like… say, a letter A?).
While they’re not exactly diagrams, I have my notes that include a crease diagram and a few details.
UPDATE (7/16/2017): I’ve refolded it and done step by step diagrams. The fold after you pop up the canopy pyramid is a bit tricky, but you can just massage it into a flat shape. It doesn’t have to be super precise as it’s all hidden below the canopy. If you’d like, you can play with the width of the canopy a little bit (the diagrams below use easy to find reference points, so it may be a little wider than the picture show above). If you’re using a dollar bill, you can use the picture as a reference.
Diagrams:
Original Notes:
George Washington TIE Fighter
Okay, so it’s not really George Washington’s TIE Fighter, but when you make it from a dollar bill, you can see George’s face in the cockpit area, so just roll with it on this one.
And the diagrams!
Star Destroyer
A simple Star Destroyer that may not look exactly like the one from the movies, but it only costs a dollar.
Yoda Finger Puppet
A simple little one dollar finger puppet that vaguely resembles Yoda! The green helps.
