Pop-Up Tutorial 1 - Introduction - Materials and Basic Theory

This series of tutorials explains an easy way to make pop-ups without the need for templates or complicated measuring. As well as materials and basic theory, this first video explains the eight pop-up shapes that form the foundations of almost all pop-up designs.

[@Ishizu09]

Here i am in 2020 quarantine, with a pen and a paper keeping notes! I am planning to make small pop up books for my younger cousins and this tutorial is amazing!! Thank you for enlightening us!

[@bdosvlos2918]

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[@ceciliafornazieri2258]

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[@youmnamajbour]

I'm doing the exact same thing!

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[@doyoubelieveinmagic4244]

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[@Objectivity-fs2hx]

Wonderful! You're not only an artist, but also a person who can give well-structured instructions! Thank you so much!

[@TheTigertawaro]

Whos watching this for a school project

[@useriscurentrlyunavailable]

Me need to make a kids book

[@balaclava7479]

I’m watching this for a college final 🥲

[@kuauhue]

Hello Excuse me, i'm marking some parts in this video 1. V-folds 8:14 2. Robot book 7:20 3. Bookano Stories 20:33 And anyway, this channel are very helpful for those who need or want to learn about making pop up card, many2 thanks :)

[@senju1113]

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[@pelcox1681]

2020 I can't explain how beautiful is this series of tutorials, love your work and your lessons, I hope this year would be great for you.

[@JoanneRitter]

Unbelievably clear and logical introduction to pop-ups. I'm so impressed with your generosity. I just bought your book and will be following all your video tutorials. Thank you so much!

[@jordankabalkanska]

I'm quite impressed! Thank you so much for your tutorial, I'm definitely going to buy your book. My daughter and I have been struggling with making school projects into pop-up book and never quite understood the principles behind. Now it's very clear to me and even more interesting. Thank you!

[@michaelgascoigne7612]

Thank you. That was EXACTLY what I have been looking for. Armed with the principles you have so clearly explained I can start planning what situations I want to pop-up into life. I thought your use of existing books to illustrate how the basic methods work in practice was inspirational.

[@irispineda2931]

I came upon this video by accident and now grateful for it. I really like this introduction. It's very simple, to the point with numerous visual examples. I love the different collection of pop up books you've shown! And towards the end, when you showed your example of multiple folds, it blew me a-w-a-y! Inspiring! I gotta try this! Thanks so very much!

[@TheHotFlashWebSeries]

Honestly, you have a gift with instruction. Clarity and prescision. I so appreciate your tutorial. Best to you and be well.

[@evolutionseven6406]

Here I am in 2022 and I really wanted to learn how to make effective pop up cards and this tutorial was exactly what I was looking for! Subscribed and turned on notifications, thank you so much!

[@art4food368]

I love how he cuts everything "by eye" but they still end up really straight and accurate. O.O

[@ozleen]

right? I can even draw straight with a ruler sometimes

[@ozleen]

right? I can't even draw straight lines with rulers sometimes

[@meggysuitiful]

Practice makes perfect.

[@stephaniegreer4988]

I'm a teacher getting ready to try a unit with fifth graders. I was looking for some resources and came across your tutorials. I learned so much from this first tutorial and my daughter and I were able to jump right in. I can't wait to watch the series. Thank you for creating such a wonderful resource!

[@AngryBrother360]

"Outstanding tutorial!. The instruction and products are creative and very well demonstrated!.

[@MSSoftwareGuru]

Who the heck is hitting the "dislike" button! This is amazing! Thanks for making these videos.

[@pamelagreene9417]

This is the BEST pop up tutorial I have ever watched. You are a great instructor. Thanks!!

[@pinkpinsofpain]

This was a joy to watch! Didn't realize the first examples you showed us were not true pop-ups. I learned something today. On to #2!

[@naturetubeUK]

Thank you so much for this whole series - stumbling across it has led to days of intrigue and pleasure for me

[@marthamurphy3913]

Thank you! This tutorial series is exactly what I've been looking for!

[@Dona-fu9zh]

Bought a couple of your books not realising there would be these great tutorials...so what a bonus; thank you for your generosity. Just finished watching. Your clear, simple instructions, along with demonstration and showing examples from real books has made the task of making pop ups, (and in my case showing/inspiring kids), so much easier... So lucky, technology such as KZbin allows accessibility to all.

