Papertoys World

Papertoys are, as their name suggests, toys made of paper, which are constructed by folding, cutting and pasting pieces of paper. In the world of designers it's very much in style because you can make figures and fun shapes wrapped in bright colors. They're pretty cool company and even watch over your desktop and decorate your workspace. They can also be an excellent gift or accompany your presentations and product packaging.

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These toys have their origin in the art of origami, but these are made using other tools such as stationery tape, glue, scissors and a printer, and not only through the paper folds. Therefore, sometimes are not exempt from trouble! They are very elaborate and require true skills as they become true works of art. Good thing you can do or find papertoys for any level of difficulty. It is very likely that when you were little you made a cutout of this sort.

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On the Web there are many ready made and blank templates, but using all your creativity to create your own papertoy is not at all forbidden. With an image editing program you can design your own templates assisted with the complexity that you dare. Why not your own 'mini-me'?

Papertoy Show, by Phidias Gold:

Some artists exhibitions in their best creations, like this of Phidias Gold held in the gallery that LAP in Walthan, MA.

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• Phidias Gold

MOMOT:

Momot is a group of Korean artists who try to expand the culture of the papertoy and present it to the public as fun for all ages. Many designers collaborate on the same basis that MOMOTS does with exclusive graphic designs creating a large collection of different toys that are later sold.

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• MOMOT web | See works

The guys at Momot have also created an iPhone application, iMOMOT, so you can create your own Momot from your smartphone or tablet and play with it.

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• iMOMOT on App Store

Foldable.me: a kickstarter project

Kejia Zhu's team has dreamed this project to create a self papertoy and send a postcard to anywhere in the world. If I can send a few words, why shouldn't I send one to myself? A nice touch to remember!

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• Foldable.me Web | Project Blog | Contribute to this project so it can succeed on Kickstarter

Other examples & artists of Behance:

On Behance there are dozens of designers of this discipline, we'll link a few here to inspire you.

• Filippo Perin
  
  http://www.behance.net/philtoys
• 1000DAY
  
  http://www.behance.net/1000day
• JDS
  
  http://www.behance.net/RRRiot
• Tamer Koseli
  
  http://www.behance.net/tamerkoseli
• Loulou And Tummie
  
  http://www.behance.net/loulouandtummie
• Roel van Eekelen
  
  http://www.behance.net/gallery/CFYE-Papertoy/495302
• Daniel Machado
  
  http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mr-Box-Do-your-own/631258
• Jira Jiramakorn
  
  http://www.behance.net/gallery/Paper-Totem/488045
• Sal Azad
  
  http://www.behance.net/salazad | http://salazad.com/category/papertoys/
• Khaa PINS!
  
  http://www.behance.net/gallery/OLD-SKULL-papertoy/764099
• Lobulo Design
  
  http://www.behance.net/gallery/Paper-toy-C-Myk/2065520
• Paulo Pivato
  
  http://www.behance.net/gallery/LUCHADORES-DE-PAPEL/596727
• Dadik Triadi
  
  http://www.behance.net/dyadic
• Steve Talkowski
  
  http://www.behance.net/gallery/Sketchbot-X-Thought-Processor/538646
• More on Behance

Resources websites & cool templates for download:

There are websites where you can customize them to your liking and enable you to have your own ready to print template, so you just have to cut and fit.

• Carnaval Action Cruisers
  
  http://www.carnival.com/cms/fun/action-cruisers/
• CTRL + [P]aper
  
  grouek.com/ctrlpaper/#
• Marshall Alexander
  
  http://marshallalexander.net/portfolio/free-templates/
• Cubetoy
  
  http://cubotoy.blogspot.com.es/p/free-cubotoys.html

Related Books:

If you are interested in pursuing the subject and practice we recommend these two books by Matt Hawkins and Louis Bou.

• "Urban Paper", by Matt Hawkins
  
  26 Designer Toys to Cut Out and Build | Price: $29.06 Buy in Amazon
• "We Are Paper Toys", by Louis Bou
  
  Print-Cut-Fold-Glue-Fun | Price: $19.79 Buy in Amazon