Tag Archives: animals

#138

2016-10

Can I Have a Kitten

Here is a very nice project in which I took part. It’s a new papercraft book, beautifully illustrated by the very great Mina Braun, an incredibly talented illustrator. I was asked to do some papercraft designs for Mina’s illustrations, and was very grateful for the enjoyable collaboration.

#127

2015-10

Halloween Cat

Just in time for Halloween, here is a little skeleton kitty. This one is not difficult to build, so have a go and let the ghost cat gaze deep into your soul.

#120

2015-04

3D printed elephant

3D printing and papier mâché

Sometimes state-of-the-art manufacturing and old school crafting techniques go together surprisingly well. In an attempt to marry 3D printing and papier mâché, I created a raster scaffold of an elephant (based on this thing). You might consider this a sculpture in and of itself, but I wanted to use it as the basis for a more […]

3D printed spider ring

2014-12-04

You got to love 3D printing: The turnaround time from an idea to its execution is extremely short. Yesterday in the evening I had the idea for a spider ring (don’t ask – that’s the kind of ideas you get when you have small kids). Scavenged Thingiverse for a spider model, and found this very nice Creative Commons model.

Created a ring in Blender, added a stud to the spider, to make it easy to glue it to the ring, and printed the whole thing (actually, in two steps, first the spider, then the ring). The whole process took about half an hour. Nice.

You can find and download the final model here.

#88

2012-10

Maneki Neko – Lucky...

Maneki Neko – Lucky cat

Finally a new model, and frankly one that I’m a bit proud of – after all, it did require quite some work to get it right in the end. And it’s my first one with movable parts. It’s a lucky or beckoning cat, popular in Japan and China (where I got the inspiration, when I […]

#87

2012-09

Peacock penholder

I admit this is “somewhat” kitschy, but it can still make for a nice little gift for children, if you want to give them a set of pencils or felt-tip pens (kids love kitsch). It’s a peacock pen-holder: In case you wonder what the golden scribbles mean, and if they maybe are the next Voynich […]

Z is for Zebra

2012-07-01

Here it is – the last letter of the alphabet. Congratulations if you made all 26 letters!

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

Y is for Yak

This is basically the single one animal starting with the letter ‘Y’ both in English and German. If you have made all 24 letters coming before this one in the alphabet, you will be relieved to fnd that this one is very easy to make.

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

W is for Walrus

Walrus are strange animals, when you look at them closely. Even more so when they are turned into the shape of the letter W.

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

T is for Tiger

The tiger is again easy to make. I realized soon after having finished the design, that he looks much more clueless and much less fierce than his relative, the lion. Sorry, tiger – you may be in for a redesign in the future.

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

P is for Parrot

The parrot is once again an easy template, except maybe for the curvature of the beak. Very importantly, don’t forget to glue a small weight into the base – such as a small coin. Otherwise, the parrot will fall over.

Here is how to make the P (the photos are a slightly updated version from the Alphabeticals book): First, glue a small weight (such as a 1 cent coin) to the back of the parrot, from the inside, near the bottom. This will allow the parrot to stand up and not fall over:

Next, glue the edge faces to one of the two P sides, following the outline:

Finally, close the shape by gluing the remaining P face to the edge.

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

M is for Monster

Beware of the fear-inducing monster that is the letter M:

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

L is for Lion

The animal to use for the letter L was obviously quite easy to decide: The majestic lion.

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

K is for Kangaroo

Technically, this letter is actually two animals – mother kangaroo and her joey in the pouch.

I should warn you that cutting out and assembling this letter is a bit challenging – the parts around the faces are quite small.

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

G is for Gorilla

The papercraft gorilla for the letter G:

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

F is for Fly

Ok, I admit I had struggled a bit with the animal for the letter F. Flies are not exactly my – or, I imagine, most people’s – favourite pet:

No need to even pretend this is cute, but hey – there aren’t too many animal names starting with the letter F both in English and German.

When you build this, it is very important that glue a small weight – such as a cent coin – into the base, otherwise the center of gravity will be too far to the right and will make the fly fall over.

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

E is for Elephant

And another letter animal – the elephant:

You will find the other 25 letters of the papercraft alphabet here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

C is for Chameleon

2012-06-30

This colorful C-shaped chameleon is part of the papercraft alphabet.

If you are interested in a more realistic looking chameleon (well, sort of), I have a full-fledged chameleon model as well – look here.

Here is the template as a PDF file.

B is for Beaver

Obviously, this beaver has eaten its share of water lillies.

Here is the template as a PDF file. And here is the rest of the alphabet.

Cubicity model #006 – Rover the dog

2012-01-18

Meet Rover, Cubicity man’s best friend. Nobody knows what breed he is, but everybody agrees that this is a mighty fine dog.

Here is the template.

Cubicity model #005 – Theodore the cat

The first cubicity animal (stay tuned for more of the little critters). As far as cats go, Theodore is a pretty relaxed and mellow guy. Be careful, though: He knows he’s pretty cute, he is fully aware of the godlike status of cats on the internet, and he doesn’t hesitate to use this knowledge to his full advantage.

Here is the template.