Playing around with perspective with the Tim Holtz Cityscape dies from Sizzix to make this cool wallhanging.
My project for this month's A Vintage Journey is called "City on a Square". Well, I found the idea of creating depth with successive layers of cardboard kind of interesting so I thought I would make a similar project. I played around with dimension and color to improve the depth. This post shows you how add a sense of dimension with the successively smaller cardboard frames.
Rather that making a square project, I used a rectangle as the basic shape of the project and the Sizzix Cityscape dies from Tim Holtz. Here is the finished piece.
How to increase the illusion of depth
How to color the Cityscape buildings
Successive photos showing the layers to increase the sense of perspective and depth
Layer 1 |
Layers 1 and 2 |
Layer 3 |
Layer 4 |
Layer 5 - more detailed, more buildings |
Layer 6 - increasing the height, more overhangs |
Layer 7 - last layer, increasing detail, height and overhangs |
ßeulah ßee
Wow! This is very impressive and you've nailed the perspective. Creating a sense of space and depth is an advanced concept that few
papercrafters pursue but I'm not surprised that you've tried it given your love for the three-dimensional houses. Nicely done!
Sue
This is amazing, I love how you've layered the houses xx
Laney
Lucy - this is beautiful! And so masterfully done. I love how you used color to increase the feeling of depth and perspective. Love the layering. This is an amazing piece.
Hazel Agnew
Great project Lucy. So clever and so effective!
Corrie Herriman
Fabulous !
Trish
Very impressive! Love the perspective
Catherine
Wow, wonderful depth with a unique design. So clever! Thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.
Cathie ♥
butterfly
Ooh, I think maybe I like this one even better! The colours on the buildings are right up my street, and I love the elegant shaping of the taller rectangular frames.
Alison x
Ann Barnes
This really turned out fantastic! That perspective is so wonderful and I think one of my favorite parts is how you accomplished it without having to use dimensional tape between the layers, that simply these layers alone worked so well! The color graduation looks great with those oxides too!
Dara Lynn
This is amazing Lucy!!!!
Emma Dawson
Wow, stunning! What a great idea to layer like this.
Jane Castle
Lucy this is wonderful. The colour gradient is so clever and I just love how you get a feeling of going down very shallow steps to the dark and beyond. X