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ISSUE 5 2010

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Hi olks!

These last ew months, since the last issue o II LOVE, I had really tight agenda. This period was

marked with exhibitions; I had our shows in three months. All the exhibitions were about my

paintings and installations, except one, ye-boT initiative, which was about paper toys.

It was the frst paper toy exhibition in Croatia, in ULUPUH gallery in Zagreb and I was

really surprised with the positive reactions! There was a lot o work around this show, but

its important to say that it would not have been possible without the creative people who

contributed with their customs, so Ill use this opportunity to mention their names (in order

o submissions) and thank them once again: Sal Azad (Indonesia), Vinsart (Italy), DMC (Aus-

tralia), Zakane (Singapore), Phil (Italy), Marshall Alexander (Netherland), Ivona Lovri (Croa-

tia), Horrorwood (Japan), Andy Kulji (Croatia), Dunja Boek Zubak (Croatia), Morgan Gleave

(USA) and Mirko Zubak (Croatia).

You can see the works o all the participants on www.ye-bot.yebomaycu.com , where theproject continues.

Marko Zubak

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Always in the process o exploring the new possibilities o paper toys, Marshal Alexander is telling us a totally new story with this paper toy scene, named

Easy listening. This is what he says, regarding to the Urban Paper show, which took place in August 2009 in Arnhem (NL):

Ater seeing all the inspiring work by other part icipants, I elt I needed to re-invent mysel to keep up with their quality o work. There are two important things I

want to achieve: frst, a more consistent illustration style that fts the kind o models I create and second to get the story back into my models.

Heres where the paper toy scene enters into the game: By creating paper toy scenes, I elt I could tell all these little mini-stories that are harder to tell by

creating a single paper character. Ideally, these paper toy scenes could perorm the same role as regular 2D illustrations, or example in illustrated (children) books

or in magazines. This hopeully could be a new area where I could market my work as well :)

You can download this Easy listening scene, as well as other Marshalls works rom:

www.marshallalexander.net

EASY LISTENINGpaper toy scene

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Custom Paper Toyz 2: Jbaro

Ya tenemos ganador!El viernes 5 de marzo se puso punto y nal al segundo concurso de

personalizacin de Toyz de papel convocado por la revista A Little Beat

y el colectivo artstico Most Wanted Paper, en colaboracin con Carhartt

Streetwear y Artvisual.

Tras varios meses de votaciones en la pgina web del concurso, el Viernes

5 de Marzo en Flow (Valencia, Espaa) a partir de las 22h, se conoci al

nico ganador de la presente edicin de Custom Paper Toyz, Jordi Dur

Fernndez (Valencia, Spain) que ue premiado con 500 en metlico en

una velada amenizada musicalmente por GNZ.

Se trataba de la segunda entrega de un concurso, que en su anterior edicin

tuvo como ganador al artista croata Marko Zubak (www.markozubak.com

, www.yebomaycu.com), y que, como en la primera edicin, ha recibido

numerosas propuestas de multitud de pases.

La temtica de esta edicin del concurso estaba inspirada en los Jbaros,

tribu de la selva amaznica conocida por el arte indgena de la reduccin

de cabezas. As surge Jbaro: cabezas reducidas y el Paper Toy que los

participantes deban personalizar: una cabeza con su nariz, representadaspor un trapecio y un triangulo tridimensionales, que conservan la sencillez

de la plantilla propuesta para la primera entrega de este concurso.

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We have the winner!

On Friday 5th March 2010 ended the second edition o Custom Paper

Toyz contest, organized by A Little Beat magazine and Most Wanted Paper

collective, in collaboration with Carhartt Streetwear and Artvisual.

Ater various months o voting trough the web site o the contest, the

winner was made public at Flow in Valencia, Spain. Jordi Dur Fernndez,

rom the same city, was awarded with 500 , while the GNZ was responsible

or the pleasant musical evening.

This second edition o the contest received numerous proposals rom all

over the world, like in the rst edition, when the winner was Croatian artist

Marko Zubak (www.markozubak.com , www.yebomaycu.com).

The theme o this competition was inspired by the Jivaro tribe rom theAmazonian orest, known all over the world because o their skills or

ancient practice o shrinking human heads (the art o Tsantsa), thereore the

template o Custom Paper Toyz 2 is a miniaturized human head, represented

with simple it s orms.

