Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Shrinky Dink 3D Effects

So I went down to my local Hobby Lobby and I purchased a pack of "Shrinky Dinks" for $5.99.

I bought the clear kind you draw on with markers.  They have clear, frosted and white.  They also make sheets that you can put through your inkjet printer.

I cut out two long strips, about 1.5 inches wide and I drew (ha!) some flames and some "vines".  I popped them in the oven at 325°F and they shriveled up like bacon.  :(  It took a little bit of work to flatten them out.  Then I draped them over a can while they were still warm to give them a bit of curve.

Here are the results:


I don't know that I'm thrilled with the results, but I thought I'd share them with you anyway.  :)  Maybe I'll try tracing a pattern and then coloring it in...  I might try and put it through a laser printer...  

We shall see...

2 comments:

christian said...

I totally dig that. I could have used something like that the time my Wizard cast Invisibility upon himself. I forgot I was invisible - the DM, too - and got clobbered for, like, 38 points of damage from some crazed cleric and his crit 'o matic +4 mace.

ze bulette said...

I love the playfulness and dedication, but wonder if a simple sheet of acetate from an art store might be more frugal, erasable, and of equal quality? The curve is a nice feature here though, I wonder if acetate could be similarly trained (perhaps with a blow dryer?)... Not sure how well running acetate through an inkjet printer would turn out either!