This would depend entirely on your skill level as well as what you mean by human figure. A 2D model is simple enough - just have someone lie down on a large sheet of cardboard and trace around them, cut out the silhouette and voila.
3D projects have lots of variety in their execution. It is a typical exercise in most art colleges to have students make 3D cardboard human models. Viewing a college art gallery or touring their workshops first hand is a great way to see their methods, techniques and results.
When working with cardboard, a X-acto knife is your best friend. That and a glue gun, depending on your style. Some people tear away the paper on one side in order to expose the paper ribs inside the cardboard. This makes the cardboard pliable. With the ribs exposed the cardboard can now be rolled into limbs, fingers, etc. Some artists prefer to make cuboid figures and so only score one side of the cardboard with their knife where they wish it to bend. This makes for cube-like limbs and features. Some like it difficult and cut each individual piece and reassemble it onto a frame or use styrofoam blocks as glue points to connect the panels to each other.
You will have to experiment and decide what style and look is the one for you and your project. If you need lots of cardboard you can request it by going to companies/restaurants/grocery stores that have a lot of incoming shipping - usually they just break down the boxes and ship them out to the trash or for recycling if not reuse. Make sure never to take cardboard that is wet, has been wet, or has organic mess on it (such as fruit or vegetable boxes) - they are not good material.
That is what I have been asking for a long time, but I haven't gotten any answers yet. The way I personally do it is by using cardboard and bouncy balls ( cardboard for body and ball for head).
So what you do is you get the center out of paper towel rolls and toilet paper rolls and tape then together... and you should be able to figure it out from there. Love ya!
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To make the Roman Coliseum out of cardboard, cut a shape that looks like a crown. Then cut holes in the cardboard that look like windows and arched doorways. Staple the two ends together into a round figure. This can also be painted white and gray for a more dramatic effect.
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I suggest the use of cardboard to make cardboard egg crates.
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You could not make it with entirely cardboard, but you could use it for wings if you wanted to.
Some cardboard and paper are recycled to make new cardboard, but the primary raw material for cardboard is wood (celulose).
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