What is paper quilling? It’s the art of getting strips of paper, rolling, shaping and gluing together to create designs. There’s a whole reddit community for it. There’s also the work of Aimie Holdorf (aka wholedwarf – great self-nickname) and these paper Pokemon! There’s no doubt that the clever rolls of paper give these Pokemon […]
200,000 sticky notes, a train set and Sony’s Action Cam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHKXZFSa6t0 In this promo video Sony’s team built a model train (you can see the process at the end of the clip), attached a Sony Action Cam and drove it through a colourful landscape brought to life with sticky notes. Lots and lots of sticky notes; 200,000 sticky notes. Early on you can see white […]
Incredible dragon time lapse for charity
The Dragon Master Foundation battles against cancer by helping to bring data to cancer researchers. They’re putting together a real-time, open-source generic database for researcher to use and have partnered with a number of hospitals. Sound cool? It gets better. Visit this time lapse page and you can win the dragon itself. Want more? You […]
Impressive art takes paper Mordor under a glass dome
This papercraft creation is the work of Jackie Huang. You can read about the work and how Lord of the Rings was an important inspiration at Jackie’s blog. Also, rather nicely, you can buy the piece from Gallery Nucleus too.
Watch as this incredible paper mache dragon comes to life
Dan Reeder of Seattle is a wizard. With nothing but paper, glue, cloth and paint he can create dragons. The 62-year old artist has his own unique variation of paper mache that combines with cloth. The result? His creations are stronger.
Making the perfect paper mache dragon
It’s been too long since I made paper mache. Now that I’ve found Ultimate Paper Mache.com that may change. Check out Cindy’s dragon and the four-page step by step instructions on how she did it. Cindy says she started the project by chance and accident. Just like me, Cindy hadn’t sculpted anything since high school, […]
Okami brought to life with papercraft
Richard Wong’s Deviant Art gallery is a collection of some very impressive papercraft. It’s worthy of spending plenty of time viewing. One of my favourites in this Okami. Okami is a great spirit, a wolf, and hero of Clover Studio’s popular computer game.
Papercraft frost dragon
This Skyrim dragon is impressive. It’s hard to believe it’s made out of paper. It is, though, and deviant artist DaiShiHUN is at least kind enough to say it very hard to make! DaiShiHUN also feels this is technically a wyvern but that’s one for Bethesda to mull over. Fancy making one of these yourself? […]
Papercraft Bioshock Infinite Undertow bottle
The Undertow (Vigor) bottle in Bioshock is pretty memorable. It looks like something Cthulhu would award his top cultists. Here’s a clip. As it happens you can make your own Vigors bottles too. You’ve your choice of Undertow, Murder of Crows, Shock Jockey, Charg and Salts. All you need to do is pop over to […]
Building the papercraft dragon
Which dragon type do you most worry about encountering? Red dragons? Tiamat? I wouldn’t worry about stumbling into a cave to discover Guilloteau Charli’s papercraft dragon. This regal looking work must have taken an age to build but doesn’t have many hit points.