[@vesperlight]

I am also using them with kids!

[@melaniedewitt312]

Absolutely the best website for anyone wishing to learn about pop ups. Thank you.

[@darija5494]

the best tutorial on YT. You explain is so many details!

[@jeanneloutruitt8446]

I have been chasing pop-up's for a long time and managing them fairly well, but still missing the clear principles . Now i think that you have finally maneuvered them into my head. Thanks a bunch. the LilyLady

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

Great !

[@goawag]

i can't believe i found this channel and that all the tutorials are free! thank you so much for sharing your knowledge

[@lgambis]

I'm sure if you're still around but I wanted to tell you how amazing and inspiring your videos are. I just purchased your book. Thanks!

[@pilasumana4410]

Amazing teacher/artist! Paper craft is so artistic. You just don't know how much I apprecciate your tutorials. Also at this pandemic time, it's a pleasure to learn a milenari paper art!

[@MegExpressions]

Wow, so informative. Thank you for the thorough descriptions of all types of pop-ups. Looking forward to getting started creating something.

[@duendecigarra1393]

Your tutorials are so valuable . I am a teacher for little kids and this information IS gold

[@sherrysawyer1255]

I’m a new subscriber. Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial! Thank you RosaKelly for sharing this KZbin channel with us! Now to get started on making pop ups. 😀

[@ameetpatel5523]

Sir, I appreciate the elegance and lucidity of your presentation. I like how you are speaking in the jargon necessary to learn and speak about pop-ups!

[@fearlessgentleman]

thank you MrBirmingham, for your wonderful tutorials! Your book is on my amazon order list! Good luck and keep up the great work

[@eviedun]

Great tutorial. I've just come from a visit with family and one of our 9yo granddaughters is a budding engineer and I just know she would love this. I've now sent to my son so she can see it. Thank you.

[@ad19928228]

This video is very clear for a beginner. Thank you so much.

[@morikarayan5607]

I just want to say thanks for your helpful tutorial. I've been wanting to learn how to make pop-ups these past few weeks. Hopefully, I've found a great teacher. I'm looking-forward to learn more about this.

[@meganda1468]

This is an amazing series. I decided to make my grandson a pop up book and realized that I needed to go back to actually make these pop ups along with Duncan. I bought his book and several others but seeing it in action is invalueable addition to seeing it print. Thank you so much for this series.

[@janetcamillejackson]

Me too. I bought the book but wished I could observe someone actually making the various pop ups. I did a search on the internet and was delighted to find that the same person who wrote the book I was enjoying had made tutorials on KZbin. I’ve decided to make the pop ups he demonstrates and keep them as a reference. I learn better by “doing” rather than just watching.

[@dca8164]

Thank you so much for sharing your skills and knowledge with others freely . i have no word . THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[@stasia2187]

It is the best explanation of all pop up method! You are the master of Pop Up. Thank you!

[@camiloprieto3814]

Fantastic tutorial. Really explanatory of all the basics and easy to follow. Like, its 1 am and I still understood it. That shows this is a damn good video.

[@jilliang9912]

This tutorial saved me in my art book class. Thank you for explaining so clearly how pop ups works

[@devetbabi]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and for the effort and time you put in your videos. You are a wonderful and inspiring person.

[@pinky_arya]

superb sir ..U r just amazing , I m running out of word to praise u ...ur teaching pattern is too simple n easy ...great sir ..I will go through all of ur video series , n going to order ur book ..it's great fantastic art sir ...thanku so much

[@bakashinju]

Thank you for your videos! Planning to buy the book and really go in depth. I am crafter myself, but never got into pop-up. But I plan to make our wedding invitations pop-up and I really want something special, maybe like a 3 page booklet or something. Your tutorials are gold for what I need! Everybody expects us to have some special wedding invitations, and I cannot disappoint! Thank you for your dedication!

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

Wow! A 3 page booklet - how many guests? That's a lot of cutting and sticking! Hope it all goes really well.

[@sandraerickson559]

Thank you! Everything I need to know (for now) to start my altered books.

[@vannadisdreiundzwanzig5356]

Thank you for this tutorial! It’s really helpful since you cover the basic!

