SCION, SHIN TANAKA AND GIANT ROBOT

Scion, Asian and Asian-American pop culture magazine Giant Robot and artist Shin Tanaka bring cut-out fun to all ages and paper toy enthusiasts alike through special templates included in select Giant Robot issues.

Tanaka’s first template appeared in Giant Robot issue 56 which also featured an interview with the artist himself. The second template followed in issue 57 which is out now, and the third will be featured in issue 58 which hits streets on February 9, 2009. Readers can cut out the templates and fold them following the simple instructions to make their own robots. Readers who create all three figures can assemble them to create Tanaka’s larger “4-in1 Robot” commissioned by Scion.

Shin Tanaka is someone I've posted about before. He is an excellent artist who has made some great paper toys. Check out his site again here.

Your own Barack

Cubeecraft has an Obama model, along with tons of other cube people. I posted about Cubeecraft some time ago, but now there are many more to choose from and create. Get your own Obama here.

Pocket Paper Pop-up

Artist Jayme McGowan has appeared on Paper Forest before, but I wanted to post this pocket pop-up because I think it is a fun way to use paper and illustration. You can buy it (along with prints of Jayme's other paper art) on her Etsy site.

Rubicon Paper Camera

Very similar to the Dirkon model I posted some time ago, here's another paper pinhole camera to download and make on the objetgraphik site.

NaniBird Batch 3 hatched!

Batch three of Mckibillo's NaniBird papertoys are now ready for your downloading pleasure. Check 'em all out here.
Above is Earl E Bird designed by Nate Ronniger.

Steampunk TIme Machine

Illustrator and paper engineer extraordinaire Phillip Fickling sent in this cool sneak-peak. This time machine is part of a series of steampunk vehicles he is developing. For more of Phil's work peep his website here.

Papercraft in animation on Cartoon Brew

Making of 'The Seed' from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.
There's a cool post over at Cartoon Brew today about papercraft in animation.
Check it out here.

The Toy Shop

Think that papertoys on the computer are a fairly recent phenomenon? Here is a cool blog all about an old piece of software from the Eighties called "The Toy Shop". Originally available for the Commadore 64 or Apple II, these papertoys are now made available free on-line at the Paper Modeling With The toy Shop Blog. Totally tubular!

Thanks to Marshall Alexander for the link.
Check out his site for his awesome new retro electronics inspired Foldskool Series 3 Papertoys.

Blockheads! Humanoid Paper Toys for the People of Today

Here is a fun papertoy project from Gabe Wong, Blockheads! These little guys are available pre-cut and scored and with no-glue construction. They also come in a clever package that folds out into a little poster. You can get your hands on a set here.

BBoy paper automata

Here is a free paper automata by R Gatt I came across on YouTube. Looks pretty cool!
Download it from his blog here.