Remember all those years you spent folding badass paper airplanes as a kid? Well… prepare to be humbled.
No cartridge blowing necessary. Another salvo in the anti-Mario propaganda that seems to be flavor of the moment on the Internet these days. Maybe we were wrong to call him a hero.
Culture Buzz I am totally in love with Brittney Lee's cut out creations, and in particular these Harry Potter pieces. They are skillfully cut, and I adore her aesthetics. (via theuniblog.evilspacerobot.com)
Culture Buzz Feelin' crafty Buzzfeed? Deviant Art user CyberDrone has created a huge collection of cute Doctor Who papercraft characters. Check 'em out! (via craftzine.com)
Culture Buzz 52 Weeks of paper fandom. After a four month hiatus, graphic designer and paper artist Meghan Stratman is back working on her one-a-week project Nerd Love. Stratman says that the goal of Nerd Love is to post a new, nerdy paper fan art piece every week for 52 weeks. She’s at week 20 now - so far, so good.
Culture Buzz I support this alternative use for the written word. Artist Bronia Sawyer has a way of blending shape and color to make ethereal works of art. (via dudecraft.com)
Culture Buzz Venezuelan architect and papercraft enthusiast Ellian Rubina designed this DIY papercraft model of the Fukuoka Prefecture abandoned coal mine, better known to the world as the kick-ass Anti-Zombie Fortress. To complete the fortress you will need: paper, glue, X-Acto or similar cutting tool, cutting board and 2 years of high school Spanish because the direcciones are en Español. (Via The Buzz Brewery)
Culture Buzz Paper artist Joe Bagley makes these handcrafted silhouettes. They're great for first anniversary gifts (Paper IS the traditional first anniversary gift after all) or any time you're looking for a great piece of paper art. (Via)
Culture Buzz Cheong-ah Hwang has created several images out of layers of paper, to give off a 3D effect. She focuses on a number of subjects, like animals and fairy tales, but the best ones are the super geeky ones. (Via Bite Daily.)
A stunningly beautiful short animation about a day in the life of a paper gentleman. All the animation and modeling was done by hand.
Culture Buzz Design agency PNF has a step-by-step on how to transform your room into a huge papercraft goldfish aquarium.
Culture Buzz Wrapping your head around your head is hard to wrap your head around. Artist Eric Testroete, inspired by “big head” modes in video games, made a massive papercraft mask of himself. And then he rode roughshod into the uncanny valley. Here's his how-to.
Culture Buzz Now Sad Keanu can adorn even the happiest computer monitors. A somber papercraft reminder of the futility of life (and sandwiches).
Culture Buzz This folded gem is for papercraft enthusiasts or those of you who are too cheap to purchase a real one. More pictures are available at behance.net. I've got nothing against Tetris, but let's see a game that features turtles (Mario? Pokemon?) next. (via 9gag)
Tech Buzz Got a new camera? Try doing what this guy did and make a stop motion video of a paper craft camera to show off how well it works.
An irresistible stop-motion tribute to the greatest video game of all time. (Via.)
Meeting Of Important People's video for “Brittney Lane Don't Care” is done entirely with cardboard papercraft. There are a lot of things in that preceding sentence that are way too precious for their own good, but the video is good clean fun nonetheless. (Thanks to Meg for the tip!)
Tokyo art student Wataru Itou created this huge model castle entirely out of paper. It took him four years. I can make a peacock out of paper. And that's it. Click through for more pics (of the castle, not my peacock).
The epic journey of an apple seed in two minutes of stop motion, papercraft gloriousness. Made by designer Johnny Kelly with a soundtrack by Jape.