The 7 Paraguayan Myths
Book-design
As a semester project we designed Pop-Up books for children. In my group, we took the 7 myths of Paraguay as our theme. Nature, surrealism and fear surround these fascinating myths.
The creative process began with coming up with the concept of the book. Since the target audience was children, we had to adapt body features of the monsters present in the myths and adjust the narrative to make it more appropriate for them.
Once we established the concept and story, we immersed ourselves in exploring pop-up techniques to bring the pages to life.
We set out to achieve a minimalist design with lots of white space, so that the pop-up (3D) parts would stand out with their colors and beautiful textures.
To achieve this, we painted the backgrounds with acrylic paint, scanned them and finally incorporated them into the monster illustrations. This brought a more human touch to the project, generating a connection between the visual elements and the reader.
This project gave me immense satisfaction, it connected me with my country and my childhood, which I remember with great affection.