Mask Making

Start with any shape - cut a diagonal slice to the center of the shape and overlap the slice as much or as little as needed

Overlap a lot and it's pointed!

This is a cone from the cheekbone technique. You can take any sharp point and press in on it to create an indent!

Same technique for forming the BASE of the mask, but smaller. This can be used vertically or horizontally. Maybe as a nose or a chin? 

Ears or even fins or wing like shapes that come off of the side of the head would be created like this (at any size needed) - straight edge being the side of the shape. 

If an ear shape would come UP off the top of the head the straight edge would be the BOTTOM of the ear. Snip and overlap to create shape. You can also Curl the paper over a marker if you wanted!

A cylinder starts with a rectangle - the WIDTH of the rectangle is the desired cylinder circumference. The HEIGHT of the rectangle should be 2inches more than how tall you want the end product to be... you will snip into the bottom and turn the flaps OUT for attaching and snip the top and turn IN to close the opening! 

Different than a tightly overlapped cheekbone technique, this would be a very long cone, similar to a "unicorn horn" for example. Start with a rectangle that is an inch taller than you want your cone to be. It should be 2 of your hands wide. Take one top corner and fold in over forming a point that you crease only at the top. Cradle the paper while holding the point in one hand and twisting your other hand inside the forming cone. Use tape to secure and cut snips in the bottom for attaching. 

You can start with any size of any shape. Apply snips into the shape at 1/2 to 1 inch intervals (not too small or you can't manipulate them and not too big or they will leave corners)

OVERLAP just a LITTLE bit and tape, make your way around the shape and you will see it "pop up"

Imagine a brow bone or a lip! Take any shape, make a "margin" around it about 1/2 inch and snip up to the shape you drew. Again you OVERLAP just a LITTLE all the way around and the shape will "pop up!"

This shape is traditionally a snout or nose (think of our human noses that are narrow between the eyes and wider towards the nostrils) But as will all of these shapes you can use it in any size however you need.

Traditionally an animal snout. Allows for a long shape that flows from the base outward and slowly gets narrower. 

Start with ANY shape you want to POP straight off the mask. Here I have taken a shape that might resemble a muzzle. I have drawn half of the shape and folded it to cut it symmetrically. 

Instead of having the shape pop straight up off of the mask, it could SLOPE... all depending on the various depths of snips you make around the strip. 

Here I have the bottom half of a "mini-mask" technique and I am adding it to the muzzle. This is just one way to show how you can layer various techniques to achive different aspects of a face.