+ ino: www.custompapertoyz.com

Organized by / organiza:

www.alittlebeat.com

www.mostwantedpaper.com

Sponsor / patrocina:

www.carhartt-streetwear.com

In collaboration with / colabora:

www.artvisual.net

(Puto) Pulpo Rojo, by Jordi Dur Fernndez, winner of th e second edition of Custom Paper Toyz


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Hate is my business... by Enrique RadaTtem, by Rosita


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Zparo, by Boo


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Bixo, by Ana NavarroPaseando a Miss Daisy, by Sara Sanz


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Youre a British artist and you say you expatriated to Japan in 2006.

How did that happen?

Well, my wie is Japanese and we are now living in her home town. I studied

Japanese at university and have lived and worked in Japan on and o over

the years, so it was not such a big move or me. We lived in London beore

but ound lie there too dicult so decided to move to Japan permanently.Lie here is a lot more slow paced and just a lot easier in general.

How do you nd yoursel so ar away rom home and do you see your-

sel there in the uture?

As mentioned above, at the moment it looks like Ill be here or a long time,

i not orever. I dont really think too deeply about it. I think I could probably

live most places as long as the liestyle suited me. I guess I was just drawn

to a place that provided me with the lie I was seeking. It is also a good envi-

ronment or an artist and I have become more inspired and productive thanwas ever possible in the past. O course being amiliar with the language

and culture helps a great deal too.

I was living abroad mysel or some time and although I was a stu-

dent, I spent certain time in Spain without papers. Have you got any

interesting story about that issue rom your experience?

Japan is notoriously unorgiving about that kind o thing. Especially now

that I have a amily I always make sure I do things by the book (on paper at

least). I can not risk any trouble with the authorities. It is oten tiresome tojump through all those hoops, but in the end I have to remember that I am

a oreigner a long way rom home and so have to be careul.

Was it dicult to learn Japanese and how long did it take?

Though it may sound pretentious I never ound Japanese that dicult (at

least the spoken language). I think that because it is so ar rom other lan-

guages you just have to start rom scratch. There is also little conusion with

Horrorwood

Go Bananas, Calling All Cars series

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other languages because it is so dierent. Japanese grammar is very simple

and there are very ew exceptions to rules, unlike the endless exceptions

that you nd in English. Having said all this, I was lucky enough to study it

as my major at university (a 4 year course) and have lived here on and o or

several years, so have been in the best situation to learn the language. Sim-

ply studying in a classroom without living in Japan would be quite tough I

think, though you could probably say that o most languages.

What do you like most about Japan and what do you miss rom your

lie in the U.K?

For me the things I like about Japan are mostly practical these days. I like

the saety and the convenience. Unortunately I nd modern Britain quite

a dicult place to live. There just seems to be less nonsense to deal with

in daily lie here. Small things like always getting good customer service,

trains being on time and not being worried about being mugged on your

way home.

I do o course miss the U.K. at times though. Probably the thing I miss mostis the countryside. You just dont get that kind o endless green open space

here in Japan. Also things like English language media and entertainment;

but thanks to the internet that is usually not a problem.

Is your lie in Japan reected in your creative work, and i so, what

change do you notice?

For a long time I have actually rerained rom using Japanese motis in my

work, because I eel that it is a little too obvious and so many other people

are doing it anyway. Recently though I have started to introduce a bit o aJapanese eel to some pieces. As some people may have noticed I like mon-

sters and Japan has a great cultural history o creatures and ghosts. I some-

times use these ideas in my art.

As I said above, the environment that lie in Japan has provided me with

has had the most infuence on my work, rather than the country itsel. I have

more time and energy now than was ever possible in London. Almost my

entire body o work was created since I came to Japan. Indeed Horrorwood

itsel only properly came into existence ater I moved here, so in that sense

Horrorwood

Eenikmusha,

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Skull king

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Japan is very important to me as an artist.

Your work includes illustration, graphic design and papercrat. Which

one o those elds is most amiliar to you, which one do you preer?

I have had most success with my papercrat, though I cannot say that it is

my main love. I enjoy it very much but being honest I kind o stumbled into

it by accident. What I enjoy most is illustration and character design in par-ticular. I am now mostly ocussing on illustration but I also use papercrat

as a canvas or that. When I have time I love doing customs or other artists

as it gives me the opportunity and reedom to try out new styles and tech-

niques. I am o course going to continue doing as much o my own paper-

crat as I can too. It is a very satisying art and I have gained so much rom

becoming a part o the community.

How much time do you spend realizing your ideas and is that time su-

cient to you?

