Piper2381: Breaking Bad Paper Dolls

Friday, September 21, 2012

Breaking Bad Paper Dolls

I usually like to Google random stuff that’s on my mind when I’m bored. This one time though, I was watching part 1 of season 5 of Breaking Bad when I decided to do a search on Breaking Bad art. I found a lot of really cool art inspired by the show, but the one piece that really got my attention was paper dolls from the show. The artwork is done by illustrator, Kyle Hilton. His artwork reminds me of artwork from GTA Vice City and San Andreas. They both have this cel shading type of effect.

Kyle is very talented and likes to create various paper doll characters from TV and movies. On his website you can find paper dolls from movies such as Pulp Fiction, Drive, and from TV shows such as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Eastbound and Down. You can tell Kyle is a true fan of these movies and shows because of all the detailed accessories he adds to his printouts. In fact if you’re a fan of these shows too, you’re bound to get a laugh when you see them and they remind you of certain episodes.

Each paper doll character consists of one full color printout. The cutting is pretty easy, although certain areas require more skill (such as the holes in a ski mask). Once the cutting is done, each piece of clothing (i.e. pants or suits) adds on pretty easily and cleanly. I like to use painter’s tape to attach pieces, because painter’s tape holds on pretty well and doesn’t rip paper. I had fun playing around with this quasi-papercraft, and hope Kyle keep’s up the great work. (I would also suggest he do characters from the Wire.)