Category: Papercraft
May 23, 2013
April in Papercraft
That’s right. May is almost over and I’m just now getting around to rounding up what caught my eye in April. Sometimes life is like that.
via: LittleGoldFoxDesigns
via: DanitDesign
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via: Kate Kelly
via: Leslie Strock
April 8, 2013
March In Papercraft
It’s almost sad that I feel super on top of things posting my March papercraft roundup while April is still in the single digits. What can I say? I set my bar low and March was kind of a whirlwind for me. I turned 24 on the first, then I spent the next several weeks trying to work myself to death. Two jobs, mandatory overtime, very little sleep and 12-14 hour work days everyday. It wasn’t all nose to the grindstone, though. One of my jobs sent me to New York for two weeks to work at our Manhattan office and it was my first trip to the Big Apple. I had an amazing time and was super sad to come back to South Carolina. I can’t complain too much though. The weather here is beautiful (Nice to finally see you, Spring) and the papercraft roundup for today is pretty great. Here’s some papercraft illustrations that impressed me in the Month of March.
via: Erin Maala
I just found Erin Maala’s work this month and I was blown away. That’s a partial lie, because I had seen one of her pieces, this epic Ron Swanson illustration, before on Tumblr. As is sometimes the case on Tumblr, it was uncredited and I didn’t know who had made it. So glad that I found out because I have been drooling over her portfolio and pinning practically everything she has ever done on my Pinterest papercraft board. Suffice it to say, I’m a fan.
via: Aleksandra Davydenko
I’m not sure what exactly is going on in this illustration by Aleksandra Davydenko, but I like it. Any ideas of what might be happening?
via: Alice Colombo
Alice Colombo is probably going to develop into one of my favorite papercraft artists as well. This is style is my favorite. Really clean lines, and blocked off color. It’s clean, but so whimsical and her color choice is great. Can’t wait to see more from her.
via: Thumbdemon
Thumbdemon has quite a few pieces similar to this in their portfolio. I think the shapes are really nice, the cuts are clean, and the light play is really interesting. I don’t know if they pack the same punch when they aren’t backlit, which makes the piece a little harder to show off, but I’m impressed nonetheless.
via: Matt Walford
Matt Walford has a great style. It’s super simple and clean and looks like it would be easy to do. That’s just what he wants you to think.
via: giovana medeiros
How cute are these little portraits from giovana medeiros? I love this kind of papercraft, where the patterns and paper are all made by the artist as well. It just looks good. Plus, I have a soft spot for lumberjacks. What girl doesn’t, amirite?
February 16, 2013
January in Papercraft
via: Nicholas Lim
via: Natalia Mon
via: Daydreams and Nightschemes
via: Mick Theisen
via: Cezar de Costa
via: Emma Jackson
via: Carina
Life has been hectic in general. Working 12-14 hour workdays 5 to 6 days a week has been taking a toll on me. I’m exhausted but I know that this is going to push me forward to where I need to go. I will update ThePaperGnome as frequently as possible, but I can’t make any promises as to a timeline. Here are all of the lovely pieces that I found from January, my favorite being the last image by Carina, part of series on consumerism that I think is just brilliant. What a fun style of illustration. Be sure to check out the rest of her work!
December 4, 2012
November in Papercraft
“Off He Stole” by Bex Bourne
“Prometheus” by Cristóbal Sepúlveda-Plaza
Papercraft for Edonè by Emanuele Paravisi
Happy Holidays by Nicki Clark
November 1, 2012
October in Papercraft
Does anyone else think this month went by incredibly fast? Time has been flying by for me recently. Here are some lovely paper crafted things I found for you this month, starting with the above Halloween-appropriate illustration by one of my favorites — Jared Andrew Schorr. It’s actually one of a series of spooky papercraft backgrounds for your phone. If my phone was 700 years old in phone years, I would probably have been rocking this one today.
The close ups of this Haruhiko Tanaka piece are stunning. Click the image to check them out.
It’s been a while since I’ve shown a curled paper illustration on here, but Oscar Wu’s gorgeous work kicked me back into gear. That and I’m a sucker for the spiderman kisses.
via: Hsing-Yu Chen
I don’t know if this is going to eventually be an entire alphabet book, but I certainly hope so. This is such an adorably charming illustration. I could totally see myself teaching my future children their alphabet by reading this to them.
This is one of my favorites from October. It’s a papercrafted cover for Preemium Magazine by Elena Bulay. I have to admit I’ve never heard of Preemium but based on the cover, I would check it out. What did you think of this month’s round up? Did you see anything mindblowing in paper this month that I missed? Let me know in the comments.
