Japan’s greatest papercraft artist tackles popsicle boxes, makes an icy cool superhero

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Katy Kelly

Garigari-kun, engage!

Here at SoraNews24, we like to shine a spotlight on artistic talent we spot out there in the wilds of Japanese social media. One perennial favorite of ours is Twitter user @02ESyRaez4VhR2l, whose proclivity for catchy Twitter names is surpassed by his extreme talent for translating snack and candy packages into gorgeous feats of artwork.

We’ve already marveled at his takes on Pringles, Alfort and Moonlight cookie boxes, but as summer draws to an end it comes as little surprise that our beloved packaging professional chose the popular popsicle Garigari-kun as his latest canvas.

▼ “I made this out of an empty Garigari-kun box!”

ガリガリ君の空箱で工作しました！ https://t.co/w3nJha0Hz7

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空箱職人 はるきる (@02ESyRaez4VhR2l) August 20, 2019

The resulting superhero sports a Sephiroth-esque mismatched wing situation, with his left wing formed from the titular ice candy and the right sprouting jagged icicles. In a ghoulish twist, Garigari-kun’s wide, grinning teeth form the marginal and secondary covers of his wings, which may be why his face is masked by a classy red mantle.

Longtime @02ESyRaez4VhR2l fans were delighted by this latest addition to the rogues’ gallery of creations. The most popular reply to the initial tweet brings the Garigari Warrior into a team-up with a previous sculpture, this one from a pack of cooling pads.

▼ “Imagining their battle has my blood heating up…”

@02ESyRaez4VhR2l 激突するんですね燃えます https://t.co/outQtjZeht

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Nish🍨 (@Nish_Vanilla) August 20, 2019

“Don’t you mean ‘blood running cold’?” joked another commenter.

Another commenter was inspired enough by this ice-cold assassin to draw their own fan art:

なんか変な人からトレストレス言われたので一から書きました https://t.co/o9VlzumBFW

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ニコル (@nicole_saitou) August 21, 2019

Yet more commenters drew comparisons to Evangelion (particularly Kaworu, known to sport similarly body-tight blue outfits and angel imagery) as well as Kamen Rider, Shaman King and a Bufudyne-casting Persona user…although I admit, the first comparison I drew was Mercy from Overwatch.

@02ESyRaez4VhR2l certainly has been busy since the last time we checked in on his work, with the packaging under his scalpel originating from hard caramel candy Chelsea:

チェルシーの空箱で工作しました！ https://t.co/eG2tdaNV6C

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空箱職人 はるきる (@02ESyRaez4VhR2l) April 06, 2019

The creme-filled chocolate cake, Moon Pie:

チョコパイの空箱で工作しました！ https://t.co/XAyjavqiMo

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空箱職人 はるきる (@02ESyRaez4VhR2l) April 22, 2019

And these classy offerings from Chivas Regal scotch whisky, 88 percent Carrés de Chocolat and Hobal liquid-center chocolates.

シーバスリーガル(ウイスキー)の空箱で工作しました！ https://t.co/RWMGiwCUsF

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空箱職人 はるきる (@02ESyRaez4VhR2l) May 17, 2019

カレ・ド・ショコラの空箱で工作しました！ https://t.co/XoDyUkgkKU

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空箱職人 はるきる (@02ESyRaez4VhR2l) July 23, 2019

HOBALの空箱で工作しました！ https://t.co/1VaegkPMRR

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空箱職人 はるきる (@02ESyRaez4VhR2l) June 07, 2019

Make sure to follow him on Twitter, and if you’re in Japan you can even pick up a book featuring his gorgeous work!

いよいよ明日7/22に『お菓子の箱だけで作る空箱工作』が全国の書店で発売になります！！ これまで発表した作品紹介と、初心者でもできるようにアレンジした5つの空箱工作を掲載しています。ぜひお手に取っていただけるとうれしいです！！… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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空箱職人 はるきる (@02ESyRaez4VhR2l) July 21, 2019

Still hankering for more epic craft displays? Look no further than fellow internet celebrity Mozu, who specializes in teeny-tiny dioramas; though if you’re hoping to see more papercraft people, you’d better check out the Hong Kong-based art collective Pepasweet.

Source, featured image: Twitter/@02ESyRaez4VhR2l
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