I am sure that every artist is the same but I never have enough time to re-

alize all my ideas. I have such a long list o things that I want to do. I would

draw all day i I could, but the reality o a day job and amily makes that a

ar o dream (though Im not complaining o course...). Having so many

ideas is however a good thing I guess. It shows that I am constantly being

inspired.

These days I try to spend as much time as is necessary to get my work look-

ing right. Papercrat customs are something I can do pretty quickly as the

base has already been made or me. My own original papercrat however

takes some time. Thats probably why you have seen so many custom piecesrather than original crat rom me recently (something that I am intending

to rectiy this year).

As ar as illustration is concerned, I am trying to do larger and more detailed

work recently, so one piece can oten take me several weeks. This is also due

to the act that I tend to do things in 30 minute bursts between other du-

ties. I I get to sit down and draw or 2 hours straight it is bliss.

Horrorwood

Soso death

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Dark lord

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When did the paper toys enter into your opus and how?

I made my rst set o paper toys about 5 years ago but only got into it seri-

ously in the last 2 years. I started making papercrat because I love toys and

I also wanted to transorm some o my ideas into 3D objects. It would be

great i I could make vinyl toys, but that is a pretty dicult dream to realize,

so paper lls that gap or me.

What kind o music would best t your paper toys?

Going rom the look o my toys some people may say pop would go best

with them. However when Im creating them I usually listen to stoner rock

and metal and electronic music like dubstep. Rock and metal is good to get

into a horror mood and dubstep is probably best or sci- themes.

Calling All Cars is the name o your amous series o custom paper

toys which includes works rom many diferent artists. What did this

project bring to you?

I never thought that Calling All Cars would become as popular or prolic as

it has as a platorm series. I am incredibly grateul to all the antastic artists

who contributed designs. Thanks to the series I have gained some recogni-

tion within the papercrat community and on the web in general and have

also made many wonderul riends and artist contacts. I will keep the series

going in some orm or another or a while and still have a ew new ideas or

the project. It is so great to see all the models that I have been sent lined up

together. It is really quite an awesome sight. I would love to display them all

at a special exhibition some time.

Could you tell us something about your Gravity Project?

Gravity was just an attempt to bring together some like-minded artists in

my city (both Japanese and non-Japanese) or the purpose o group art

shows. The members have changed slightly over time but we always have

interesting people on board. So ar we have had 4 shows and met with some

success. I really enjoy displaying my stu virtually on the web, but some-

Horrorwood

Death mask, illustration

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times it is nice to exhibit work in the real world (especially 3D works such

as papercrat). I would like to continue having these exhibitions regularly i

possible.

Who is your avorite Japanese lm director?

I dont really watch many Japanese lms these days but I used to be into Ki-

tano Takeshi. Hes able to create a very strange atmosphere in his lms. Youusually get long stretches o just looking at the scenery and then a sudden

burst o violence, which is a real shock to the system. I think he is a good

representative o a certain kind o avant-garde lm making in Japan.

Name your avorite Japanese and non Japanese artist (not paper toy

artist).

That is a very tough question. I am always discovering new artists and my

avourite probably changes rom week to week. I can at least tell you 2 o

my avourites. From Japan I would say Usugrow. He does tattoo style inkdrawings that are very clean and beautiul. On the non-Japanese side one

o my recent discoveries is the Australian artist Rhys Cooper. He does amaz-

ing rock poster artwork. Both o these guys produce a lot o horror-themed

stu, so it is right up my street.

Horrorwood

www.horrorwood.ino

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Horrorwood

Custom by Jerom, Calling All Cars series Custom by Matt Hawkins, Calling All Cars series

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Horrorwood

Custom by Guillain, Calling All Cars series Custom by Tougui, Calling All Cars series

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SUPER COOPER

Cooper Berella a.k.a. Super Cooper is one o the youngest paper

toy creators (I cant tell you his age, you have to nd it out by your-

sel), but also one o the biggest paper toy ans. He already has his

own project going on, under the name Box Fox, which counts cus-

tom designs rom various artists rom the paper toy scene.When I asked him to do a custom or the II LOVE, he made this He-

Fox, under the infuence o the He-Man art showhe visited then.A-

ter ew e-mails we exchanged, I decided to make a short interview

with this interesting little guy, so here it is:

How old are you?

My age is a secret.

Where are you rom?

CA.

How long have you been making paper toys?

Almost orever.

How did you discover them?

Almost Triclops! Triclops made a Spiky baby and a qee. I liked qees back

then.

