Bigfoot Paper toy Freebie #4: Frankenstein's Monster

Another one breaks out of the cage! I've always loved the old Universal monster movies; this is my tribute to Boris. Click on the model sheet below for a full downloadable jpeg. Don't forget to check out the building tips first.

Bigfoot Paper Toy Freebie #3

Next in line for release in my occassional series of free paper toys is the ever charming and companionable Grim Reaper. Fitting for the season, being the official representative of endings and beginnings in the Major Arcana. Just click on the image for the full downloadable jpeg and get busy! Print off to the thickest paper or card your printer can manage. You'll also maybe want to check out my 'tips for building sheet' which you can find here, or click on the sheet below.

Angels on the loose!:

Thought it would be fun to share some pics of The Angel of the Morning after as he travelled around the globe during the Christmas festivities for 2009....apparently he got about quite a bit. Here he is after taking one too many with Margot & Matt in Arlington in the US (cheers for the photos and keeping an eye on him!):

 

 

Bigfoot Paper Toy Freebie #2: The i-Bug

After being spectacularly let down by two local firms in one year, I've decided to release a few of my paper toys here as freebies over the next few months. Be sure to check back every once in a while to see what's happening....Several were built with a trial version of Flash, but I'm hoping to get up to speed with Inkspace soon and see what crazed buddies I can come up with in the future.



First off the cutting blocks is the i-Bug. Designed to perch on an open laptop he fits quite inconspicuously on the curtain rail! Click here or on the image below for a large resolution jpeg. ...then right click and download in the usual manner. Have fun :-D

Bigfoot Freebie #1: Happy Solstice to all Red Bubblers!

I've recently discovered the joys of Red Bubble and the talented community of folk who help make it such a great place to visit and hang out. I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has commented on my work there and been so incredibly welcoming and encouraging. You're a fantastic bunch and have totally restored my faith in online communities and I've been more inspired than you can imagine. So as a wee thank you and Solstice present I'm posting a seasonal paper toy for folk to download and make, and for any other kindred souls I've pointed in this direction!

So allow me to present my "Angel of the Morning After"...he's a friendly little soul but has a tendency to rather over do it on the sherry at this time of year, so please treat him gently.

Clicking on the model sheet below should give a view of a larger jpeg which you can right click and save in the usual manner. Print off to a reasonably thick paper or card (180gsm-ish) then grab your scissors, scalpel and glue of your choice...I find the stick varieties work best.

Best wishes for the Solstice to you all...look forward to chatting and raving over more of your exceptional talents in the New Year.

Cornish Noggin

Cornish NogginOriginally uploaded by Bigfoot Studio
In this particular neck of Ruralshire the local Gorsedd have been fending off criticism of wafflerey and plain bloody lack of gumption; it does strike me as odd that a gathering of bards should gather once a year to be bag-piped into their ceremonial circle, sky blue robes all a flap and a flurry, only to reverently sing their great cultural anthem accompanied by the strains of a wobbly C60 cassette whistling through an agricultural show PA system. But then, pride in your roots and your heritage has got to be a good thing in any form where the intent is positive. So just to whip up the national spirit a little more, Bigfoot Studio proudly present your genyooine tartan kilted Cornish Noggin, great for the dashboard of the ex-pat's old jallopy, or a perfect Kernewek diva for the family altar. Download your Cornish Noggin here, fire it off your printer and make yourself a new friend from Kernow today.

NB: You'll need to open the jpg file in a publishing package once it's downloaded, and then drag out the file to A4 or size of choice. It's a reasonable res' on the image...but if anyone can advise me how to use Google Docs to share PDFs via public links I'd be really grateful :)

We Three Free Wee Men

Is it a bird?
Originally uploaded by Bigfoot Studio

Nimrod, Bob & Commander Zap....3 seems a good number to start the first on-line sharing of Bigfoot Studio paper toys.

Commander Zap comes from my boyhood loves of the old Flash Gordon cinema serials, Michael Moorcock's Martian series and Hawkwind of the Bob Calvert era.

Greasy Bob is a nod to the incredible Japanese Rock-a-Billy, Teddy Boy tribes that pose in the parks on the weekends...as well as an homage to all the surviving Brylliantined, Triumph polishing, oily fingered bad boys who survive in the corners of transport cafs, where the cobwebs hang so thickly they make that 'shoo-wop-shoo-wop' sound that brings an achey breaky feeling to the heart.

Nimrod Jones - Circus Strongman: Once shared a farmhouse with a bunch of likely types, as you do, when one dark & stormy night, Ian shared tales of his grandfather: a fairground strongman in the 1900's....take on all comers in the ring. Men paid to see how many rounds they could go with him; not many. He was 'chapel' and his name was Nimrod...my tribute to a lost world of mad Victorian gentlemen. Surnames have been changed to protect the innocent.

So out with the sharp implements and stikcy things, bosh some card in the printer & build away!!