Buster is my contribution to the Paper Toy and Pop Out Show that opens this Saturday April 18 (7pm) at Pink Hobo - Geek Art Gallery in Minneapolis. I've been thinking about paper toys for a while but could never find the time to design one. Now that I've done my first figure I don't think I want to stop, because with every fold and cut there's a ton of ideas that emerge and the possibilities become endless. Not to mention that working with paper is a very therapeutic exercise.
I'm working on a free dowloadable version (sorry, no string belt included) that will be up on my new website pretty soon. Stay tuned.

Here are some of the details: The mullet-like hair and the hat required a lot of patience to curl up because ink-jet paper does not bend easier without leaving nasty creases / The first head with a smaller hat / One of the sketches with a busted bmx / The comp and the unfinished final Buster / I decided to cut and bend the pinky at the very end to add more personality / A preliminary head getting some air on its bike / The initial comp with pencil corrections / AND the very first, still out of tune, harmonica.

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