This handsome lad is a very large paper model-- 13 inches long from nose to tail and 7.25 inches tall from the highest point. I like the coat's pattern and the calm, attentive expression on the cheetah's face. You don't necessarily think of curvy shapes as possible with paper, but look how sleek he is! In the pictures below, he even looks alive when seen from a distance.

The pieces are large and easy to handle: head, snout, body, two front legs, two back legs and tail. Most of the tabs are nicely sized for gluing and folding- only a few itty-bitty ones. I really appreciated the very thorough tab marking system, which uses numbers and symbols to indicate order of gluing and assembling - no guessing required. I saved this in my "paper queue" for a couple of weeks until I had more experience. But after finishing it I think it would be fine for an advanced beginner to complete.

I tried ordinary cardstock as a test page, but the colors were all dull and flat. It was printed on matte brochure inkjet paper, which displays a crisper images and true black spots. Completed this past weekend, the cheetah took about 4.5 hours total to finish. Most of the time was for cutting, scoring and creasing the folds, so if you have a helper it won't take as long.

Papercraft design by Ayumu Saito/Craft Pocket
Download from Canon Creative Park here.



Meow!