Arnie for Urban Paper show at Subwalk

This is a papertoy I designed exclusively for the Urban Paper show at Subwalk this August in the Netherlands. I named him Arnie after the first boss i ever had. Rough and abrasive on the outside but a a real good guy on the inside. Also Subwalk is in a town called Arnhem so it works as a nod to that too. Soon I'll post some making of photos if your interested. And yes I did lose it once or twice gluing all those damn little spikes together.

Seems my papertoys are always made of flat or curved surfaces. I have be seeing tons of geometric paper folding online. So this idea came about from me trying to incorporate a geometric dimensional texture into one of my goofy papertoys.

  • Luke 'Glood'

    Yeh! this is great! I love him! your paper toys are great! I can't wait for the next one! they are always brilliant!
  • Methuup da Funky One

    Spiky Arnie looks great, I'm sure I'll meet him at the Subwalk Show in my hometown Arnhem.
  • SalAzad

    FANTASTIC!!!!
  • Dolly Oblong

    Brilliant! Love how you folded the texture :) Can't wait to see it!
  • Matthijs Kamstra aka [mck]

    Every time I think "I've seen it all", you blow me away.
    It's good that we have NPT and the Urban Paper book: it will push papertoys forward.

    I'm just guessing, but your models could easily be made from vinyl....
  • Matt Hawkins

    Thanks everybody! I sure wish I could accompany Arnie on his trip to the Netherlands, but I'll be stuck here. Take good care of my baby ;)
  • Harlancore

    wow. very impressive. O_O
  • Mr. WalkieTalkie

    Is it a porcupine? an alien? a monster? no its Arnie!
  • JustUs

    It looks super kool man. Will it cut my finger if I pick it up? hehe.
  • Nick Knite

    this is the coolest papertoy i have seen so far!!!!
    simply breathtaking..!

    matt=papergod! (:
  • dyadic

    Amazing Papertoy!!
  • mckibillo

    I almost did a spit take when I scrolled down the page and saw that spiky back... I LOVE the contrast between the front and back of the design. Really sculptural, you gotta move all around it to really see it.
  • Castleforte

    Show off. Ok it's awesome! :P You rock Matt!