Work boredom/coursework crossover
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Whilst scraping through an art/illustration foundation course (I was that lazy) and working at a news agents with a photocopier, i killed some birds with some stones.

I had a piece of coursework about everyday objects due the next day, so I planned to complete it after my late shift at work by drinking some cold booze, listening to music and sketching out whatever happened to be near by, however I was hit by a tiny bit of inspiration (and massive boredom) and came up with the following when I was still at work

Take 5 Kinder Eggs (this is the approved amount to guarantee you get at least 2 toys (or surprises) that you have to piece together yourself, instead of your toy (surprise) being a ready made crocodile on a surfboard/ shark on rollerblades/ monkey reading Razzle etc. that Kinder seem so intent on disappointing the kids with).

1.)Lay out all the bits of the toy in the photocopier and print.

2.)Lay out the build instructions in the photocopier and print.

3.)Build toy, put in the photocopier and print.

4.)Repeat with other toys.

I then turned these prints into beautifully inked technical diagrams with long winded assembly instructions (Highlighters and nonsense chat).

The result was adoration from lecturers (?)

Anyway, if you work somewhere with a photocopier, and have access to Kinder Eggs near where you work, you can fuck about for hours with it. Why not make cards for your loved ones? Or create a comic using the toys you have released from their plastic yellow prisons? Let your imagination take you places you've never dared venture.

The best feeling is pulling apart your egg and finding a robot to build. yumsk.

If you do find yourself bored enough to give it a bash, please send me the pics, my studies have finished, but in some ways you can never stop learning.
(LongTomBadTom Does Makes Says Thinks, Sat 10 Jan 2009, 4:19, Reply)