The Brainjar Paperdesk - Blog about urban papercraft and papertoys

Not dead yet

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:34:00 +0000

Hey guys! Just a quick note that I'm still around, just had a lot of stuff going on and had not much time to work further on my papercraft. I just recently produced a high-quality print (xerox 4c laser) for the eTUI design i posted a while back and will post a few pics once i cut it. I won't have that much more time over the next two months, but...

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back from the fair

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0000

I'm back from the fair... while i get settled in again, I'll point you to a simple papertoy i saw at the fair of a hydrogen fuel cell bus. Expect some updates on the eTUI during this week.

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Quick Update

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:39:00 +0000

Just a quick update to let you know I'll be away to an industrial fair for next week, that's why no updates were posted here nor will there next week. Expect to get news & pics on the eTUI once I'm back home.

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A few prototypes later...

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:16:00 +0000

...eTUI is born. Since the first change for the closing mechanism, i changed the system again. Without a larger faceplate at the top it just did not look right. A few of the prototypes also had some stability issues when opened/closed too often. The now final design looks like a traditional sheath and should be sturdy enough to be used quite a...

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business card sheath, WiP

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:22:00 +0000

The earlier mentioned iPod Shuffle papertoy is on hold for a while. The design is nearly done, but i lack the inspiration for the illustration at the moment. So in the meantime i went back to the business card sheath out of paper. It will be able to hold approx. 25 business cards. While not exactly a papertoy, it will be easy to customize and...

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Poseable Paper Pope

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Hehe.. today i stumbled upon a DIY paper pope with a bunch of accessoires. While being more a 2D papertoy, it's funny nontheless. You can download the pope as a PDF at the link. The designer Rob Nance does also offer a paper Hasselhoff there, perfect for that colleague you never liked anyway.

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Bringing the 2nd 3rd-Dimension to papertoys

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:32:00 +0000

There are so many great papertoys out there, you probably could take a week off and won't be able to build them all. One really cool thing is when the models use different "layers" of perspective to give an even better 3D-feeling. If you're still unsure what I'm referring to have a look at the Macula Squealer series or this work in progress from...

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NiceBunny HedKase with gasmask

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:01:00 +0000

I'm invited for breakfast today and as the host has a.. hum.. interesting collection of gasmasks and stuff i figured, what better to bring then a NiceBunny HedKase with accessoire? Fitting for today Brian had his very own April fool with me: I printed out the bunny on A4 and thought the accessoires will fit then as well - who likes to read...

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World of Warcraft Papercrafts

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:25:00 +0000

Today i discovered a blog that's devoted entirely to papercrafts from models of the popular World of Warcraft MMORPG. Some very cool things to build over there... really nice. :) Check it here: World of Warcraft Papercraft. Despite some artists don't like Pepakura, as it's easier to build some models with it, there are communities out there that...

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Not exactly papercraft

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:52:00 +0000

...but cool stuff nontheless. Curtains with ASCII art, funny idea. Or how about a couch in pixelart? I like reading blogs about design concepts and prototypes, often gives you great ideas for other things. One really good website i read regularly is Yanko Design - great stuff!

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iPod Shuffle papertoy - work in progress

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:34:00 +0000

Well, after toying around with the eggotastic family i thought it's time for a more functional papertoy again next. On the small picture you can see part of a papertoy you'll be able to integrate your iPod Shuffle in. ;) I'm not sure yet when it will be finished tho. I also have a nearly finished design for a very cool business card sheath in the...

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eggotastic - blank template & bunny disguise

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:57:00 +0000

After i added the blank template for the eggotastic model, i created another one. With Easter close i figured the eggotastic alien should disguise as a bunny to blend in. Download the new template from the original eggotastic post. Enjoy your weekend!

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eggotastic - deranged alien egg

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:02:00 +0000

First day of spring, crazy things can happen... like a deranged alien egg from outer space tries to blend in by posing as a chicken egg with an eggshell hat. Here is my newest papertoy: eggotastic - the deranged alien egg. I never intended to create this model, it just evolved from a few things i was trying out for other papertoys i was working...

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The Wicked Wench sailing home?

