Nicely done...good thinking!

good work author, unique, interesting and well thought out

Like the unique perspective, and well put together too!

SBS would be nice... very good job...

unique idea...

the only on theme entry well done!!!... even looks as though it would work..... if im looking at it right

thank you for the comments! Now I have a sbs too...

GoOD wORK!

good work. on theme entry.very nice . GL

im surprised that this didnt make the top 3

That seems more like a girl laying on a gigantic book

Well, yes it does maXed . But after looking at the girl source image, we know better, dont we! :P

off theme...how would it pop up?... where is the crease?

Its on theme donk, you cant see the mechanice of it because the angle and you cant see the crease because its brand new and made from an incredibly fine material. Stop being such a bitch, spamming all the entries.

I don't think its spam... 'donk' ... I think it's making authors aware that their entry is off theme... if you disagree then re-read the contest goal... and your justification is just as bad as "i assume the land mass of my planet represents my country" - It's meant to be a pop up book... technically the pop up book would be broken looking at the angle of the body in relation to the books spine...

RULES : "show the book and the fold with the pop-up elements shown standing up." I have done this !!! there is no mention of a crease. but if it makes you feel better... you can try to use your imagination to picture one there.

Well I still can't see it personally... all you've done is line up the image to the fold in the book... which then makes the woman look as though she is lying in the book like maXed said... she isn't an element thats popping up... I shouldn't have to use my imagination to make your entry 'work'

EDIT: OK OK I actually see your logic... but i think the girl then should look like her feet are attached to the page... so that it makes it clear she is an 'element standing up'...cause seriously it just looks like she is propping her feet up onto the wall... and maybe a fold line where she would fold when the book is closed!!...

AND AS AN APOLOGY:... i had better inform you that you haven't included your own image of your book uncut/unaltered in your sbs... so it will get removed if you don't rectify that...

Well her feet are attached to the wall, it's a flat image placed over another flat image. The fact that you and max stated it looks like she is lyinig on an open book tells me that I have suceeded in my efforts to achieve exactly that impression. Apology accepted .

yes but we are saying that she doesn't look as though she is attached as in 'pop up book '... thats the theme... thats the idea! it's got to look real as though it was a pop up book... otherwise it isn't to theme... and becomes something else... but anyway...

And now we go back to your imagination, Just try to picture it, closing the book, it folds flat. It's a great popup book, enjoy it.
EDIT: If you look at other popup books, the popup does not look attached (from a certain angle). If it did look attached - it wouldnt be a very good popup book

just get your source image sorted out otherwise ill have to imagine it still in the contest!!... :P

no probs, ill get around to it sometime. But in the meantime, take another look at my work of art, you may learn something lol.

... i could stare at it for hours and still think the same!... and learn nothing... no offence!...

personally I would make it as real as possible to an actual pop up book... not only would it look great, but it would be exactly 100% on theme, without the use of having to rely on peoples imagination...

Regardless... I hope you place where you expect to................

i think what is confusing people is that the girl is tooooo 3d so it just looks like she is laying on the book. It doesn't look like the book would close flat. It is a nice image though.

could be a very interesting idea if you would make the girl looking more flat, like a real pop-up.

very nice work and imagination... but i think it'll be better if u flatten or attach some part of girl to book

where can i buy this book...good luck author

coming to a store near you soon.... will you be disapointed if there are no visable creases on the models ? :P

yes :P as long as they are folds for transporting the model around, and not some old wrinkly hag!

looks mare like you took a pic of a girl laying lext to all wall and cut it out to be the shape of a book, than a popup book, we can use our immagination all we want , its physically impossible to get that look out of folding paper.

edit : after looking at your source it appears like thats exactly what you did. it looks good, little simple, but the end result would not work for a popup book. sorry

Well, when I was making this image, I expected it to look kinda 3d'ish but i was surprised at how well it looks. I was so simple, took 10 minutes after i spent 1 hour finding the right image. I named it Simplistic pop-up for that reason. If she were a cardboard cutout which i intended to make an actual pop-up book from she would indeed have a crease from her right butt cheek to her left breast and a separate piece of card board behind the left elbow to make it stand up. So to james D , I apologize, you were right but perhaps you could have said it more constructively.Thanks EvanMugford

great

Sorry Mods here is the source links for the guys face... dont know how I stuffed that up grrrr http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=1191434

good work.but i cant see the tabs to pull or push

the tabs are there, they are the posts connected to the pop out coaster i tried to make the book look real as i could

good work.. have to work on blending of colors

what do you mean? it is exactly how I wanted it.... can you be more specific on where I need to blend things???

The only thing I would say is that if something pops up from anywhere other than the middle... that isn't directly attached or a part of the middle element... it usually uses some other form of mechanism that makes it pop up... so technically your book wouldn't work... but i suppose you could have the mechanism somewhere the viewer cant see it - I do like it visually though! GL

i put those flappy things behind them lol... i thought that is what pop'd em up rofl... im not going to bed for atleast an hour so I will see what I can do, i think i know what you mean ;p

How would your book perform it's 'pop up' - there are no tabs to pull or push...

Take it easy Mr. JamesD.. not all are, experts like you .... I forgot to put quotes from experts....by the way, no one is perfect!!!...Not even you!!!.....Don't look if you don't like!!!!...and....see your last job (SON GOKU TOU!) ... and you know what I mean....!!!! thx for comm....!!!

nice job come on author dont be too harsh he was js asking.

for the insult... there's no need for that... I haven't insulted anyones work!?!...

I was just asking you a question. Merely asking you to explain how it would work...

And as you mentioned my last entry Son Goku Tou atleast it was obviously a country and not a planet... i read the goals and the aims... and fulfilled them...

JamesD !!! i don't insulted you,,,,, you got it right ... you've asked you ... I've answered me .... and where is my insult? ...btw...I would be curious to know!!! however, you comm. all entries from this contest...in the future PLEASE don't bother me...ok?

i think what james is trying to say author... as he did on my entry ( i took no offence) .. how will the peices fold over into the book. The palm trees are all posing the same way yet the two at the back should bend forward into the book when closing.. He is simply asking how would you achieve this? Maybe put tabs there to show the book will pull them forward as he told me

exactly... I was merely asking a technical question... as for the not communicating you part... I don't see why I should be bullied into not asking a very honest logical question... in future, if you don't want to hear peoples opinions or answer peoples questions then don't put your piece up for public comments...

jeez guys.. the entry's fine. that's what private messagas are for.

Doesn't really saeem like a pop up book jsut a surreal image.

good work .if you put some tabs on it, it will look more good.