[@costaluca78]

Thamks! it's the best series of tutroials that I watched untill now. Thanks for sharing your knoledge

[@neelamkatwa]

watched through yesterday now watching again to make sure I understand it all....I can't wait to try these out... Excited!

[@barbkrejca]

OMG, you blow my mind on how clear, complete, and thorough you are. It's a plus that I love your voice. Stuck in self isolation this 2020 I'm looking forward to trying my hand at this.

[@doyoubelieveinmagic4244]

Bagay kayo whahaha

[@DennisMorrison1955]

BRAVO! Excellent video and I look forward to looking at them all. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this awesome series!

[@enricadincalci377]

Absolutely amazing videos ! Thank you for sharing knowledge and method!

[@astrxne]

This video was uploaded long ago but it is still relevant to this day! Thank you so much for such a helpful tutorial!!

[@amberlin5097]

Everything looks so interesting, I have to prepare materials to make some simple stories! Thanks you for these awesome tutorials！

[@sgriffett541]

fantastic!! thank you... loved the clear lesson and all the fantastic examples... i'll be going through the lessons with your book too, cheers

[@kenise3677]

Thank you sooo much for this content! I’m trying to make a pop up book and these videos have been a life saver.

[@Tankochan]

I just discovered this channel and I'm so happy to find such clear instructions! My love for paper is just renewed successfully. Thank you!

[@koikat6638]

Thank you so much! I need to make a pop up element on a project that needs to be able to stay flat and this helped greatly!

[@corneliogomez3622]

Thank you for your tutorial, really well explained.

[@DeniseAraripe-id3cp]

Thank you for sharing your expertise so generously! I just bought your book on amazon and while it doesn't arrive, since I live in Brazil, I'm watching and enjoying your videos!!!

[@DerpGnome]

Thank you so much for sharing your techniqus! I've been trying to figure out pop-ups from pictures and other tutorials, but this step-by-step is what I truly needed to wrap my brain around the process. Wonderful!

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

Glad it was helpful!

[@edithluna8864]

Thank you for your clear explanations and generosity.

[@lisamartin2937]

BRILLIANT! THANK YOU! YOU TRULY ARE GIFTED AS AN ARTIST/ENGINEER/TEACHER !

[@LibraryQuine]

Brilliant! So inspiring. I’m off to make some extra special I’ll greeting cards. Your explanation style is so clear and comprehensible.

[@adriandosmil2372]

This channel is incredible, I'm loving it!

[@Cedricdragon]

Thank you for making such a clear tutorial. Brilliant!

[@cuacks.h.5455]

I can't describe how amazed I am with this, it's incredible Thank you so much ❤️

[@valwiteri3528]

That was surprisingly interesting to watch lol. Cool how you make the pop ups and even better that I could actually get how to do this. Neat alright. Thanks.

[@JavaParodys]

I really want to say that you are awesome, i saw youtube tutorials, i were in a pop up course and i only learn how to make pop up but no to understand the logic of the folds, thank you so very much for your work, you have a fan here! Sorry if my english is not the best, i speak spanish. :D

[@pavelkrenek4685]

Cant help myself,but i found this channel SO AMAZING.....its so wonderfuly explained....thank you very much.

[@harshashehan]

Amazing work.May you have a happy and healthy life!

[@marlenebrockmann1553]

I, too, am a 2020 quarantine student. I have long had an interest in popups. I bought your book. (I was happy it was still in print.) I've watched your video more than once and find that it is a good companion to your book. It's good to watch what you do and the video has made my understanding much easier. Thanks to youtube. I live in Albuquerque NM USA. Just thought I'd let you know how far-reaching your knowledge is. Thank you.

[@danielle8242]

can't wait to watch all the other tutorials!

[@patriciazapata1582]

These are the best explanations! Thank you!

[@strawburrish]

i love this channel! i'm currently making a scrapbook about the renaissance and thought of making a pop up page. glad i stumbled upon this channel! :3

[@bunnylands916]

I might have been five or six years old when I first saw a pop-up book. I was dazzled by it. Many years later, I'm just as amazed and delighted by pop-ups. The glimpses of spectacular pop-ups from books that were published a long time ago were fabulous! (And many thanks for providing such a wealth of information about the "basic rules" of pop-ups! I hope that with practice I'll be able to add pop-up elements to the cards I make.)