How many paper toys do you have?

Over 150. Seriously. Over 150.

Does your school riends make paper toys?

O course! For Valentines day, I passed out Mini Zetas. I made mine as

well.

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Papercrat Toys by Bryan

Paper Foldables

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When did you start creating with paper and how did you came to pa-

per toys?

I started designing paper toys back around 2006. At the time, I was working

as an in-house illustrator/designer/animator at a multimedia design com-

pany. I came across a tutorial on paper toys in an issue o Computer Arts

Projects and was immediately hooked in! I was also just discovering the de-signer toy scene around that time too. I worked right down the street rom

Kid Robots agship store in NYC, so I stopped in there all the time to check

out all that stu and blow some cash. The Kid Robot phase only lasted or

a couple o months, so I made all my money back rom eBay - mostly due

to a rare Dunny I scored. Thus ended my career as a collector, but started

as a designer. I pitched the idea o downloadable paper toys as CD-ROM

content to the company I was working or and it took o rom there! Almost

every job that came in wanted a paper toy that I got to design! I was making

paper toys or major companies and brands such as Bass Pro Shops, Circuit

City, Best Buy, Pirates o the Caribbean, Manchester United, and VictoriasSecret - so I was able to build I nice portolio o paper toy work. O course

I also designed my own toys and eventually started up my own website,

www.paperoldables.com, and have been relentless ever since, turning it

into a un little business!

Please describe your process o designing a paper toy.

I start with the idea, pencil and paper. I will sketch out what I want the fnal

fgure to look like and then work backwards, sketching how I can actually

make it work with olds, etc. Theres lots o trial and error. Ive gotten to the

point where I can pretty much sit down at the computer and just start de-

signing the template in Adobe Illustrator, but its always nice to have sketch-

es to reer to. Then I print it out and assemble it to see how its working. It

usually takes several passes to get it working just right, by my standards. I

am also very conscious o making the templates as simplifed as possible,

to ensure people will actually have un making it and not drive them nuts

rom the complexity. Ater I have a nice tight template design, then I illus-

Paper Foldables

Giant Street Fighter Paper Foldables, for CAPCOMs Street Fighter IV release party

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Paper Foldables

BioShock 2 Paper Foldables, for 2K Games

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which was awesome because that was the magazine where I frst read about

papercrat. In creating a name or yoursel and promoting your brand, its

always nice to get your work out there in whatever medium it may be. I still

eel there is a certain prestige in print that the web doesnt have, though

obviously most o my work is circulated thru the web. I was at a Borders

over the holidays and saw an interview I did with WonkaVision magazine

sitting there on the shelves... that was such a warm uzzy eeling!

Your paper toys have certain pixel look, even their skins are oten pix-

elated. Lots o them are inspired by video games. What place do video

games have in your lie?

I have a huge range o illustration styles Ive developed over the years as

a studio artist and every once in a while Ill try something new in my Paper

Foldables work. I like to keep the Paper Foldable illustrations simple and

graphic. I have always loved retro pixel art. I have done lots o pixel art be-

ore I even started doing Paper Foldables. I just think its a really cool lookand fts in perectly with my papercrat design style. I have done a lot o vid-

eo game theme work. I was a child o the 80s and was around or the origi-

nal NES and Atari 2600, which was HARDCORE pixel! Theres a certain charm

in those old games that doesnt exist in these crazy new high de graphic

games... it was more cartoony and un to look at, I eel. I love designing in

pixels and I am SUPER proud o my Kid Niki and Street Fighter sets. I was a

pretty big video game nerd back in the day. I am still into it, but dont really

have much time to sit down and play anything. I am a proud Wii and DSi

owner and I even have a subscription to Nintendo Power! A lot o my work

is commissioned projects rom video game companies, a market I would

love to corner and I think I am doing a pretty good job o it! The video game

market is just THE PERFECT arena or my Paper Foldable designs.

What are the most inuential games that reected on your paper crat

creations?

I dont really eel I am inuenced by video games in my papercrat work, tho

Paper Foldables

FROBOT, for FUGAZO Games

Edtari

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Paper Foldables

Manchester utd. Paper Foldables

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I can understand lots o people probably think that! I just get a lot o videogame work, so this is what people see. I try to play every game I am hired

to make a Paper Foldable or. Same goes or any other job... i its a band, I

listen to the music, i its a TV show, I watch the show! I do a lot o research

beore I start a project to make sure it FEELS just right.

