Photo Journal #2: Balloon Spider-Man!
Feb 25, 2009 Comics, Photo Journal
This afternoon I stepped over a line into super-geek territory… I found myself combining my fondness for comic books with a recently remembered hobby. Most everyone have seen those balloon-animal dogs at the circus or during a street festival at some point in their lives and I recall always wanting to learn how to make them. So, many years ago I bought some balloons and a “how-to” book and taught myself the basics of making balloon animals (I could make a dog)… Fast forward to this afternoon and thanks to YouTube, I have discovered that there are many talented people out there making much more than just balloon canines. If you search hard enough, you can find balloon versions of Batman, Mr. Fantastic, Iron Man and of course, Spider-Man.
You know I had to try making one…
Please continue on to see the Spider-Man balloon I created from start to finish. I will also link to the instructional video I used to create him.
Here are the beginnings of what will soon be the webcrawler!
2 blue balloons, 1 white balloon and 1 red balloon.
The initial step required a little hot air…
Next, a few twists and a couple of turns…
Things are slowly starting to take shape. Riley certainly looks curious…
Hey… That ALMOST looks like Spider-Man!
A little bit of work with the Sharpie later…
And now for the BIG reveal…
After adding the “web” and something to swing from, here is what I ended up with:
If you want to make a balloon Spider-Man of your own, check out this video on YouTube for an easy tutorial.
Next up for me; The Incredible HULK! Come back soon to see a balloon version of old “jade jaws”.
Tags: animals, balloon, fantastic, four, hulk, incredible, iron, ironman, man, marvel, mr, spider-man
February 25th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
HAHA WELL DONE
February 25th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Yeah, I thought it looked pretty decent for balloons. Now I want to learn how to make more…
March 5th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I think your cat wanted to play too…
March 6th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
haha. yup, Riley was very curious as to what was going to become of those balloons…
March 11th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
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