Illustration / Paper Craft

Cut Paper Portraits Transform Pets into 17th Century Aristocrats

People Too

Peo­ple love their pets, so nat­u­ral­ly, they have art­works made in their hon­or. Russ­ian-based illus­tra­tors Alex­ey Lya­punov and Lena Erlich— aka Peo­ple Too—cre­at­ed a delight­ful series that imag­ines their clients’ ani­mals as dec­o­rat­ed war heroes, dain­ty ladies, and learned fel­lows.  They’re total­ly imag­i­na­tive and con­struct­ed entire­ly out of paper. The cre­ative pair lay­ered col­ors and cutouts, pro­duc­ing 3D por­traits rem­i­nis­cent of his­tor­i­cal paint­ings from the 17th or 18th cen­tu­ry.  Check out their work in progress below!

People Too

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