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ISSUE 9

2011

II LOVE MAGAZINE

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This issue of II LOVE really took me a long time... I've been quite busy producing other works, working on second ye-boT initiative video called St. Bugbot and even doing some epoxy artistic floors, but the mag was floatingin my head all the time. Matt Hawkins made an excellent contribution for this autumn edition with his November paper toy, which will get you out of your cosy homes in search for the most beautiful leaf to use it as a head of the toy. But be sure not to miss exceptional Boxdam toy by Adam Lawrence and to try how does the flat axles work on Josh Buczynski's toys. All three toys are worth toconstruct, you'll see when you make them! Marko Zubak

interview
Matt Hawkins

• ou're the veteran of urban paper toys, but let's start with the most common question.  How did you started making paper toys? I was working at a very large company about 6 years ago and they had a free soda machine. Every time you got a soda from the machine a new little plastic cup would pop down, so by the end of theday I would have 2-3 of them to toss out. So one day I turned the cup over and drew a face. Then I started making these little characters out of cups wasn't long before I was making them little arms and legs and accessories out of index cards. As the creations got more elaborate the index cards started taking over. So it was about that time I ran across some downloadable paper toys online atwww.paperforest.blogspot.com and it's when readymechs hit the scene. I was just finishing a self produced comic book and decided to make a paper toy of a character from the book to promote the book and I loved designing it and sharing it, soon I was hooked. • Your designs have specific cartoon look. Where do you find your inspiration? Name few cartoons that first come up to your mind from yourchildhood. Inspiration is everywhere but I find lately I'm inspired by kids and how they draw and how they see the world very whimsically. As a kid I loved the old Looney Tunes and classic Hanna-Barberra stuff like Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound and old Disney stuff. I spent hours drawing all these characters in notebooks and margins of text books. I also loved comic strips and books like Carl BarksDonald Duck, Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey and Walt Kelly's Pogo. I still find a lot of inspiration in old cartoonist like Milt Gross, George Herriman and Otto Messmer. •  You're the author of  "Urban Paper" book, which was released two years ago. What were your expectations before releasing it and how do you see it's success today? It was my first book experience and I am super proud of it and reallythankful for all the amazing artist who gave me their time and creativity to make it happen. Two years later it's sold out and you can't even get a copy of it and the publisher doesn't intend on doing a reprint. So I'm a little disappointed it's all gone and over. But it was a great experience and I hope to do another similar project someday soon. I hope it's legacy is that it brought our art andpassion to new people who might not have found it otherwise.
Matt Hawkins

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• You have an idea for a pop-up shadow book which seems quite interesting and your comic characters fit perfect for such a project, but as you said, no one seems interested.  Did you gave up from...