How much time do you spend playing games and how much time do

you spend creating paper toys?

On down time, and i Im in the mood, Ill play video games. I have beenpretty busy lately with Paper Foldables. I generally work most o the week-

ends and nights on my papercrat work. When I dont have work, I am look-

ing or work or thinking o ways to promote mysel. My current lie is pretty

much all about Paper Foldables. I just LOVE doing it and it would be a dream

i I could make a living doing this!

Paper Foldables

Flipper Paper Foldable, for Goodbye Galaxy Games

Bit.Trip Runner, for Gaijin Games

Paper Pods, Cook hero

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Please name your top fve video games.

Kid Niki

Dr. Mario

Lie Force

Contra

Street Fighter 2

These are all old skool classics or me. I can play Dr. Mario or hours online

on my Wii... nothing gets me angrier than losing a match! I am a sucker or

side-scrollers and games that I can pick up and beat in a hal an hour!

How would look like the project o your dreams?

My dreams always change... I would love to do some Paper Foldable pro-

motions or some cool blockbuster movie like Iron Man! Outside o Paper

Foldables, I would love to do work or MAD magazine someday. Doing ananimation or Adult Swim was on my list, but I was able to check that o

when I did a short or a ake inomercial they aired LATE at night all during

the month o November 2009.

What are your plans or the uture?

Keep working hard and continue securing cool Paper Foldable jobs!

www.paperoldables.com

Paper Foldables

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Paper Foldables

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Giant Street Fighter Paper Foldables, for CAPCOMs Street Fighter IV release party

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Paper Foldables

Race, illustration

My Michael Jackson Jacket Paper Foldable

Toki Tori

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Youre rom Italy and on the paper toy scene youre well known as Phil.

Could you please tell us who stands behind this name and what do you

do?

Yes, Im Italian, but Im not proud o it. Behind the name Phil theres a nor-

mal guy, who loves art and hip-hop culture.

Si, sono italiano, ma non me ne vanto. Dietro al nome Phil c un ragazzonormale, amante dellarte e della cultura hip-hop.

Your elds are character design and toy design. How did you start with

your creative activities and what made you choose this road?

I started by chance, ollowing the work o Shin Tanaka. Ive collaborated

with him beore I started creating my own toys.

I love the simple shapes that remind me o my background.

Ho iniziato per caso, seguendo i lavori di Shin Tanaka. Con lui ho anche col-laborato, e poi ho incominciato a creare i miei toys.Amo le orme semplici che ricordino il mio background.

How do you describe yoursel better, as an artist or as a designer?

I consider mysel a designer. Im not an artist, although many people think

I am and I want to thank them on that! I preer to be remain a designer be-

cause I work on shapes and technology o paper toys.

Mi denisco un designer. Non sono unartista anche se molti mi deniscono

cosi e voglio ringraziare loro per questo! Preerisco ritenermi designer perchlavoro sulle orme e sulla tecnologia del paper toy.

Paper toy phenomenon is spreading rapidly thanks to internet and

all dierent medias, yet its still pretty unknown discipline. What is

the situation in Italy? Is there any paper toy scene there and could you

name some other protagonists?

GubiGubi,customf

orPainKillah

Phil

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Mike: special paper toy character or Nike shop 1960 in Rome

Phil

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In Italy there is not a real scene, we are a ew and maybe Im the most pro-

lic o all. I have many collaborations going on, especially international.

In Italia non c una scena vera, siamo in pochissimi e orse io sono il pi proli-ico di tutti, ho allattivo moltissime collaborazioni , specialmente con lestero.

In the interview or Urban Paper book you said you started making

paper toys ater seeing Shin Tanakas works.He was also the rst paper toy artist I encountered on internet, which

encouraged me to take paper toys more seriously. What was his infu-

ence on your work?

Shin pushed me to improve mysel. Lots o people blame me or copying,

but Im simply doing my thing, the way I see it ! Many people copy my stu,

but I dont complain, I always try to do something better!

Shin mi ha dato la spinta per migliorarmi. Molti mi accusano di copiare, maio mi limito a are la mia cosa, come la vedo io! Vedo che molti copiano la miaroba, ma non mi lamneto perch so di are sempre qualcosa di meglio!

What other artists you like? (Not only paper toy artists).

I love Michale Lau. Hes the king!

Amo a Michale Lau. Hes the king!

What is it about the street art and hip-hop culture that appeals to

you?

Style and music, which inspire me.

Lo stile e la musica, che mi dnno molte ispirazioni.