August 31, 2012
August in Papercraft
via: Miguel Dias
Some of you may remember Miguel Dias from his papercraft portrait of Thom Yorke of Radiohead, and it’s obvious Miguel has some major chops. This new piece is super intricate and I like what he was going for, but I think something was lost in translation. Maybe “doesn’t” instead of “neither”? Even with the confusing wording, it’s a nice piece.
via: JP Ramirez
This is made with construction paper. Construction paper, you guys. I have difficulty cutting construction paper with scissors and not getting those little fuzzies on the edges and this just looks impeccable. Check out the link to see more type experimentations by JP Ramirez.
via: Joanna Gracie
This project by Joanna Gracie was done on a prompt to design a new ad campaign to promote Fedrigoni UK’s new and improved paper selection in 262 colors. I think Joanna made a really smart decision to go with monochromatic illustrations because it shows that this company is going to have multiple shades of any color you need. Nice!
via: Neikoart
I think this might be my favorite piece I stumbled across this month. Look at the eyes! Those faces are precious. Neiko makes these custom paper illustrations of your pets, or friends, or really probably whatever you ask her to make. They are not cheap, but they are fabulous.
via: Roadside Projects
Jayme McGowan of Roadside Projects is so talented. Super intricate and detailed work, with a definite style. I could totally see this as book art for James and the Giant Peach. Publishers, get on that.
via: Kiersten Eagen
Last but not least, we have The Incredible Tattooed Lady, by Kiersten Eagen and I would have to agree that this piece is appropriately named. Everything is made from paper, except the facial features and tats, which are inked. I think this piece is beautiful and I hope we see more from Kiersten in the future.
August 21, 2012
Long time, no see
Edutopia papercraft by Jared Andrew Schorr
One of my absolute favorite papercraft artists, Jared Andrew Schorr just shared this new piece he put together for Edutopia. Since it’s that time of year where all the kiddies head back to school, Jared partnered with Edutopia who are donating money to teachers for new school supplies. You can help by liking Edutopia on Facebook. Not only will you be supporting a good cause (and Jared Andrew Schorr), but you also have a shot at winning a $250 gift card. Not too shabby, eh?
You have to act fast if you want to win though, because the contest ends August 24th.
What do you think of the piece? The illustrations are fabulous as always, and I love the limited color palette.
July 31, 2012
This Month in Papercraft
You might have noticed that ThePaperGnome has been a bit sporadic lately. My life has been going through a lot of changes lately, both personally and professionally, and I think that it’s time that ThePaperGnome goes through some changes of its own. I’m still working on getting the new design for the site ready and have found a design team that I’m really excited to work with to help with the coding aspects.
I’ve also been doing a lot of brainstorming when it comes to content for ThePaperGnome. A lot of what I’ve been doing for the past year (almost) of blogging is curating things that inspire me on the internet, and adding little bits of design to help convince myself that I’m still a designer even if I don’t have my dream job, and brief glimpses of my work. I feel like I’m just regurgitating things I find on the internet and there isn’t enough of me on this blog. In the future, you can expect a lot more original content.
You can still look forward to collections of papercraft goodness, but as the title of this post suggests, I’m only going to post them once a month instead of weekly. Starting today!
via: Jonathan Shackleton
I’ve seen these adorable little paper suits floating around Tumblr and Pinterest this month and I kept wondering what they were for. Now that I know, I like them even more. Designer Jonathan Shackleton was hired by Fedrigoni, an Italian paper company to create a marketing campaign that would introduce the UK market to their new paper selection tool which features 262 different paper samples. That sounds like a dream to me. Shackleton came up with the concept of printing templates onto those paper samples, so you can cut them out and assemble a dapper little suit, getting a feel for the paper and seeing how different patterns might work together for your project. It’s brilliant and adorable.
via: Zim and Zou
This is a super quirky project by French design duo, Zim and Zou celebrating the 30th birthday of the restaurant Au Bon Gîte. The chef comes up with bimonthly menus, and Zim and Zou create a mask made up of the ingredients of that menu. In this case there’s asparagus, strawberries, onions, peas, rice, and ham on the bone. After seeing this first mask, I can’t wait to see the rest of the series.
via: Sebastian Pelaez, Guillermo Siachoque, Gus Marioni, and Andrés Lancheros
This is part of a campaign for the Colsubsidio Book Exchange, and the concept is pretty straight forward. They took iconic characters and illustrated them as minimally as possible with paper. Must be a trend going around. Only last week I featured a similar minimal illustration of Gotye from Alysse Asilo.
