Nick Sousanis
@nsousanis.bsky.social
Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies!
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#Unflattening #Nostos
https://spinweaveandcut.com/
Tags #comics
#Unflattening #Nostos
Potential new profile pic, courtesy of the birthday balloon Batman from my boy’s birthday! :)
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Potential new profile pic, courtesy of the birthday balloon Batman from my boy’s birthday! :)
I know my pictures don’t do this justice, but I was so delighted by these dancing points of light…
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I know my pictures don’t do this justice, but I was so delighted by these dancing points of light…
Stars dancing about created by light passing through foam bubbles in a tide pool…
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Stars dancing about created by light passing through foam bubbles in a tide pool…
Pieces are done! Maybe I’ll finish today on his actual birthday. For those curious - stay tuned…
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Pieces are done! Maybe I’ll finish today on his actual birthday. For those curious - stay tuned…
And I never really work in color (and it shows) but a fun thing to play in a bit!
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And I never really work in color (and it shows) but a fun thing to play in a bit!
Mistakes aside - it is so satisfying to do finished work on paper. Really feels good. I so miss it. And each little project like this makes me want to abandon digital drawing… perhaps.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Mistakes aside - it is so satisfying to do finished work on paper. Really feels good. I so miss it. And each little project like this makes me want to abandon digital drawing… perhaps.
Did I make crashing sounds to myself while drawing the Late Heavy Bombardment's impact on earth? Yes, I most certainly did...
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Did I make crashing sounds to myself while drawing the Late Heavy Bombardment's impact on earth? Yes, I most certainly did...
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
We can have nice things in decent people with conviction go for it…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We can have nice things in decent people with conviction go for it…
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I mean, I’m not going to order it from them, but this is what I get…
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I mean, I’m not going to order it from them, but this is what I get…
Bonus bonus - my parents got in on the game a couple years ago for my birthday, with this popup on the relative size/volume of the planets - with the cutouts and the area of the popups. It was really cool and very my parents!
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Bonus bonus - my parents got in on the game a couple years ago for my birthday, with this popup on the relative size/volume of the planets - with the cutouts and the area of the popups. It was really cool and very my parents!
Another! 13/8? Flip book plus mini popup got big kiddo! Paper was a big too thick for the flip effect and the transition from flipping to popup was, just ok. But still fun to try!
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Another! 13/8? Flip book plus mini popup got big kiddo! Paper was a big too thick for the flip effect and the transition from flipping to popup was, just ok. But still fun to try!
Bonus 12/8 - i can’t recommend highly enough this book by Carter & Diaz for those interested in trying your own constructions! Some of mine are simple (w/complicated pieces & drawings) but for proper paper construction this is a great starting point &apparently there’s a sequel as well… have a look!
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Bonus 12/8 - i can’t recommend highly enough this book by Carter & Diaz for those interested in trying your own constructions! Some of mine are simple (w/complicated pieces & drawings) but for proper paper construction this is a great starting point &apparently there’s a sequel as well… have a look!
Bonus 9/8 a still of the birth of Athena piece, the video is better but you can see it clearer here - a lot of looking at popup books to reverse engineer & figure out a functional card! This scene appears quite similarly in the opening to #Nostos #Unflattening 2 - a bit of a crossover there…
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Bonus 9/8 a still of the birth of Athena piece, the video is better but you can see it clearer here - a lot of looking at popup books to reverse engineer & figure out a functional card! This scene appears quite similarly in the opening to #Nostos #Unflattening 2 - a bit of a crossover there…
6/? From two years ago - relatively simple but all functional paper engineering - I decided these things needed to be foldable this year... A few different things going on here, but all worked smashingly, and it was pretty fun!
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
6/? From two years ago - relatively simple but all functional paper engineering - I decided these things needed to be foldable this year... A few different things going on here, but all worked smashingly, and it was pretty fun!
5/? I make similar for my big kid too - this one was the most difficult bit of paper engineering. It works, can be folded - took some figuring out... The birth of Athena from the brow of Zeus (with a bit of Kirby Krackle hidden in there)!
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
5/? I make similar for my big kid too - this one was the most difficult bit of paper engineering. It works, can be folded - took some figuring out... The birth of Athena from the brow of Zeus (with a bit of Kirby Krackle hidden in there)!
4/? This was the very first one - the simplest but most functional. When you name your boy Odysseus - wooden horses are in your future…
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
4/? This was the very first one - the simplest but most functional. When you name your boy Odysseus - wooden horses are in your future…
3/? Ok, trying again to post a video - what was probably the pinnacle of my card making - the 3D effect of the buildings worked way better than I expected and it was a big hit! From his 3rd birthday. Nearly impossible to photograph adequately, but video does ok...
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
3/? Ok, trying again to post a video - what was probably the pinnacle of my card making - the 3D effect of the buildings worked way better than I expected and it was a big hit! From his 3rd birthday. Nearly impossible to photograph adequately, but video does ok...
2/? When he turned 2, yellow submarine - not really functional lore of a diorama, but a lot going on in it!
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
2/? When he turned 2, yellow submarine - not really functional lore of a diorama, but a lot going on in it!
Ok, it's that time of year again - gearing up to make an overly complicated popup card for my boy's birthday! Sharing a few from over the years that I'm particularly pleased with... (none of these photograph very well, videos of them give a better sense) 1/?
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ok, it's that time of year again - gearing up to make an overly complicated popup card for my boy's birthday! Sharing a few from over the years that I'm particularly pleased with... (none of these photograph very well, videos of them give a better sense) 1/?
I have strong memories of listening to Jimmy Cliff struggling man and better days are coming (and rest of that album) on weekends growing up - often while cleaning things around the house & thinking, brings back very specific and positive thoughts… (and remember the album cover well too…)
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I have strong memories of listening to Jimmy Cliff struggling man and better days are coming (and rest of that album) on weekends growing up - often while cleaning things around the house & thinking, brings back very specific and positive thoughts… (and remember the album cover well too…)
This reminds me, of shape of thoughts project past where student suspended items in Jello(!) - the short explanation - something that even when still is moving, like the mind! (more past examples in class breakdown here spinweaveandcut.com/visual-commu...)
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This reminds me, of shape of thoughts project past where student suspended items in Jello(!) - the short explanation - something that even when still is moving, like the mind! (more past examples in class breakdown here spinweaveandcut.com/visual-commu...)
The tilting of Uranus, Mercury being cut down to size. Quark by Quark, planet by planet, panel by panel - I'm going to finish this damn chapter soon...
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The tilting of Uranus, Mercury being cut down to size. Quark by Quark, planet by planet, panel by panel - I'm going to finish this damn chapter soon...
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
A snipped from this page that's nearly done. the first planet forming and as planets form, clearing their lanes... Really eager to have time to put this one to bed!
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A snipped from this page that's nearly done. the first planet forming and as planets form, clearing their lanes... Really eager to have time to put this one to bed!
#Nostos #Unflattening 2
#Nostos #Unflattening 2