Paper-fold skyscrapers pop up from a halftone city map
27.3K views · 230 likes · 65 saves · 5 reposts · Posted Oct 2, 2026 · 0:40 · Motion graphics
OUR NOTEA 40-second animation of a pop-up city where buildings fold up from a flat halftone-printed map like paper cutouts, while a paper plane glides between the towers under pink and orange skies.
A pop-up city where each building is a paper fold drawn on a flat canvas, Sonnet 5.5.
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