As most o paper toy creators, you give your creations or ree. As it is

also a good way o sel promotion, what did it enhanced in your case?Canis Canem Edit

Firu

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I think its just a orm o promotion, to spread the word about you. Free pa-

per toys may be un to make, but they dont reward you much on economic

level.

Penso che sia solo una orma di promozione, per arti conoscere. Regalare i pa-per toys divertenete, ma non ti da molto ritorno a livello economico.

Box Can is your latest project, where you invited dierent artists rom

all over the world to customize your character. What was the response

to the project and what is the aim o it?

Box Can is a collection o many characters rom all over the world. Im glad

to have started such a project because many unknown artists participated

and made a signicant contribution to scene. This toy represents a spray

can with its underground spirit rom which the paper toys were born.

Box Can uninsieme di molte personalit provenienti da tutto il mondo. Mi haatto piacere iniziare questo progetto perch hanno partecipato molti artisti

poco conosciuti che hanno dato un notevole contributo alla scena. Il toy pro-posto una riproduzione di una spray can che in se racchiude lanima under-ground da cui sono nati i paper toys.

How do you approach to customization o other peoples works? Is

there any dierence in the process o creating between designing your

Power Fox , re-design or the Super Coopers Box Fox series

Mini G

Smoking skills

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Sneakers Sneakers

Bag Boy Schooly dog

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own toy and making the skin or someones template?

Its more difcult to customize someone elses paper toy, because rst you

have to get a precise idea o what you want to represent. With my paper

toys is easier because I use the structure o the toy to represent what my

mind tells me. Now when I think, I could realize only white templates which

in my opinion transmit much more than simple coloured toys.

pi difcile personalizzare il toy di qualcun altro, perch devi prima artiunidea precisa di cosa vuoi rappresentare. Con i miei pi acile perch utilizzola struttura del toy per rappresentare quello che mi dice la mente. Adesso che ci

penso, potrei realizzare solo template bianchi che per me trasmettono molto dipi che semplici toy colorati.

What would you like to achieve with your art and where do you see

yoursel in the uture?

I can not see my uture in Italy at all. Until nobody believes in what I do, Ill

never grow. Its quite difcult here and people are skeptical .... the collabo-

ration is missing as well.

Non riesco a vedere un uturo in Italia. Finch nessuno crede in quello che ac-cio, non crescer mai. Qui da noi difcile e sono tutti scettici... manca anchela collaborazione.

I you get an oer to work in other country, what kind o job should it

be to make you move and where?

I would accept to work in advertising campaign or any product. I would beeven happier i it would be or brands such as Nike, Adidas, etc. I love the

sneakers!

Accetterei di occuparmi di campagne pubblicitarie per qualsiasi prodotto. Se sitratta di marchi come Nike, Adidas, etc. ne sarei ancora pi elice. Amo le sneak-ers!

G-boy, collaboration with Tokidoki

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What was the most exiting project youve been working on?

I believe that the most exciting is about to come!

Il pi emozionante credo che deve ancora arrivare!

On what kind o project would you like to work on?

Projects where many artists would work on my design. I think that Box Can

could be most commercial.

Progetti che coinvolgano moltissimi artisti a lavorare su un mio design. BoxCan , penso che sia il pi commerciale.

Any last words?

Chase your dreams and put your heart in what you do!

Inseguite i vostri sogni e mettete il cuore in cio che ate!

www.myspace.com/philtoys

www.behance.net/philtoys

www.lippoperin.blogspot.comwww.nicepapertoys.com/prole/phil

www.fickr.com/photos/philtoys

Tribute to the movie Back to the future II, custom or Horrorwoods Calling All Cars series

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Box Can

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Paper Fight Club was born rom the need to go beyond thedecorative role o paper toys, which, once created, stand lieless on

shelves or desks. It was born rom the need to give more personality

to paper toys, to bring them to lie and to play with the potential

they oer!

The prime movers o this initiative are Zerolabor and 3EyedBear,but everybody is invited to enter the club and demonstrate theirmastery in ght!

So, what do you have to do to enter the club?

You have to create your ghter, either by yoursel or rom ghter

template which is downloadable rom the web site, select itsghting skills round by round (rock, paper, scissors) and send it

along with the name, photos and short description to zerolabor@

gmail.com. The rest is blood or victory... o course, inside the limits

o the paper!

www.paperghtclub.blogspot.com

the pink shaolin rabbit

(by zerolabor)

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