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:17:00 +0000

While reading through some papercraft blogs, i saw a post at Papercraft Paradise stating that the Disney Experience paper store will close at March 22nd. The site has some great models and is not affiliated with Disney. The news are not explicit enough if they'll only stop selling some models or if also the free models will vanish as well. So best...

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Crazy Antlor

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:35:00 +0000

After watching Episode 29: Paper Cuts at toybreak (and rambling a bit about Mr. "Marvin" cougar bait at nicepapertoys) i had a look at their forum and stumbled across a custom for Kenn Munk's Antlors i had not seen before. Check it out from Dr. A at spookypop.com, looks weird. ;) While I'm still surprised my BC Butler design was now downloaded...

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Paper Masks with reflexive Tape

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:09:00 +0000

Today i saw this cool gallery of huge paper masks, which were used for a video of Nação Zumbi (Dinamo Filmes), that use reflexive tape to accomplish an even cooler look. Using papercraft to create masks is another great thing you can do, some time ago i saw a Guy Fawkes Paper Craft Mask created with Pepakura. But I'm sure there are even better...

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Pirate Wedding Papercraft

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:27:00 +0000

During the weekend i was invited to a wedding and i used parts of the Canon Balance Game to create a wedding gift. The coins in front were supposed to look like waves being more blue, but i did not had the correct paint at hand. Well, it looked cute nontheless and the couple was happy i hope. ;) Check out the Canon Papercraft Website, they got a...

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scavenger hunt to involve customers/fans

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:25:00 +0000

Recently i had a discussion with a friend about internet marketing and ways to involve customers/fans more & regularly with your website. Beside many things like related to postcardware and others we also discussed internet scavenger hunts. It's rather easy to do and if not "overdone" it can be fun for the visitors of your website as well. But of...

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Light Doodles & Hoodbot

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:32:00 +0000

While looking at some artists websites i stumbled over a link to lightdoodles.com where they paint with an LED light into the dark air and use a camera to capture it in one long exposure photograph. Pretty neat idea! Refering to the BC Butler a friend did send me a link to instructions how to create Extreme Business Cards, like a card that deals...

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Cookie Caskets!

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:30:00 +0000

Alright, probably I'm the only one who thinks this is funny... but who cares? =) While writing an answer to a discussion over at Nice Paper Toys i came up with the spontaneous idea to create paper cookies. While the first version was a more complicated model (sides in a more complex shape) i thought about my recent discussion concerning papertoys...

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e440 in DHM style

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:53:00 +0000

Finally i found the time to put together all the parts for the e440 in DHM style i started a few days ago. I *really* like this model... Ringo created a great template. Once the weathers turns better again (it's drizzling a lot those days) I'll take a picture for the e440 travel blog. The idea of sending in pictures of papertoys you craft reminds...

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blank BC Butler

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:25:00 +0000

I cleaned up the template and added a blank BC Butler one to the post. Feel free to use/modify it - would be nice if you drop me a line if you created your own card holder. I can also post it in my blog if you wish. If you see different designs for card holders, I'm interested in a pictue/design as well. Looking at the model again gave me a great...

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BC Butler

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:39:00 +0000

My first own paper model was supposed to be a kind of kung-fu bunny (an hommage to Usagi Yojimbo), but after recently thinking about functional papertoys i got inspired by the C3 Biz Card Holder and the toxic-myk model and put the bunny on hold. Therefore i decided to create another model first, my own business card display: The BC Butler. I...

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ambient art made of papercraft

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:15:00 +0000

I'm in the process of building the DHM version of the e440. Ringo was so nice and did send me a bunch of e440 models i asked for. Looking at his website and the adidas model he did (but does not share *sobs*, probably due to legal brand issues) it got me thinking about papermodels not being used as toys but more as a kind of art objects for the...

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evil calakraft

noreply@blogger.com (brainjar) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:21:00 +0000

I had to get rid of the standard thumbnail pics from flickr... had a look at picasa and some others, but did not find one which creates the thumbnails in a size i want. It should also be a nice idea if you could create some standard frames the service attaches to your thumbnails when it created those or posts them into a blog. Ah well, back to...

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