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

If you're interested in old pop-up books you'll probably enjoy Tutorials 40 and 41.

[@bunnylands916]

Thank you! I will make sure to watch both of those videos.

[@user-hx5dn1dt8f]

I have been dying to find easy to read instructions (I just prefer reading vs. videos) on making pop-up cards and any I found, either the instructions were poor AND practically every single one had ads surrounding every possible square inch of the article, were pissing me off and distracting as heck. So I decided to give a search on KZbin a chance. Most of the videos were blah, but then I stumbled across this channel. ❤ YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER! ❤ I subscribed immediately after, possibly even before watching the Pop-Up Tutorial 1, when I saw all the other videos/play lists and how they were getting more advanced. I don’t subscribe to too many channels, but this one is definitely on my top 5 list! You are awesome!

[@thepop-upchannel4919]

Thank you very much - always nice to hear appreciation like this.

[@user-hx5dn1dt8f]

@@thepop-upchannel4919 My daughter and I make a card, including a donation because he takes care of 100+ feral cats, for the drummer of a band every time they go on tour and we go to the concert. We’re going to see them on May 10th and want to make a really neat card for him and one just for the band and these videos are going to be a huge help.

[@zainabniaz3741]

Thank you SO much for this tutorial! You really saved my partner and I in our class :)

[@ShadCorliss]

Glad I stumbled across your tutorial. I just purchased your book, “Pop up Design and Paper Mechanics: How to Make Folding Paper Sculpture”. It should arrive on the 11th. Thank you! I wish you much continued success.

[@brittarouthier1485]

Wow! How well you explain it all! Can't wait to see the next one! ❤

[@user-xf1ib4bz7r]

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you very much!!

[@ivanazagnerova7565]

Very very useful and with great "pedagogy" skill - thank you very much for these videos!

[@juanseb]

Awesome way to explain. Thank you!

[@sarahcarmichael7159]

Thank you for such an easy-to-follow resource!

[@Fraxinullus]

Amazing tutorial!!!! That is what I was looking for!!! Thank you!!!!

[@luzshemonek5708]

Such detailed instructions!!! Thank you from my pop-up heart!

[@djlianneke]

thanks.. i just found your channel... and will go trough all.. to learn where you worked for on this video.. Thanks. it's great to see, en how to look at it.

[@alejandrachapa1091]

I absolutely love your tutorials! thank you much! I have learned a lot!!

[@BrendanDean99]

Fantastic, just exactly what I was looking for.....Skechbook delights!!!

[@margaret6336]

Student here, I wanted to make a pop-up book for an assignment. There was a lot of folds types that I never knew, thank goodness that this video exists.

[@kristyjarvis4989]

Wow!! This video simplifies the process so much! Thank you!!

[@sekaaai_de]

Thank you so much, this was very helpful! I had to create a pop up book for my math class and my teacher recommended this video to us for reference.

[@meggysuitiful]

Love your videos very clear and concise. I just bought you r book and look forward to reading them and augmenting with your videos.

[@silviamaretto9781]

How wonderful! Thank you for these tutorials!

[@shehny84]

Best tutorial on pop ups I have found… thanks

[@pml2890]

Great video and great explanations!!! Thank you very much!

[@medoingstuff1284]

I can’t believe there s so much information in just this first tutorial! Wow

[@onitaijeoma1450]

Your videos are very well demonstrated and detailed... thank you, much love from Nigeria 🇳🇬

[@marinamouny5657]

A new art that I'm discover Thank you. From Argentina!

[@dewhiterabbit1337]

Videos like these are amazing. Very concise and informative and not full of words that just waste your time. Very very helpful!

[@dewhiterabbit1337]

I was being formal on that comment. I just can hold back my feeling to tell you its very freaking helpful. Like srsly. Im binging all ur videos

[@dewhiterabbit1337]

Even when your voice seems tired. Its somehow still entertaining to watch till the end

[@09shirish]

Very very beautiful learning of Pop-up tutorial, I'm very happy to learn basic ideas ! Thanks Sir !

[@AnnetteGreen]

Excellent basics. Thank you for such a clear and concise tutorial.

[@markorossie9296]

I'm teaching AR to students and they ask me about doing some pop-up in AR folding. So this was really useful! Thanks for sharing!.