I love modern character design, and I stumbled upon a site called http://www.toypaper.co.uk/ which combines character design with origami. There are
little characters, monsters and other items which you can print out and make up into 3D pieces. Some are even left blank so you can customise them yourself. What a fun idea, great for big kids and little ones too. The site looks really cool as well.
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pretty cool idea, and a nice website
Cute little character. I am not sure that the box shape is the best possible, but… it’s cute.
I’m trying to modify the snicker into a business card holder for myself. I’m gonna look into making something like this to leave behind when I’m out pitching to leave behind with my portfolio
Looks like Monsters Inc. on steroids lol I could see myself making these if I had the time.
What a great find. Love the site, the characters, the design, the colours! Reminds me of the Boxy Toys, only ToyPaper is better
How fun!!! I printed out Mr. Reeds from the monster collection. This is too cute!
These reminded me of a guy I went to school with. You can check out his paper monsters
My apologies if the link doesn’t work.
Did you see the website of the author? Rememberthelittleguy.com John has some characters called weatheroscopes (found in the sketchbook section, pencil icon) “who sit on top of mountains and decide what the weather will be like.” It reminded me of the Weather Pops! Did you find this site while doing research for them?
I really love his illustration style and color schemes. He does a great job. I wonder if he’s done some children’s books before.
Hi All thanks for all you comments. Got back from my hols about 2 hours ago so sorry for not replying sooner.
Lauren, hadn’t seen the weather characters I will take a look, thanks
Just stumbled across this, and I’m shocked to see it was from 2007! Toy character designs have gotten a lot more popular since then, so this was way ahead of it’s time!
Loved this site. How cute. Could be used for many ideas. I have a friend with a young child. Will pass this along.
I love this site. I am constantly recommending it to others.